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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.

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 John Coke of Holkham, Norfolk, esq. 2 William Gwavas of the Middle Temple, London, gent. Lease for forty one years of the capital m. or house of Huntingfeild, otherwise Huntingfeild Hall, in p. Huntingfield, Suffolk, and the park called Huntingfeild Parke, now in the tenure of Raph Woolmer, gent., and the stock of ninety five deer and the coneys there. Consideration: £50 annual rent.

1 Thomas Coke of Holkham, Norfolk, esq., son and heir of Edward Coke of the same, esq., dec. 2 Anthony Grey, earl of Harrold, only son and heir apparent on Henry, duke of Kent, and Sir Edward Coke of Longford, Derbyshire, bart. Lease To Vest Possession (being part of the Pre-nuptial Settlement of 1 and Lady Margaret Tufton, daughter of the Earl of Thanet) of the manors of Berke, otherwise Berkhall, Billingford, Bilaugh, Foxley, Burwood Hall, otherwise Burrow Hall, otherwise Burghall, Castle Acre, Foxes, Cockford, otherwise Coxford, otherwise Cokesford, Dunton cum Doughton, Roses in South Creek, and Flitcham, the man. and priory of Fulmodeston, the manors of Godwick, otherwise Goodwick Hall, Grainston Calies otherwise Grainston Hall and Nortons, Hastings in Bintree, Kempston, Longham, otherwise Longham Hall, Gruntons Prior and Wathingtons, Moregraves, Knightleys in Marcham, Neles, otherwise Lucas, North Elmham, Nowers, Panworth Hall, Sparham-Stowkhall, Beeston, Sparham, Maultbyes, Wellingham, West Lexham, Wesenham, North Hall, Kipton and Castleacre in Wesenham, Feltham and Munks, otherwise Feltham and Monks, Tittleshall, Prakehall, Burrowhall, otherwise Burghall, Holkham, Burrowhall and Waterden, and the park of North [?Spar]ham, the rectories of Bilaugh, Castle Acre, Dunton Cum Doughton, Flitcham, Kempston, Wendling, Longham, Holkham, and Weasenham, the advowsons of the churches of Billingford, Bilaugh, Castle Acre, Dunton Cum Doughton, Tittleshall, Godwick, Flitcham, Kempston, Wendeling, Longham, Holkham, Waterden, and Wellingham, all other manors, m's etc. of 1 in t's, p's and precincts of Billingford, Bilaugh, Bawdeswell, Foxley, Bintree, Twyford, Sparham, Whitwell, North Elmham, Brisley, Gateley, Mileham, Beeston, Longham, Wendling, Tittleshall, Godwick, Wisensett, Pattesley, Stanfield, Lucham, Wellingham, Raynham, Great Raynham, Little Raynham, Weasenham St Peter, Weasenham All Saints, Massingham Great, Massingham Little, Roughton, Harpley, Castle Acre, South Acre, West Acre, Narford, Narborough, Pagrave, Dunton Cum Doughton, Tatterford, Sherford, Flitcham, Great Appleton, Little Appleton, Anmer, Fulmodeston, Clipstone, Kettlestone, Croxton, Kempstone, Maston, Ashill, Saham, Martham, South Creek, Siderston, East Lexham, West Lexham, Newton [By Castle Acre], Waterden, Egmere, Holkham, Wyghton, Wells, Burnham Norton, Burnham Thorpe and Burnham Overy, all in Norfolk, the manors of Huntingfield, otherwise Huntingfield Hall, Newhaw, Aldam, otherwise Aldham, otherwise Aldham Hall, Laxfeild, Horham, otherwise Horham, Fernegan, Cratfeild, Sporham, Thorphall, Huntingfeild Chauntrey, otherwise Alriches, otherwise Cokes, otherwise Wyvills, the man. called the rectory man. of Laxfeild, a capital m. called Huntingfeild Hall, the park called The Park in Huntingfeild, the advowsons of the churches of Huntingfield, Cokeley, Horham, Laxfield, Cratfield and Aldham, hd Blything, all other freehold m's, farms, etc., of 1 in t's, p's and precincts of Laxfield, Cratfield, Fressingfield, Stradbroke, Brundish, Welby, Dennington, Badingham, Horham, Allington, Redlingfield, Denham, Eye, H[?or]ton, Aldham, Hadleigh, Karsey, Whatfield, Elmsett, Hintlesham, Chattisham, Copdock, Darsham, Wingfield, Huntingfield, Aldritches, Wyvills, Cokes, Cookley, Great Linstead, Little Linstead, Heveningham and Newham, all in Suffolk, the manors of Hever, Chipstead, Kingsdown, and Maplescombe and all other manors, m's etc. of 1 in the t's, fields etc. of Kingsdown, Farningham, Eynsford, Kemsing, Seal, Ash, Shoreham, Fawkham, Hartley, and Chipstead all in Kent, the advowsons of the churches of Bishops Cleeve and Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, man. Minster, otherwise Minster Lovell, and all other lands, tmt's, etc., of 1 in t's, p's and precincts of Minster Lovell, [ ] Shortington, Asthall, Asthall Leigh, Langley and Shipton-under-wychwood, all in Oxfordshire, man. Farnham Royal and the site of man. Farnham Royal, and all other m's, farms, etc., of 1 in t's, p's, etc., of Farnham Royal, Seer Green and Hedgerley Dean, Buckinghamshire, except the m. or tmt called Cuntsforth, otherwise Conyforth House in the city of Norwich, and the manors of Candelent otherwise Campdolent, Lambleholme, and Westleton otherwise Minsmere otherwise Stotts, and all other m's, farms, etc., belonging to the said Thomas Coke in t's, p's, etc., of Trimley St Mary, Trimley St Martin, Walton, Felixstowe, Falkenham, Kirton, Holmligh, Bokilham, Naketon, Lavington, Chediston, Holton, Westleton, Middleton, Feverton, Fordley, Danwick, Leyston, Mildenhall and Ulston, all in Suffolk. Endorsed: 'Lease for a year to the settlement on the marriage of Tho's Coke Esq'r with Lady Margaret Tufton'. Damaged by rodents.

Account of the £5,000 due to Anne, wife of Philip Roberts, esq., from Sir John Newton, bart, her guardian, by virtue of the marriage settlement of her parents, Edward Coke, esq., and Carey his wife.

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.

1 Edward Coke of Longford, Derbyshire, esq. 2 Thomas Goodwin of Oldhall, p. Manchester, Lancashire. Lease for three lives of a m. and tmt (9 a.) in the tenure of Richard Goodwin, in p. Pendlebury, Lancashire. Consideration: £40 and the surrender of a former lease, dated 29 June 1699. Annual rent: £1.1.0. Duties: suit of mill that 1 is to build at Prestwich or thereabouts, and heriot of £20. Counterpart. Not executed.

1 Lady Jane Holt, widow of John Holt of Redgrave, Suffolk, esq., dec., and one of the daughters of Thomas, marquis of Wharton, dec. 2 Robert Coke, esq., vice-chamberlain to the Queen. 3 Sir William Morice of Werrington, Devon, bart, and Mathew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. Pre-nuptial Settlement of Robert Lake and the said Lady Jane Holt, being a Bargain And Sale to 3, with the consent of 2, of a sum of £3,700, the unpaid remainder of a sum of £8,000, being 1's portion under the will of the said Thomas, marquis of Wharton, dec., a moiety of the residue of the real and personal estate the said Thomas, and a sum of £2,800, part of a sum of £11,721.12.0, being the purchase money of the man. and lands at Moyer, [?Moyour, Co. Mayo], Ireland. Endorsed: 'Assignment from the Lady Jones Holt of all her Personal Estate before her Marriage with the Hon'oble Robert Lake Esquire upon the Trust within mentioned', and an inventory of jewellery and silverware.

1 Thomas Coke, baron Lovell of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, and Edward Coke, his only son and heir apparent. 2 Mathew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. Mortgage (Demise for 1,000 years) for £48,000 (4%) of the manors of Huntingfield, otherwise Huntingfield Hall, Newham, Aldam, otherwise Aldham, otherwise Aldham Hall, Laxfield, Horham, otherwise Horham-Tornegan, Cratfield, Horham, Thorphall, Huntingfield Chauntrey, otherwise Aldrishes, otherwise Cokes, otherwise Wyvills, the rectory man. of Laxfield, a capital m. called Huntingfield Hall, park lands and grounds called The Parke in Huntingfield, the advowsons of the churches of Huntingfield, Cokeley, Horham, Laxfield, Cratfield and Aldham, and hd Blything, and all other m's, farms, etc., of 1 in the t's, p's, etc., of Laxfield, Cratfield, Freezingfield, Stadbrooke, Brundish, Welby, Dennington, Baddingham, Horham, Allington, Redlington, otherwise Redlingfield, Denham, Eye, Hoxton, Aldham, Hordley, otherwise Hadley, Karsey, Whatfield, Elmsett, Hyntlesham, Chattesham, Copdock, Darsham, Wingfield, Huntingfield, Aldritches, Wyvills, Cokes, Cokeley, otherwise Cockley, Great Linsteed, Little Linsteed, Heveningham, otherwise Hymingham, Newhaw and elsewhere in Suffolk, (except man. Westleton otherwise Minsmere otherwise Scotts and its appurtenances), the manors of Hever, Chepsted, Kingsdown and Maplescombe and all other manors, m's etc. of 1 in the t's, fields, etc., of Kingsdown, Faringham, otherwise Farmingham, Evesford, otherwise Enesford, otherwise Aynesford, Kimesing, Seal, Ash, Shorham, Fakeham, Hartley, Chepsted and elsewhere in Kent, man. Minster, otherwise Mister Lovell and all other lands, tmt's, etc., of 1 in the t's, p's, etc., of Minster, Minster Lovell, Shilston, Bampton, Shortington, Astell, Astell Lighe, Astell Lingley, otherwise Astall Langley, Shipton-under-whichwood and elsewhere in Oxfordshire, the man. and site of Farnham Royall, and all other m's, farms, etc., in the t's, p's, etc., of Farnham Royal, Seergreen, Hedgerley Dean and elsewhere in Buckinghamshire. Copy.

1 Mathew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq. 2 Thomas Coke, baron Lovell of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, and Edward Coke, esq., his only son and heir apparent. 3 Thomas Snow of London, goldsmith. Declaration by 1 of the receipt of the sum of £15,000 from 3, lent by 1 to 2 in trust for 3, part of a sum of £48,000 (4%) secured by 2 mortgaging the manors of Huntingfield, otherwise Huntingfield Hall, Newham, Aldam, otherwise Aldham, otherwise Aldham Hall, Laxfield, Horham, otherwise Horham-Tornegan, Cratfield, Horham, Thorphall, Huntingfield Chauntrey, otherwise Aldrishes, otherwise Cokes, otherwise Wyvills, the rectory man. of Laxfield, a capital m. called Huntingfield Hall, park lands and grounds called The Parke in Huntingfield, the advowsons of the churches of Huntingfield, Cokeley, Horham, Laxfield, Cratfield and Aldham, and hd Blything, all in Suffolk, the manors of Hever, Chopsted, Kingsdowne and Maplescombe, Kent, Minster, otherwise Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, and Farnham Royall, Buckinghamshire, and the site of man. Farnham Royall.

1 Matthew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., sole executor of the will of Peniston Lamb, late of Lincolns Inn, esq., dec. 2 Wilbraham Tufton, brother of Sackville, earl of Thanet, and administrator of the goods and chattels of John Tufton, esq., his late brother, dec. 3 Thomas Coke, earl of Leicester in trust to attend the inheritance. 4 Thomas Anson of Shugborough, Staffordshire. 5 Philip Stephens of p. St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, esq. (trustee of 4). Assignment Of A Term Of Years in trust to attend the inheritance by 3 to 5, with the consent of 1 and 2, in trust for 4, of man. Knightly, otherwise Knightley, and other m's, farms, etc., in the t's, p's etc., of Knightly, otherwise Knightley, Gnosall, Chatwall, Winnington, Muckleston, Knighton, Knighton Juxta Adbaston and Hill, otherwise Hill House, all in Staffordshire. Consideration: £14,000 paid by 4 to 2 with the consent of 3 and 1, and £1,000 paid by 4 to 3 with the consent of 1. Recites a mortgage by demise for 1,000 years for £15,000 (5%), dated 7 April 1720, by 3, then known as Thomas Coke of Holkham, Norfolk, esq., and the said Peniston Lamb, of the same premises, and further advances of £4,000 and £6,000 (both 5%) charged on the same premises by endorsements on the said mortgage, dated 24 June 1720 and 10 Jan. 1720, an assignment of the term of years, dated 11 June 1725, by the said Peniston Lamb to 2 (excepting certain parcels of land in Somerset), in trust, a mortgage by demise for 1,000 years for £34,000 (41/2%), dated 12 June 1725, between 3, 2, and the said John Tufton and Peniston Lamb, of the same premises, reciting that all interest and £5,000 had been paid off, reducing the principal money to £20,000, and that John Tufton had agreed to advance £14,000, that 4 has agreed with 3, with the consent of 1 and 2, for the absolute purchase of the premises for £15,000, that the sum of £20,000 shall remain charged on the premises assigned in the last recited indenture [?the Somerset lands], and that man. Knightley and the other premises shall be discharged.