Allenhall and Westbury on Severn ALLOTMENT TERRIER. Compiled by Francis Attwood, Surveyor, under the direction of the Inclosure Commissioners awarding `such parts of the lands to be inclosed as are next hereinafter specified in exchange for the other Lands in the said parish described.' 21 sheets, written on one side only including 18 sheets ruled in columns listing persons interested, lands specified, fencing, etc. There is also a column for `Numbers on Plan', plan not present. Vellum sheets, size approx. 20«" x 19" sewn at foot, with a broken wax seal, last 3 leaves partly stained not affecting legibility, top sheet slightly dusty. 1851. £90.00

SALE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR COMPENSATION AFTER BRISTOL RIOTS

Almondsbury CONVEYANCE of St. Swithans Farm, The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Bristol to The Trustees under the Will of the late Sir Henry Cann Lippincott. Lippincott v. Smyth. 8 vellum sheets, size 23" x 27", large red paper seal of the City, plus a last sheet with coloured manuscript plan, size 16" x 20", scale 6 chains to 1 inch, showing St. Swithins House, Black Horse Hill, Sandys Green Lane, Black Horse Inn, Lodges, main house and lodges coloured red, fields, plantations and orchard shown, each field named, shaded in pale green with darker green at edges. Adjoining owners named. Large compass rose, border. On the seventh sheet is a Schedule listing fields, with Quantities, and numbers on map. 1838. £120.00
¶ Saint Swithin's was an area of historical interest - traces of a moat and extensive buildings were found there. It was part of the possession of the religious foundation known as 'Gaunt's House', dissolved in the time of Henry VIII. The chapel of St. Swithin's and a large tract of land was sold by the Crown to the Corporation of Bristol in 1542 - and remained their property until this 1838 sale to raise funds for defraying damages sustained in the Bristol Riots. The Act of Parliament for making compensation is referred to in the text.

Almondsbury CONVEYANCE of two Cottages and Gardens situate at the Black Horse Hill, and land adjoining the road from Bristol to Passage House, Elizabeth Taylor to William Webb. Large vellum sheet, three wax seals. 1864. £13.00

Almondsbury CONVEYANCE of Callicaft Farm, Richard Llewellin and others to the Trustees under the Will of Sir Henry Cann Lippincott. 10 large vellum sheets, including Schedule, with field names and acreage. Wax seals. Outside dusty... together with... Lease for a Year, Richard Llewellin to The Trustees. Single vellum sheet with Schedule. 2 items. 1838. £38.00

Alvington LEASE FOR A YEAR of a cottage, an acre of land, wood ground by the name of Roughett, in Alvington. Attested copy on single large sheet, folio, plus cover leaf with docket title. James Parsons and Ann and Mary Davis to George Williams. 1805. £14.00

Arlingham SAYER FAMILY Sketch book. Oblong folio, containing 16 leaves of pencil sketches, of flowers, heads, cottages, architectural details etc., including a view of Arlingham Church. Many of the sketches are signed 'M. Sayer, 1873.' LOOSELY INSERTED ARE TEN WATERCOLOURS on stiff paper, one sheet bearing the watermark 179- (at edge of paper). Size of paper ranges between 10" x 14" and 8«" x 10". They are rustic views of thatched cottages, barns, brick and timber-beamed houses, probably farmhouses, with gables, leaded windows etc., with trees, figure in foreground, some showing the landscape with hills in the distance, etc. The style of building leads one to believe the views are local to Arlingham, although none of them is titled. One shows what seems to be a ruined abbey gateway with a horseman on the path. All are in the same tones of flat blue, grey and green, except one, of the Monnow Bridge(?), which is in sepia-type colours. Most are signed "Sayer" either on the verso or in the margin. c1790-1873. £140.00
¶ The Sayer family had long connections with Arlingham. The watercolours were possibly the work of the grandfather of the owner of the album. A John Sayer published "Antiquities of Arlingham Parish" in 1886.

Berkeley BOND of William Plomer of Dursley, Mercer, to Robert Cole of the Oakleas in Berkeley, and Thomas Wetsmore of Hill. Relates to land called Little Horse marshes at Sanigar in Berkeley. Folio sheet, manuscript, good wax seal. Repaired 3" tear at one fold. With record of payments on verso. 1779. £22.00

Berkeley Castle LETTER signed 'Fitzhardinge' to Bruton Knowles & Co. saying he is willing to give 'a Prize of £6. 6s. for the Best Shorthorn Bull in classes 4,5,7 & 9'. On headed notepaper with red coronet above large 'F'. Sm. 8vo, traces of conjoint leaf which has been torn away. 5th Jan. 1906. £6.00

Berkeley family SETTLEMENT on the Marriage of the Lady Emily Fitzharding Berkeley with Sydney Augustus Capel. Four vellum sheets, size 23" x 28", six wax seals. On the verso of two sheets is a later Appointment, signed with wax seal, Lady Emily Fitzharding Capel to Sydney Berkeley Capel and Berkeley Fitzharding Capel. 1859 and 1873. £25.00

Bourton on the Water PRIME TIMBER for Sale by Auction.... at the New Inn on Monday March 7th 1887, at the New Inn.... 50 very fine Oak, 24 Elm, 44 Ash, and 55 Pollards, standing on Haines' Farm. 3 page catalogue printed in blue on card, describing 33 lots. Crease where it has been folded horizontally. Stow, 1887. £12.00

Cheltenham CATALOGUE OF HORSES To be Sold by Auction by Warner, Sheppard & Wade Ltd. at The Repository, Cheltenham, Oct. 13th.... Catalogue, 4pp., folio, folded. Lists 96 horses under owner's name, with type of horse, age, character, prizes won, where hunted, brief history etc. Three horizontal folds, with water staining and discolouration along folds, tear in margin at two folds, some foxing spots. Loosely inserted is Catalogue of Carriages, Harness & Saddlery for sale after the horses. 1p. 4to. n.d. late 19th century. £45.00
¶ Owners include Hartigan Brothers, Waterford; Asgill Colville; R.C Berkeley; Charles Tilley, Huntsfield Court ('sold on account of Owner having bought a Motor Car').

Cheltenham CATALOGUE OF HORSES To be Sold by Auction at the Repository, Cheltenham... May 7, 1908. 4pp., folio. Folds. Lists 10 horses owned by A. Byard,. 4 hunters property of C. Ratcliff, 18 Cotswold Hunt Horses, and numerous horses of other owners. Some slight darkening of paper and slight wear on the 'Conditions of Sale' section on the back page... together with... single sheet catalogue, 1p, 4to, of sale of Carriages, Harness etc. on October 13th. 1908. £25.00

Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Chipping Camden area GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Sheet XLIV. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Printed surface area approx. 24" x 29". Scale 1" to 1 mile. Fully hand-coloured with key down right hand margin. Geological Information Published 1856. Impressed stamp of Board of Agriculture 1895. £80.00

Chester-Master (G) SOME GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOUSES 24 views from pen drawings, printed on heavy-weave paper, loosely inserted in printed paper boards with ties, list of houses pasted inside front board. Front board stained along bottom, contents unaffected. 1916. £35.00
¶ Includes Syston, Hatherop, Kingsweston, Sherborne etc.

Cirencester Election ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF CIRENCESTER. Gentlemen, The arduous and unparallelled Contest for the Independence of this Borough, after Five Day's polling is at length ended, and Mr Beach is returned one of your Representatives.... Joseph Cripps, Cirencester, Oct. 13, 1812. Broadside, thanking his supporters, size approx. 14«" x 9", several short tears to top margin, right hand margin has tears and is slightly ragged, some offsetting of print in bottom section. Watkins, Printer, Cirencester: 1812. £30.00

Cirencester LETTER from B. Bathurst on headed notepaper of Thessaly Lodge, Stratton, to an unnamed lady correspondent, in reply to a letter about the registration of nurses 'I must see the Bill.... before I say that I will support it.... I should be pleased to support a Bill which would have any good effect for the care of the sick....' 2p, sm. 8vo. Jan. 16th, 1904. £8.00

Coleford ASSIGNMENT AND RELEASE of a Mortgage Term of 1000 years, Richard James of Coleford, yeoman and John Rosser of Coleford, Stonecutter, to Messrs. Marklove and Hicks, relating to six acres in Coleford known as Lower Long Leazes. 2 large vellum sheets, slightly yellowed, 5 wax seals. Lease for a year on paper loosely inserted. 1809. £16.00

Coleford LEASE FOR A YEAR of a tenement called Poolway in Coleford, with lands once part of Pool field, closes called Oak Piece, Ferney Leazes, Ann Collins of Ross and Robert Yarworth of Coleford to Mary Collins of Monmouth. Large vellum sheet, wax seals. 1803. £15.00

Coleford RECONVEYANCE in fee of Premises in Coleford, Messrs. Howells by direction of Mr. Williams and wife, to James Yarworth. Two large vellum sheets, five interesting wax seals, diameter just over an inch, showing the bust of a Roman or Greek soldier with a curly beard, helmet, shield 1815. £24.00

Coleford TRANSFER OF MORTGAGE in fee for securing £650. Anne Collins and Robert Yarworth to Mary Collins. Refers to tenement at Poolway in Coleford and land called Pool Field, Oak Piece etc. 2 large vellum sheets. 3 wax seals. Some slight browning in places. Loosely inserted is a rough pedigree of Yarworth of Coleford, with notes on arms etc., on paper watermarked 1834, and another leaf of notes on 'Yarworth who lived at Coleford where is now the poor house', with list of his children. 1803. £18.00

Deputy Lieutenant of the County APPOINTMENT of Henry Burgh as one of the Deputy Lieutenants in the County. Manuscript on vellum, size 12" x 16", folds, some slight yellowing at top, ink very slightly faded in places. Signed Berkeley, with fine wax seal with coat of arms, blue papered tax stamp. 1803. £30.00

COURT MARTIAL OF A LIEUTENANT IN THE MILITIA

East Gloucestershire Militia MANUSCRIPT RECORD OF A COURT MARTIAL Court Martial held at White Lion Broad Street 23 day of March 1811. George Robertson Esq., Judge advocate, Col. Kingscote, President, Members: Lieut. Col. Morgan, R. Glam, Capt Matthews, R.N.G..... Prisoner, Lieutenant James Reynell of the Second Royal East Gloucester Local Militia.... Verbatim record of the trail over 97 pages, 4to, written on one side only apart from the last 10 or so pages where the writer has started to work backwards through the book. Calf spine, boards lacking marbled paper, large ink stain on back board. Full page cartoon-like ink sketch of an officer seated in a chair, wearing a large cocked hat, long wig, arms folded, on the last page. The writing begins very neatly, but becomes more untidy and unformed towards the end, and with more abbreviations, as if the writer was rushing to keep up. The account stops before any verdict is passed or conclusion reached. The last day of the trial recorded here is 30th March. 1811. £320.00
¶ Lt. James Reynall was charged with conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman, and refusing his sword to Capt. Edwards when under arrest. He had apparently forced his way into a box at the Cirencester theatre during a performance of 'Bannister's Budget', causing a disturbance, offending the ladies, and striking another officer, Surgeon Crang. Various officers are questioned, as well as Henry Forster, Woollen Draper, who was present in the pit. Several witnesses said the scuffle was not his fault: 'I saw Capt. Lean's arm extended as though to strike a blow.... In this scuffle he was pressed back upon some ladies that were of my party. I extended my arm over these ladies, to prevent their being pressed by Lt. Reynall's being pushed back upon them... etc.'

Elberton and Olveston, Manors of THREE COURT BOOKS recording Courts Baron and Courts Leet, 1735 - 1830. Comprises (i) 'Elberton Court Book', October 1735 - October 1775, 158p, and at the other end of the book 'Court Book of Olveston', October 1735 - October 1774, 164p. Parchment covered stiff wraps, ms. titles on wraps, remains of green tape ties. (ii) Elberton, 1776-1830, and then 1859 - 1870. Full reversed calf, slightly darkened. Label on spine, later loose papers recording jury presentments etc, with wax seal, some signed by jurors with their marks, loosely inserted. 133p. (iii) Olveston. Oct. 1775-1830. Full reversed calf, blindstamped, morocco label on spine. 202p. All three books 15" x 10", clearly written throughout. 1735-1870. £1,600.00
¶ Records names of Jurors, free suitors, leaseholders, resients, election of tithingmen, haywardens, constables, ditch reeves, changes of tenancy of properties, orders to maintain hedges and watercourses, gates, etc. e.g. 'William Edwards... to put up sufficient Bridges and Lones over the Reens and Ditches at the head of the Marsh Acre next to Loats Land...', other tenants are ordered 'to sheer and bottom their several parts of Olveston Mill Reen from Olveston Green to the end of Mr Tong's Ham...'. Also covers the rights to grazing of animals, e.g. marking of cattle on common, not allowing pigs to run on the common, etc, 'John Lews amerced for taking the Pound door of the Hinges and taking his mare thereout that was impounded'. The Lords of the Manor (the Cann family) were periodically ordered 'to repair the stocks and whipping Post and put suffienct Locks thereto'.

Elberton THREE AGREEMENTS for letting a farm at Elberton, for the years 1808, 1812, 1822. Each 4p, folio, one with printed preamble, the rest completely in manuscript. Brown stains on all three. With list of approx. 30 fields with acreage. 1808-1822. £16.00

Elberton, Olveston, Stoke Bishop SETTLEMENT of the Manors of Elberton, Olveston and Compton and an estate at Stoke Bishop, on the Marriage of Catherine Jefferies and Henry Lippincott. 11 very large vellum sheets, with memorandum on verso of one sheet, five wax seals. Some slight browning on last sheet. Outside of deed dusty. 1774. £40.00

Foxcote, Upper Coberley ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXXV N.W. Scale 6" to 1 mile. Linen-backed and folding into plain card wraps. Small label of Norman, Sawyer & Co., Cheltenham, in margin. Second edition 1903. £10.00
¶ Shows Foxcote top right, Round Hill, Hilcot, Chatcombe Wood, Upper Coberley. Numerous quarries shown.

Frampton upon Severn WILL of John Hieron of Frampton, 1776. 2p, folio, attested copy taken in 1787. Leaves his estate at Frampton 'lately purchased of Thomas Loveday of Painswick' to his three sons. 1787. £22.00
¶ Also refers to 'one acre of land in the Nassfield'.

Gloucester Bank POSTER To Capitalists and Others. 100 Shares in the County of Gloucester Bank, Late the Property of John James, deceased, Esq.... By Auction at the Plough Hotel, Cheltenham, On Thursday, the 27th of July, 1848.... One Hundred Valuable Shares in Lots of Ten Each.... 18" x 11" printed on one side only, in large type-faces. Some off-setting. Folds. Printed at the Chronicle Office, Gloucester. 1848. £35.00

Gloucester BILL of J.B. Kirk for the Parish of St. John Baptist. 1p, 4to, folded, listing services for two burials, 1828 & 1829, for 'a coffin for Pauper... bread and cheese... to dress the corpse...' etc. 1829. £8.00

Gloucester PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT of H. Maynard Smith. Black and white portrait, size 8" x 6£, tipped on large piece of card, name of photographer, Richard Hall, Gloucester, signed 'H. Maynard Smith'. Cover leaf with name of Debenham County Studio, Gloucester. 1930's? £6.00
¶ H. Maynard Smith was a Canon of Gloucester Cathedral and author of works on The Reformation etc.

Gloucester THE NORTH WEST VIEW OF THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER Copper engraving, size 4«" x 7«". View across the river with sailing boats, showing pottery kilns, cathedral, numerous churches, bridge on right of view. Very small page number top right. In ivory mount. n.d. late 18th cent. £18.00

Great Washbourne PARTICULARS AND PLAN of a Valuable.... Estate Situate in the Parish of Great Washbourne which will be Sold by Auction at the Swan Hotel, Tewkesbury... 6th Day of September, 1854. Folio, folded, 2pp plus hand-coloured lithographed plan on third page, with reference table giving names of fields and acreage. Some slight wear at folds in page with plan. 1854. £24.00

Hicks-Beach (M.E) PHOTOGRAPH Head and shoulders portrait, in profile, size , pasted onto thick card. c1880. £8.00

Home Farm, Almondsbury Hill THE ALMONDSBURY HERD OF DAIRY SHORTHORN CATTLE and Gloucestershire Old Spots Pigs, Also Cart Horses, Implements.... for Sale by Auction.... Monday April 30th, 1923. 14pp, fold, splash stain on outer leaf. 1923. £10.00
¶ Gives detailed record, pedigree, prizes etc. for each beast.

Horsley, Analytical Chemist MR. J. HORSLEY Consulting and Analytical Chemist... Begs to call the attention of the Medical Profession... Agriculturalists, and the Public generally, to the following Scale of Fees and Charges... Single 4to sheet, printed on one side only, listing charges for Assaying Ores, Testing Water, Analysing Guano, Soils, Manures, etc. '389 High St. Cheltenham' in ms. at bottom. Traces of folds. n.d. c1880. £16.00

Iron Acton LEASE FOR A YEAR of a dwelling house newly built by William Thomas, with Craddock's Wood and Lawrence's Wood, Arthur Trewman of Westerleigh and others to Walter Chapman of Bristol, Tanner. Vellum, size 17" x 25", engraved heading with coat of arms, signed by 5 parties with wax seals showing an animal. Some slight browning in parts. 1717. £26.00

Iron Acton MORTGAGE of close of woodland ground called Lawrence's Wood, another called Craddock's Wood, and the Little Round Wood, in the Manor and parish of Iron Acton, Daniel Burcome and William Roach and William Thomas to George Webb. Signed by Burcome, Roach and Thomas with good wax seals with coats of arms. Vellum, size 26" x 30", a later deed made after William Thomas' death is on verso, with 5 wax seals (two chipped), paper receipt relating to latter transaction pinned on. 1711 and 1717. £34.00

Jennings (J), Surveyor DRAINAGE AT CALLICROFT, ELBERTON AND LITTLETON 1877-81. Surveyed, 516, Octr. 19 1880 and 517 April 27 1881 by J. Jennings, St. George, Bristol. 10 sheets of manuscript plans on thick paper, in ink and red and blue, size 22" x 28", bound in rough paper wraps with label, front wrap torn and ragged, back wrap stained. Each plan with scale bar in chains and feet (scale 1" = 1 chain). Shows buildings, footpaths, lines of drains, rheens, outfalls, position of trees (with variety - holly, oak, etc.), gate posts, stock rails, stiles, etc. First sheet dusty with some edge tears, sheet 10 with some browning due to damp and repaired edge trear, some light browning at edge of sheet 9. 1880-81. £95.00

Kell (Thomas) and Son, Printer GLOUCESTER CORPORATION. SESSION 1911. PLAN AND SECTION William Fox, F. Latrobe-Bateman, Richard Read, Engineers. 3 lithographed sheets showing plans and sections of Aquaduct Work at Pauntley, printed green paper wraps, size 23" x 30", cloth spine. 6" repaired tear in first leaf, not affecting printing. 1911. £45.00

Kingswood, near Wotton under Edge CONVEYANCE of a messuage lands and premises called Upper Dayhouse Farm, The Trustees of John Alway deceased to Sarah Wetmore. 2 large vellum sheets, signed by 5 parties with wax seals, with manuscript plan in text, coloured in outline, size 12" x 12", showing buildings, pond and spring, area with trees, adjoining owners, fine compass rose. Numbers on plan relate to schedule in deed. 1888. £30.00

Kip (J) GLOUCESTERSHIRE Engraved map. Size 13" x 16", plus margins, scale 10 miles = 2«", central fold. Title in oval cartouche, with the date 1712. Small compass rose, scale bar. 1712. £100.00
¶ Shows rivers, boundaries of Hundreds, hills in elevation, towns and villages indicated by small buildings. From 'The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire. By Sir Robert Atkyns'. 'A clearly-engraved map, somewhat like R. Morden's map of 1695' (T. Chubb, Printed Maps of Gloucestershire).

Liberal Party LEATHER STATIONERY WALLET with lock, lacks key, with metal shield on the back, engraved with 'A Souvenir of Earl Spencer's Visit to Gloucester No. 10th 1896. Presented to W.J. Arnold by William Wooding Secretary of the Midland Liberal Federation....' Pigskin rubbed, handle detached and placed in pocket. 1896. £10.00

Maisemore Court LETTER from Alan G. Cornwall to Mr. Wilson at Revd. E. Marsh, Oxford, dated Maisemore Court, Aug. 6, 1816. 3p., 4to, address panel on verso, Gloucester postmark. Describes his arrival at Maisemore, the house, the church 'our Church is very small indeed, the parish belongs to Mr Rakes, brother to the man who first instituted Sunday Schools', the area roundabout, and the Bishop of Gloucester ('He has instituted a school for 120 Girls & is going to make another for Boys... His congregations are crowded to excess'). 1816. £16.00

GLOUCESTERSHIRE Manuscripts, Maps, Engravings, Ephemera, etc. For a further selection and to receive my latest catalogue please email :- lesley@localhistory.co.uk

Newnham-on-Severn FIVE SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS of a boys' school and staff. All photographs size approx. 8" x 10", mounted on thick card, together wih a photogravure portrait, size 8" x 5", plus wide margins, of Thomas C. Fitzpatrick (he appears in one of the photographs and was probably the headmaster). c1908-1926. £30.00
¶ Three of the photographs appear to be around 1910, one shows a group of 20 children in blazers and soft straw hats, another with them wearing Eton collars and suits, and one white trousers and blazers in front of a house with a balcony, the other two show a much larger group in front of a corrugated iron building, titled in pencil 'Wells House, 1926', and a group of staff around the same date.

Nibley, Manor of Iron Acton ASSIGNMENT OF A TERM OF 99 YEARS of estate at Nibley, Maurice Edmunds of Olveston to friends in trust for William Thomas. Vellum, size 23" x 27", signed by five parties with five armorial wax seals. 1710. £35.00
¶ Refers to demise by Sir John Poyntz, deceased, of part of the Manor of Iron Acton to Richard Porter for 99 years.

North Nibley RELEASE IN FEE Thomas Gosling of Gloucester, executor of Mary Pearce of North Nibley, to Alexander Chambers of North Nibley, yeoman, of a piece of arable ground in Tebboray, and a piece of land in the Common Field called Little Bourne Field, a close of pasture at Hollow Way. 2 vellum sheets, one 27" x 29", and one slightly smaller, signed by Gosling with wax seal on tag. Receipt witnessed on verso. Vellum very slightly darkened. 1688. £38.00
¶ Gives details of lands adjoining on each side, with owners, etc.

Rock's ROYAL CABINET ALBUM OF GLOUCESTER Ten photolitho views on folding strip. Small 4to, gilt wraps, faded, stains on back board, repaired split along first fold. c1890. £6.00
¶ 8 of the 12 views are of the Cathedral.

Shenton (T), Printer POSTER advertising Mr Kemble's appearance for one night only at the Theatre Royal Cheltenham, in Henry the Fourth, Saturday, July 26, 1828. 'The Distinguished Amateurs have kindly consented to give their Assistance'. Size 15" x 8", printed in an interesting variety of large decorative typefaces. A light crease running vertically down the paper at the time of printing and presumably later flattened out has caused a small fault in some letters in the top six inches of the poster. Small number in ink in top corner. T. Shenton, Printer, Rose and Crown Passage, Cheltenham. 1826. £40.00
¶ Kemble played Hotspur. The play was followed by the 'celebrated Farce of Husbands & Wives'.

Sherwood, Jones & Co. Pub. WILLIAMSTRIP Engraving of the house with a hunt meeting in the foreground. Size 4«" x 5«", plus margins. Engraved by J. Storer. £5.00

Slimbridge PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Freehold Estate Known as Kingston Farm, with Good Farm House & Buildings, Four Cottages, 116 Acres.... and Orcharding.... close to some of the best meets of Lord Fitzhardinge's Hounds.... to Be Sold by Auction.... 28th June, 1884. 4pp., folio, folded, large hand-coloured folding plan loosely inserted. 1884. £32.00

South Cerney TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION By Mr Jefferies, At the George Inn, South Cerney, On Saturday, the 29th of June, 1844.... Freehold Property Situate in South Cerney. Poster, printed on one side only, size approx. 17" x 11".' With it are 'Conditions of Sale', 4pp, with manuscript notes and amendments. Two 2" tears in poster, neatly repaired on verso with archival tape. Henry Smith, Printer & Bookseller, Cirencester: 1844. £20.00

Stanton DISCHARGE of messuage and garden called Whites in Stanton, Thomas Evans the elder of Stanton, Weaver, and Joseph Evans his son to Thomas Evans and William Evans. On vellum, size 11" x 17", 2 small wax seals on tags. Witnessed on verso. 1717. £32.00

Stanton LEASE of messuage and close called White's in Stanton, Thomas Evans, Weaver to William Evans. Vellum, 11" x 17", two wax seals on tags. Some damp spotting of vellum. 1717. £18.00

Stanton WILL of Joseph Evans of Stanton. 5p folio, signed with wax seal. 1833. £14.00
¶ Refers to farm and lands called Butler's Ground, Upper Orchard etc.

Storer (J. & H.S) CIRENCESTER Steel engraving showing the main street with man herding cows, church in middle distance, small vignette of coat of arms and stags in title. Size 4" x 6", plus margins. Small tear in top margin. Published 1825. £7.00

Swindon, Cheltenham ADMINISTRATION of Joseph Hatton, yeoman, of Swindon. Printed in Latin on vellum size 6" x 8", with details in MS. Lacks the large wax seal from the tag. 20th April 1714. £14.00

Tiddenham MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT between Richard Lowe, Hooper, of Temple in Bristol, son of Richard Lowe late of Twyddenham in Gloucestershire, Yeoman, and Rebecca Steevens, and John Steevens, Hooper, of Bristol, and Nathaniel Hutton of Twyddenham. Relates to lands called Tanners, Holbrooks, Tollers Marsh, Sadbury, near the River Wye at Tidenham which was to be the marriage portion. Two sheets of vellum, one 25" x 32", the second sheet smaller, signed by three parties with wax seals. Large engraved headings. 1727. £36.00

Waterloo, Cirencester AUCTION POSTER advertising the sale of Freehold Dwelling Houses 'To be Sold by Auction by Blackwell & Jones, at the King's Head Hotel, Cirencester on Thursday the 7th of March 1861.' Size 19" x 15", folds. 1861. £18.00

Westley's REDUCED ORDNANCE MAP of the Environs of Cheltenham. Showing all Railways, Stations, Roads &c. from the Ordnance Survey. Size 19" x 24", scale 2 miles to 1 inch, folding into printed paper wraps. c1880. £18.00
¶ Shows railways open and authorized.

SOCIETY OF TRADESMEN

Wickwar CONVEYANCE by Appointment and Release of Lands at Wickwar, Arthur Hockley of Wickwar, William Jones, Labourer, master, and Thomas Watts, Labourer and others, Stewards of a Society of Tradesmen formerly meeting at the Kings Arms in Wickwar and now meeting at the house of John Chandler known as the New Inn, Revd. Thomas Jones and others to Joseph Plaister, shopkeeper, of Wickwar. 3 vellum sheets, some browning and rubbing, outside dusty, signed by 48 parties, with small wax seals, on the last sheet, some with their marks, and again on the back of one sheet, without seals, acknowledging receipt of £250 paid by Plaister. 1819. £45.00
¶ The names of the parties are given in the body of the deed, all with occupations, including farrier, pargeter, woolstribbler, woolcomber, mason. The majority are listed as labourers. Parishes they come from include Tortworth, Yate, Hawkesbury, Cromhall.

Wickwar LEASE FOR A YEAR of land in the Common Moor of Wickwar, and a close of pasture called Little Bockney, Arthur Machin Hockley to Joseph Plaister, Shopkeeper, of Wickwar. Large vellum sheet, good wax seal. 1819. £16.00

Woollen industry TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY in Humble obedience to your Majesty's Commands signified to me by The Right Honourable George John Earl Spencer.... referring to me the annexed Petition of Isaac Sanford of the City of Gloucester Civil Engineer and Stephen Price of Stroud Civil Engineer to consider thereof... which Petition sets forth that the Petitioners.... have found out and invented a new improvement of method to raise a Nap or Pile on Woollen Cotton and all other Cloth.... Document which would have accompanied the Petition, in MS on 3 pages small folio, signed by Samuel Romilly. Folds, small piece torn from top corner of second page, affecting 3 letters of one word, traces of mounting on blank verso. The letter recommends that a patent be granted, and that the petitioners should cause a complete description of their invention to be inrolled. 1806. £60.00
¶ George John Spencer was Secretary of State for 1806 only. Paper watermarked 1801.