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Marriage Licence granted to John Browning of Edworth, Bedfordshire, bachelor, aged 26, and Mary Simbrey of Biggleswade, spinster, aged 23, to be married at Edworth without the publication of banns of matrimony.

1 Samuel Elsdale of the city of London, merchant. 2 Thomas Elliot of the ... [Willia]m Elliot of Bermondsey Street, in bor. Southwark, woolstapler, son of the said Thomas. Deed Of Partnership between 1 and William Elliot as joint traders in the trade of woolstapler. Not executed. Mutilated.

Memorial to be registered at Wakefield, Yorkshire, of a lease and release by Mary Booth and Elizabeth Prowse, widows, the surviving daughters and heirs of John Sharpe of Grafton Park, Northamptonshire, esq., dec., the eldest son and heir of John Sharpe, archbishop of York, dec., to John Ta[ ] of Gildersome, p. Batley, Yorkshire, gent., concerning the capital m. in Gildersome called [...] together with a new barn, [...]of arable and pasture land, [ ] Nipshaws, Dixon Nipshaw, Upper and M[ ] Nipshaw, [ ]. Not executed. Fragments.

Special Probate Of Will And Codicil of Dame Leonora Rush of p. St James Westminster, widow (will dated 19 June 1780, codicil dated 22 Feb. 1785).

Appointment by Elisha Blayney of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, surgeon, and Sinah his wife, late Sinah Hudson, spinster, discharging the trustees of their pre-nuptial settlement. Recites the sale of part of the freehold and copyhold estates of Thomas Hudson late of Hemel Hempstead, dec., father of the said Sinah, to John Tomlin of Berkhamsted St Peter, draper, and that £325, a third of the purchase money, the share of Elisha Blayney and Sinah his wife, was laid out by George Hudson, the surviving trustee, and the said John Tomlin in the purchase of £410.14.10 3% consolidated bank annuities.

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.

Letter from Mrs Medley at Clapham to Mr Williams at Grays Inn Square, thanking him for finding her a house in Piccadilly, which she has this morning agreed to take for three years, and asking him to draw up a lease. See also nos 135 and 138.

1 Rev. Verney Peter Littlehales of Burton, Lincolnshire, clerk. 2 Thomas Williams of Leadenhall Street, city of London, bookseller. Lease To Vest Possession of a m. near the west end of the north side of Leadenhall Street, p. St Peter Cornhill, London (previous tenants named). Not executed. Damaged.

Letter from Mr Chippindale of Queen Street, [London], to Mr Williams at Grays Inn, that he has got the lease executed by all the parties. See also nos 135-6.

1 Thomas Wakeman the elder of Mildred Court, Poultry, in the city of London, carpet warehouseman. 2 Thomas Wakeman the younger of the same place, carpet warehouseman, son of 1. Assignment by 1 of his moiety of the stock in trade, etc., belonging to the partnership of Wakeman and Wakeman. Consideration: an annuity of £500 for the life of 1.

1 Anthony Lucas of Dorking, Surrey, carpenter, and Bridget Lucas his now wife. 2 William Poe of Dorking, gent. Deed To Lead The Uses Of A Fine of a m. or tmt called Bakers (14 a.), lying near Homewood, Dorking. Endorsed: '(4)'.

Probate Of Will of Mary Lewis formerly of Shacklewell, p. Hackney, Middlesex, and late of Gloucester Street, p. St Leonard Shoreditch, both Middlesex, widow (will dated 29 Sept. 1795). Bequests include £8 per annum consolidated long annuities, bequeathed in trust to John Thomas, secretary of the Welsh Charity School, Grays Inn Lane Road, to be paid to her sister Jane Seenes, formerly Jane Ward, for life and after her death to the children of Jane's son William Ward.

1 John Exeter of St Mary Whitechapel, Middlesex, gent. 2 Elizabeth Mead of Pratt Street, p. Lambeth, Surrey, widow. 3 Robert Francis Tuft of Dulwich, Surrey, esq., and Isaac Lloyd Williams of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. Pre-nuptial Settlement of 1 and 2, being a Declaration Of Trust, settling her £850 Bank 5% annuities on 3, in trust to receive the interest for her independent use.

Probate Of Will of Mary Phillips, formerly of the city of Bristol and late of p. St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, widow (will dated 31 Dec. 1805). See also no. 143.

List of properties [in Bristol], including houses and ground rents held by a lease from the Society of Merchants, houses in Hotwell Road and up the hill from Hotwell Road to Clifton Church, a large house facing the dock gates, and three houses in a court behind it. Found enclosed in no. 142.

1 Rev. William Baskett of bor. Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, clerk. 2 Richard Edmunds of the Exchequer Office of Pleas, Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, gent. Assignment Of Mortgage for £20, of a m. and dwelling house in bor. Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Recites a mortgage by demise for 1,000 years, dated 30 Oct. 1806, between John Hole Jones of bor. Yarmouth, schoolmaster, and 1.

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 Jasper Lisney of Dorking, Surrey, yeoman. 2 Edward Goodwin the younger of the same, gent. Bargain And Sale With Feoffment of a parcel of land (1 a.) bounded by a field called The Parson's Ride belonging to the rectory or parsonage of Dorking (further boundaries given). Consideration: £25. Endorsed: livery of seisin, and '(3)'.

1 Jasper Lisney of Dorking, Surrey, yeoman. 2 Edward Goodwin the younger of Dorking, gent. Bond in £50 for the performance of covenants specified in no. 17. Armorial seal of Jasper Lysceney.