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

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

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

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

Bristol Junction Canal AT A VERY NUMEROUS AND RESPECTABLE MEETING of the landowners upon the line of the proposed Canal holden at the Cross Hands Inn in Old Sodbury in the County of Gloucester on Monday the 21st day of May 1810.... Manuscript notes of the meeting and resolutions passed. Two and a half pages, foolscap, many crossings out and amendments. Signed 'Beaufort'. 1810. £55.00
¶ The landowners, who formed a committee including Christopher Codrington, Wm. Scrope, Wm. Bullock, to act on their behalf, felt the proposed canal would be 'highly injurious to the owners and propietorsof lands' through which it passed, and proposed that a subscription be raised to defray the expenses of opposing it, and the 'proceedings of the meeting.... be inserted in the Courrier & Morning Chronicle and also in the Gloucester Journal, Bath Chronicle....' This canal wuld have passed through the Gloucestershire Coalfield. The scheme was dropped in favour of the North Wilts. Canal.

Cheltenham BILL Completely in manuscript, from Little, Freeman and Weare, Coach Manufactory, Cheltenham, to Revd. E. Ryder, for a second hand Barouche (taking old Phaetonin Exchange), and painting Arms, Crest and Motto. 8vo, small edge tear. Mar. 15th, 1856. £8.00
¶ The total was £72.00 including conveying to Ham House.

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

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 LEASE FOR A YEAR of a tenement at Poolway in Coleford, with various pieces of land, including Oak Piece, Pool Field, Tuf Torne, John Howells of Dixton Hadnock in Monmouth and James Howell of Llangarren in Herefordshire, to James Yarworth of Monmouth. Vellum, size 18" x 25", two wax seals. 1815. £16.00

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

Dibden Farm, Mangotsfield PLAN, PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Valuable Freehold Property known as Dibden Farm situate at Viny Green, in the Parish of Mangotsfield, Glos. comprising about 134 acres.... for Sale by Public Auction at Grand Hotel, Broad Street, Bristol On Thursday, July 14th, 1938. Sm 4to, coloured folding plan, 6pp, original wraps. 1938. £18.00

Dymock PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Of Freehold Cottage at Broomsgreen, Dymock. To be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Lomas and Anthony at The Horse Shoe Inn, Broomsgreen On Friday the 12th day of August 1904. Loosely inserted is a large printed poster for the sale. 3pp, folio, docket title. 1904. £15.00

Eastern Division of the County of Gloucester NOTICES OF CLAIM TO BE INSERTED IN THE LIST OF VOTERS 19 forms printed with manuscript inserts, plus 2 completely in manuscript, signed, size 7" x 8", giving name, address, qualification (Property held and where situated, name of tenant)... together with... NOTICES OF OBJECTION to the Overseers to 20 various individuals being included in the List of Voters. 20 printed forms, size 5" x 8", with manuscript inserts, 8 signed by John Cox of Cheltenham, the rest by Joseph Garner of Three Cocks Lane, Gloucester, August 1835. 41 forms. 1835. £95.00

Foxcote, Upper Coberley ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXV 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. £18.00
¶ Also refers to 'one acre of land in the Nassfield'.

Gloucester ANNUAL SALE OF CUB HUNTERS .... At the Spread Eagle Hotel, Gloucester, Saturday the 20th October, 1877... 12 Valuable Young Irish Horses, which were selected with great care by Lord Fitzhardinge in July last for Cub Hunting... 3pp., folio, listing 12 horses chosen by Lord Fitzhardinge and 31 other lots property of other owners, 1-4 horses in each, with brief description of each horse. Folds. 1877. £22.00

Gloucester area FIVE ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheets LXIV S.E (Hawkesbury); LV N.E (Whitcliff Park, Ham), XXXIII S.E (Brookthorpe, Upton St. Leonards), XXXIII S.W (Quedgeley), XLVIII N.W (Breadstone). Scale 6" to 1 mile. 1903. £30.00

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 PARTICULARS OF SALE AND PLAN of No. 46 Southgate Street Important Shop and Trade Premises... a Modern Brick-Built Warehouse and Five Cottages in Blackfriars... for Sale by Auction, May 10th, 1929. 2pp., folio, folded, coloured folding plan. 1929. £17.00

Gloucester Records Office ROYALIST AND ROUNDHEAD IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1640-1660. An Exhibition... at The Wheatstone Hall, Brunswick Road, Gloucester, 15th to 27th July, 1960. 8vo, 16pp., wraps. 1960. £4.00

Gloucester THE LIST OF PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE in the Election of Knights of the Shire for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucester, in respect of Property situate within the parish of Saint John the Baptist. Printed sheet, signed by the Overseers, size 18" x 11", listing 76 voters with Place of Abode, nature of Qualification, Street, etc. Wingate, Printer, Northgate Street. 1835. £45.00
¶ With pinholes in the top corners and a note in ink on verso 'This sheet was on the Church door Aug. 2nd 1835.'

Gloucester, Stroud ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 234. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 13" x 18", plus wide margins. Cancelled 'Record Map' stamp top margin. 1892. £20.00
¶ Covers area from Mitcheldean to Miserden.

Gloucester, Tibberton, Twigworth ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheets XXV N.E, S.E and N.W, and XIV N.E. Second Edition, 6" to 1 mile, c1910. £30.00
¶ Includes Down Hatherley, Hartpury House, northern part of Gloucester around Cathedral.

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. 1854. £25.00

Guiting Power LEASE TO VEST POSSESSION between John Kilmaster of Peglesworth, and Thomas Kilmaster, of a message at Guiting. Vellum, 13" x 19", good wax seal with (Roman?) man's head, engraved initial letter with coat of arms. Good clean condition. 1744. £20.00

Hearne (T) BEVERSTONE CASTLE Copperplate engraving, by W. Byrne after drawing by T. Hearne. Engvd. surface 7" x 10", inscribed to Michael Hicks Esq. Pub. W. Byrne 1778. £38.00

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 CONVEYANCE IN FEE of one acre lately allotted out and awarded to Robert Keepen under an Act of Parliament for dividing and enclosing Acton Common, Marlpit Common and Cockshute, to Matthew Hawkins of Bristol. Vellum, 13" x 23", good wax seal with bust. Some slight yellowing. 1781. £18.00

Iron Acton CONVEYANCE IN FEE of an acre of ground in Iron Acton, lately awarded to John Purnell by the Commissioners under An Act of Parliament for... inclosing the waste Lands called Acton Common, Marlpit Common, and Cockshute, John Purnell to Matthew Hawkins, both of Bristol. Single vellum sheet, good wax seal with Roman bust. 1783. £18.00

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

Jew and Bryant, Printers, Gloucester THE UNDERSIGNED ADDRESS TO SIR ROBERT PEEL Baronet, is now lying for Signature at Mr. Jew's, Bookseller, Westgate Street... We, the undersigned Inhabitants of the City of Gloucester... entertain a decided conviction, that the United Episcopal Church of England and Ireland possess an indisputable and exclusive claim to retain... its station as the Established Church... Printed on one side only, 36 lines, 13" x 8", folded. Jew and Bryant, Printers, Gloucester, n.d. 1840's. £40.00

Jew and Bryant, Printers, Gloucester THE UNDERSIGNED ADDRESS TO THE KING is now lying for Signature, at Mr. Jew's, Bookseller, Westgate Street. Broadside, printed on one side only, size 13" x 8", 3 paragraphs.To the King's Most Excellent Majesty.... Jew and Bryant, Printers, Gloucester. n.d. 1830's. £36.00
¶ '... we beg leave to approach your Royal Person with our earnest prayers that Your Majesty will.... check the avowed purposes of alienating the Revenues of the Church of England and Ireland, and thereby secure the inviolability and integrity of her Establishment...'

Kell (Thomas) and Son, Printer GLOUCESTER CORPORATION. SESSION 1911. PLAN AND SECTION William Fox, F. Latrobe-Bateman, Richard Read, Engineers. 3 sheets of lithograph plans, printed green paper wraps, size 23" x 30", cloth spine. 6" repaired tear in first leaf, not affecting printing. Shows plans and sections of Aquaduct Work at Pauntley. 1911. £55.00

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

Leaford ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT between Thomas Morse of Hereford, Druggist, and James Yound of Didbrook, Butcher, for the sale of a cottage and outbuildings at Leabrook for 200 guineas. 2p, sm. folio, folded. 1837. £8.00

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

Lidbrook WILL of Henry Morse of Lidbrook in Ruardean, Barge Owner, 1804. Sm. folio, copy made 1830, 5p, plus 3p of lawyer's notes. 1830. £14.00
¶ Bequeathes share in barges called 'Henry' and 'Industry', share in Coal Mine called Twenty Inches to his brother.

Lipycat Farm, Awre LEASE FOR FIFTEEN YEARS of lands in the parish of Awre, The Mayor and Burgesses of the City of Gloucester to John Charles of Awre, yeoman. In a neat clear hand on vellum, size 28" x 34", tag, with no trace of having had a wax seal. 1743. £45.00
¶ The rents of the land were due to the Blue Coat Hospital in Gloucester. Gives a very long list of pasture, meadow and arable lands, listing situation with adjoining lands and occupiers, reserving the Royalty or Gale of fishing in the Severn, and all fruit trees, and the farm house called Lipycat Farm, to the Mayor and Burgesses. Lands named include West Marsh, Clay Piece, Rogers, land in Linch Field Shooting near the Old Wharf Common, the Butts at Stockwell Shooting, etc.

Mechanics' Institution, Cirencester A LECTURE will be delivered by Mr. J. Simpson, (Librarian of the Islington Literary & Scientific Society) at the Hall, in Thomas-Street, On Thursday, March 17, 1853, at Eight o'clock, on The Life, Character, & Times of Henry VIII. Broadsheet, 11«" x 9", attractively printed with titles in large typefaces. Gives 'Syllabus' of lecture, Admission details, etc. Edwin Baily, Cirencester, 1853. £20.00

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

Newent DEED OF FEOFFMENT of part of a tenement in Church Street, between the house of Thomas Grosvenor and Thomas Taylor, consisting of three chambers, an entry, a room below stairs, a well and a wellhouse with the plot adjoining, Richard Loveridge of Newent, yeoman, to Thomas Taylor. Vellum, size 23" x 29", wax seal. Vellum rather darkened. 1790. £18.00

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.

Ross BILL to the Executors of Henry Morse, for funeral expenses and costs involved in settling the deceased's estate, particularly as regards his coal yard at Hereford, arranging an auction sale, etc. presumably from an attorney or executor. 12pp., sm. folio, loosely stitched at edge, neatly itemised. Includes 'Paid for Horse Cart & Man to Ross for Cask Beer &c for Funeral', 'Payed for shrowd sheet', 'Payed John Meredith Voyage to Horn(?) with Mary Ann Barge & Towing Path....' May 1815. £18.00

Rowe (G) PLOUGH HOTEL, CHELTENHAM. Tinted lithograph, engraved view area approx. 6¬" x 10¬", plus margins, neatly mounted in a double mount. Drawn, Printed & Published by G. Rowe, Teacher of Drawing, Cheltenham. (1840) £56.00 -- See Illustration

Rowe (G) THE PROMENADE, CHELTENHAM. Tinted lithograph, engraved view area approx. 6¬" x 10", plus margins, neatly mounted in a double mount, bottom right hand corner of margin spotty, neat repair to short tear in plate. Drawn, Printed & Published by Geo. Rowe, Exeter House, Cheltenham. (1840) £46.00

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'.

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. £36.00

Sopworth, Badminton estate THREE ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheets LXV.14/VII.14, LXX.2/XII.2, LXV.15/VII.15. Scale 25" to 1 mile, each size 26" x 37". Edition of 1921. £24.00
¶ Shows Sopworth, Didmarton, part of Badminton Estate, Wick Farm, part of Sherston.

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.

Stratton PARTICULARS WITH PLAN & CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Stratton Estate, Comprising the house and Homestead known as "Salutation House" and 120 acres.... To be Sold by Auction, by Messrs Moore & Hill at the King's Head Hotel, Cirencester, on Wednesday 17th July, 1878. 6pp, folio, folding plan, with coloured outlines. 1878. £28.00

Sturge & Sons, Surveyors PLAN OF AN ESTATE IN THE PARISHES OF YATE, WICKWAR, HORTON & IRON ACTON in the County of Gloucester, Held Subject to the Trusts of the Will of Henry Bengough Esq., Deceased. Manuscript plan in ink and colour on thick paper backed with linen, size 35" x 47", scale 1" = 6 chains, mounted on mahogany roller with finials, wooden stretcher on the left curved to fit around roll, titled in gilt on the outside. Large title with decorative lettering in a variety of styles, compass rose, scale bar. Signed 'I. Sturge & Sons, Surveyors, Bristol' bottom right. Shows buildings in red, with surrounding parkland and orchards indicated, streams, roads, Bristol and Gloucester Railway, fields shaded in green or buff, and numbered. Shows Hill House, Hallend Farm, Firing Close Farm, Frith Farm, Shortwood Farm, Oxwick Farm, Brickyard. Some browning due to damp in top left corner above compass rose, with 3 tears in paper (but not linen) approx. 3" long, part of one letter in title rubbed. Some spotting at top edge, and an area of rubbing approx. 2" square in top margin, green silk edging tape, missing from bottom edge. 1888. £200.00

Swindon 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

Wapley, Chipping Sodbury PARTICULARS of an Attested Holding known as Bush's Farm.... for Sale by Auction..... 29th September 1957. 6p., sm. 4to. Loosely inserted folding plan. 1957. £10.00

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

Winterbourne PARTICULARS, WITH PLAN, VIEWS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE, By direction of Sir Henry White-Smith, of Charming and Attractive, Fine Old Georgian Country Residence known as "Winterbourne House" with well and tastefully-laid-out Grounds, Gardens, Tennis Courts, Entrance Lodge, Cottage Outbuildings and Parklike Pasture Land, Model Farm... which Geo. Nichols, Young, Hunt & Co.... are instructed to Sell by Auction at Demerara House, Colston Avenue, Bristol, On Thursday, 6th May, 1926. Folio, coloured folding plan, 4 illustrations, 8pp, original wraps, pencil notes of prices. 1926. £38.00

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.