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1 Jane Wakefield of the city of London, widow. 2 Thomas Taylor of Tiverton, Devon, yeoman. Lease for 14 years of three quarters of a m. or tmt called Higher Patcott in p. Tiverton, Devon, and Covenant by 1 to pay an annuity of £10 charged upon the premises and the adjoining Burridge estate; covenants relating to husbandry, planting of trees and hedges. Annual rent: £15.15.0 and £5 for every a. of meadow and pasture converted to tillage.

1 William Lee of Hart Street, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, carpenter. 2 Jane Waldo of Weybridge, Surrey, spinster. Lease for 131/2 years, by virtue of a licence, dated 16 May 1796, from James Farrer, esq., steward of man. Byfleet with its members, of a m. or dwelling house in p. Weybridge, Surrey, with the garden and pleasure ground adjoining, together with 1's right or priviledge of walking in the adjoining park or pleasure grounds of Lord Portmore. Schedule of fittings appended. Annual rent: £25.

1 Edward Goodwyn of Dorking, gent., son and heir apparant of Jasper Goodwyn, gent. 2 Matthew Carleton of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. Lease and Release of a m. or tmt near the churchyard in p. Great Bookham, Surrey, purchased by 1 from Edward Goodwyn the elder on 16 Dec. 1640, a m. or inn called The Upper Chequer, p. Dorking, a m. or tmt in the tenure of Richard Hall, purchased by 1 from Edward Goodwyn the elder on 27 June 1640 (see no. 13), and all 1's m's, farms, etc., in p's Dorking, Westbetchworth, Godalming, Wonersh, Shere, Leatherhead, Cranleigh which the said Jasper Goodwyn conveyed to 1 on 18 June 1641. Consideration: £1,000. No. 645 endorsed: '(1)'.

1 James Rose of Betchworth, Surrey, farmer, and Ann Rose his wife. 2 William Stephens of London, brewer. Lease and Release of a m. and land (3 a.) in Holmwood, p. Dorking, late in the tenure of William Brown and now of William Peter, with Covenant by 1 to indemnify 2 against a mortgage for £40 made by the said William Brown of Dorking, farrier, to Richard Peters of Dorking, hoopshaver, now vested in John Mills of Dorking, farmer. Consideration: £70.

1 John Rogers of Wrington, Somerset, BD, late fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Lydia his wife, Charles Hutchinson of London, gent., and Constantia Hare of Tottenham Highcrosse, Middlesex, spinster. 2 Thomas Reason of London, gent. 3 Edward Gilbert and William Gilbert of London, gents. Lease and Release by 2, at the request of 1, to 3 in trust for the said Edward Gilbert of a m. or inn called Upper Chequer, a m. adjoining, being formerly part of the same, in the tenure of [ ]Wheeler and [ ] Yates, a parcel of land (1 a.) in a field called Squire Croft, a parcel of land called Bottom Acre in a field called Colliers Dene otherwise Broomfeild, 5 a. of land in a field called Townfeild Close, and closes or parcels of pasture land and woodground called Deaths (10 a.), otherwise Deaths Chart, near Debden, all in p. Dorking, Surrey, a m. or farm house and 4 a. in the tenure of William Brown, in p's Dorking and Capel, a close of land called Swytefeild (8 a.), otherwise Whitland, a close of meadow called Swyte Meadow (6 a.) and a close of land called Rydon Close, (4 a.) all in. p. Dorking, a meadow called Southaw Meadow (1 a.) at Beargreave, p. Capel, coppices, coppiced woods, groves and underwood (partly grubbed up) on or near the west and east of the said Swytefeild, Swyte Meadow and Rydon Close, a parcel of land called Swyte Grove (5 a.) and a field called Swyte Feild (2 a.) all in p. Dorking, lands, meadows, etc., called Sudberries (20 a.), being four fields and three coppices (all or most of which have been ploughed up) near the common called Homewood, all in p's Dorking and Capel, and a m. and land called Bakers (15 a.) near the said Homewood, in p. Dorking and Indemnity [?by 3] to 1 from a perpetual annuity of £10 charged on the lands called Deaths, to be hereby conveyed by John Carpenter, gent., former owner of the same, to Christopher Ryth, esq., and now payable to George Wattle, and henceforth to be paid by John Hall of Dorking, esq., out of a m. formerly called Lower Chequer, now the Kings Head, lately purchased by the said Thomas Rogers and Thomas Reason.

1 Ralph Baynes of Stallingborough, Lincolnshire, clerk. 2 William Epworth of Stallingborough, gent. 3 Nathaniel Taylor of Stallingborough, yeoman. 4 John Grantham of Stallingborough, yeoman. 5 Robert Marshall of Stallingborough, yeoman. 6 John Hunter of Stallingborough, yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife. 7 Mary Smith of Stallingborough, spinster. 8 Joel Ashton of Stallingborough, yeoman. 9 Edward Vessey of Stallingborough, yeoman. 10 Elizabeth Blythe of Stallingborough, widow. 11 Peter Maltby of Stallingborough, yeoman. 12 William Penson of Stallingborough, yeoman. 13 Saint Andrew Thornhagh of Asherton, Nottinghamshire, esq. (trustee of 14). 14 Matthew Boucherett of Stallingborough, esq., and Ayscogh Boucherett, esq., his only son and heir apparent (purchaser). Lease and Release by 1-12 to 13, in trust for 14, of several parcels of ground in Kirkdales, Knot, Bicar, Mannerholm, Walnut Nook, and Cartbridge Meere, all in p. Stallingborough, intermixed with the lands of 14, to be held by 13 upon the same trusts as a deed dated 1 July 1737. Recites an Act of 10 Geo. II entitled 'An Act for dividing and inclosing certain open and common fields within the lordship and parish of Stallingborough in the county of Lincoln'. Consideration: 22 years' purchase paid by 14 to 1-12. No. 89 frail at the creases.

The Lambs had an interest in chambers in 7 and 8 Serles Court (now New Square), Lincolns Inn. In 1815 Peniston Lamb, lord Melbourne, conveyed the chambers to Cornelius Pitt (no. 98), and Pitt in turn conveyed them to Isaac Lloyd Williams in 1818. In 1850 the chambers were conveyed by Matthew Davies Williams of Cwmcynfelyn, Cardiganshire, the eldest son of Isaac Lloyd Williams, to John Wood of Coventry Street, Haymarket, wine and spirit merchant. Deeds relating to the Serles Court chambers are held at the Lincolns Inn Library (Serles Court Books and D1e12/1-11). Photocopies of the admission to chambers of Matthew Lamb, Peniston Lamb and Cornelius Pitt, together with a draft list of deeds relating to New Square, are in NLW Facs 861.

1 Thomas Tufton, earl of Thanet. 2 Sackville Tufton of Newbottle, Northamptonshire, esq. 3 Rev. John Grandorge, DD, one of the prebendaries of the cathedral church of Canterbury, and Peniston Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, gent. (trustees). Grant by 1 and 2 of an additional annuity of £5 to the charity school at Hothfield, Kent. Recites a deed, dated 3 Jan. 1720/1, between 1 and 3, granting an annual rent charge of £15 issuing out of several pieces of land in Hothfield, part of the estates of Richard, late earl of Thanet, dec., and of 1, to be applied as a salary for a schoolmistress to teach the children of the poor of the parish.

A bundle of deeds relating to an estate in Surrey, built up from Sudburies in p's Dorking and Capel, the Bakers in p. Dorking and The Chequer in p. Dorking.

1 Thomas Carleton the younger, gent. (quer.). 2 Henry Gosden and Rebecca his wife (deforcs.). Final Concord of one m., one barn, etc., (14 a.) in p. Dorking, Surrey. LH and RH indentures. Consideration: £41.

1 William Poe (quer.). 2 Anthony Lucas (deforc.). Final Concord of one m., 10 a. of land, etc., (14 a.) in p. Dorking. LH and RH indentures. Latin.

1 Martin Holbeath, gent., and Ottwell Meverell of Grays Inn, Middlesex, esq. (quers). 2 Thomas Carleton, esq., and Matthew Carleton the elder, esq. (deforcs). Final Concord of 20 m's, etc., (224 a.) in p's Dorking, Mickleham, Betchworth, Wonersh, Shere, Leatherhead, Cranleigh, Great Bookham, Holmwood and Capel, Surrey. RH indenture.

1 Edward Le Grand, esq., Sir John Eust, bart, and Sir Edmund Thomas, bart (quer's). 2 Thomas Williams and Catherine his wife (deforc's). Final Concord of 10 a. of land, 10 a. of meadow, etc., (30 a.) in p. Spaxton, Somerset. Consideration: £60. RH Indenture.

1 Robert Maurice (demandant). 2 Matthew Carleton (tenant to the precipe). 3 Henry Cornish (vouchee). Exemplification Of Recovery (by double vouchee), dated Trinity term 1669, of m's and lands in p's Dorking, Mickleham, Betchworth, Wonersh, Shere, Leatherhead, Cranleigh, Great Bookham, Holmwood, and Capel, Surrey. Latin. Endorsed: '(5)'.

1 Richard Payne and John Avenne (demandants). 2 Eustace Bristowe (tenant to the precipe). 3 Richard Humfrey (vouchee). Exemplification Of Recovery (by double vouchee), dated 19 June 1602, of 1 m., 6 a. of land, etc., (17 a.), in p's Dorking and Capel, Surrey. Latin. Seal (fragment).

1 John Johnson, junior, of Berners Street, Middlesex, architect. 2 Mrs Jane Medley of Clapham, Surrey, widow. Draft Heads Of Agreement for a lease of a m. or dwelling house adjoining Peartrees Livery Stables in Piccadilly, Middlesex, and for the eventual purchase of the leasehold. See also nos 136-7.

Dispensation granted by John Montagu, duke of Montagu, great master of the Order of the Bath, to Sir Conyers Darcy, kt, for his non-observance of the rites of bathing, vigils and other concomitant rituals before his creation as a companion of the order. Not executed.