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. £85.00

Almondsbury A RATE AND ASSESSMENT on the Tything of Amondsbury... for collecting the sum of One hundred and three pounds, eight shillings by a Land tax... for the use of the Present year, 1797. Manuscript on 2p., folio, folded, blank conjoint leaf with docket title. Lists proprietor, with tenement, sum due. Signed by Commissioners with small wax seals... together with... A RATE AND ASSESSMENT... for 1798, as above. 2 items. 1797-8. £30.00
¶ Includes Samuel Worrall for Knole House, Revd. Hunter for Vicarage Tithes, James Tizzard for The Bowl, Mrs. Hibbs for the Hop Yard.

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.

Bacon's LARGE SCALE PLAN OF CHELTENHAM Scale 6" to 1 mile. Size 20" x 26", linen-backed, folding into small 8vo boards with gilt title, Street Index at front. Coloured in wards, wood and parkland coloured. White tape around edges reaching to neat line. Someone has indicated certain buildings with red, blue or yellow spots in watercolour. c1890. £50.00

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

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

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. £26.00

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

Filton AN ASSESSMENT MADE for raising Ninety four pounds Charged on the Tything of Filton for the year 1798. Manuscript on folio sheet, listing Proprietor, tenement, Sum due. Lists 22 tenements. Neatly written, signed by three commissioners with small wax seals... together with... AN ASSESSMENT MADE... for the year 1800... 1p. folio, listing proprietor, property, occupier and sum. 2 items. 1798-1800. £26.00
¶ Includes the Duke of Beaufort for Wallscourt, Mr Mathew for Conegar, Isaac Gunter for Stanley.

Forest of Dean LETTER dated Serjeants Inn, Fleet St., London, 25th Feby. 1832, correspondent unknown, from Thomas Graham, Clerk to the Commissioners. 1p., 4to, folds, traces of blue paper down left age on verso where once tipped on to a leaf of blue paper. 1832. £25.00
¶ Says he would like the answer to the question 'Is the condition of the Inhabitants of the Forest of Dean in any and what way deteriorated by the Forest being Extra Parochial?', and asks their opinion on forming 'into one or more parishes the said Forest of Dean'. A note at the bottom says answer should be given to the Commissioners at Whitemead Park, Coleford.

Forthampton and Chaceley PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a valuable residential property The Forthampton House Estate... comprising a Queen Anne Residence... The Lower Farm, Forthampton, New Barn Farm and Lawn Farm, Chaceley... George Hone will sell the above by auction... 24th June, 1939. 9pp., small folio, stiff printed wraps, photograph tipped on front wrap, one other tipped-in photo, plan in pocket at back. 1939. £20.00

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 ORDER TO THE CONSTABLES to apprehend James Hewlett, Whitesmith, of Gloucester, as he has not observed the order to pay three shillings a week for the maintenance of his bastard child, in the care of the Parish, and now owes £11. 1p., small folio, printed with manuscript inserts, small papered seal. Walker, Printers, Gloucester. 1828. £25.00
¶ The child was born to Jane Devitt in the workhouse in St. John's Parish.

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 Waggon Company DRAFT AGREEMENT for the sale and purchase of land at Gloucester, Daniel Burr of Aldermaston to the Company. 7p., folio, in a neat hand, with amendments in red ink... together with a bundle of correspondence (approx. 30 items) relating to the purchase, including a sketch plan of the land (which was between the Bristol Road and the canal), size 13" x 9". 1886. £20.00

Gloucester Workhouse GROUP OF RECEIPTS for payment of sums for the Poor Rate by the Overseers of the Parish of St. John. Three printed slips with manuscript inserts, size 3«" x 8", heading 'Glocester Workhouse' in Gothic style type, and a vignette os a shield leaning against a tree top left. Signed by Treasurer. Together with 4 manuscript receipts for payments by the parish officers. 1831-2. £10.00

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 tear, some light browning at edge of sheet 9. 1880-81. £75.00

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

Lechlade RULES TO BE OBSERVED AT A DINNER To Be Given To The Poor At Lechlade on Thursday June 28th, 1838, To commemorate Her Majesty's Coronation. Handbill, printed in large letters on coloured paper. Trace of vertical fold. Gives 7 rules for the poor such as 'No person to convey from Table any sort of provisions.' 1838. £38.00

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

Longford LEASE FOR A YEAR of a cottage in the hamlet of Longford together with two newly-erected cottages now in the occupation of John Cam and Charles Wells, James Nicholls, Tailor, to Thomas Aubrey, yeoman. Vellum, 18" x 25". Wax seal. 1838. £12.00

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 AGREEMENT between Francis Chambers of North Nibley, yeoman, and Robert Purnell of the Redge In Wotton Under Edge, Clothier, for dividing the hedgerow and trees which run between their respective lands at Pitcombe(?) in North Nibley. On vellum, size 13" x 19", small wax seal with a deer, witnessed on verso. 1706. £18.00
¶ Docket title 'deed for dividing mounds'. Refers to the hedge 'between the moorstone now set up about the middle of the hedge' to 'the moorstone at the foot of the elme next the highway'

Olveston A YEARLY ASSESSMENT made on the Lands in the Tythings of Olveston for Raising the Sum of £172-18s-8d by a Tax of 4 shillings in the Pound for the Year of 1797. manuscript on 3p., folio, sewn into rough blue paper wraps, folded. Lists 'Persons Names', with tenement, sum due. 1797. £24.00
¶ Includes Robert Hayward for The Mill, Edward Cork for The Nap House and Garden, William Ward for Hazel Farm.

Oxenton RELEASE and Confirmation of the Manor or Lordship of Oxenton in the Parish of Oxenton and Tewskesbury, Edmund Lechmere of Hanley Castle, in Worcestershire, to John Parsons of Kemerton. Large vellum sheet, signed by Lechmere with wax seal. Verso dusty. 1774. £18.00

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.

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 FEOFFMENT of a ridge of arable land called South Furlong in Slimbridge, Thomas Stratford of Horsley, to John Jeffreys of Slimbridge. Vellum, size 13" x 23", fine engraved heading with coat of arms. Signed with wax seal. Vellum slightly spotty. 1724. £20.00
¶ Gives names of occupiers of adjoining lands.

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 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

Thames and Severn Canal PRINTED LETTER to Shareholders, dated 13th June 1809. Explains the Agreement which has been drawn up whereby a Mortgagee will have interest paid to him by a prior lien upon the Tolls of the Canal. 2p., sm. folio, with names of Edward Littleton and others at end, note in manuscript about signing the agreement. Blank adjoining leaf with address panel on verso, with two postmarks, corner of blank leaf torn away, loss of paper where seal broken. 1809. £22.00
¶ The canal had been opened in 1789.

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

Tockington Lower AN ASSESSMENT made on the several Inhabitants of the Tything of Tockington Lower.... by a Land Tax at 4 in the pound... for 1797. 4p., 4to, sewn into rough paper wraps. Ruled in columns for 'Land Lords', 'Tenants' amount due. The 'Land Lord' column mentions the tenement, field etc., concerned. Paper slightly browned. 1797. £18.00
¶ The main landlord was Mrs Bromley Chester.

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.