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The collection consists of the Goodwyn of Dorking deeds, 1573-1754; Coke of Holkham deeds, 1671-1786; Montagu, duke of Montagu deeds, 1690-1735; Berenger of Iver deeds, 1693; Macro family deeds, 1711-1739; Boucherett of Lincolnshire deeds, 1720-1738; Brancaster Great Malthouse deeds, 1722-1729; Hooper of London deeds, 1723-1747; Spencer, duke of Marlborough deeds, 1735; Lamb of Lincoln's Inn deeds, 1737-1815; Southampton Street deeds, 1760; Waldo of Clapham deeds, 1769-1796; Edmunds of Grays Inn deeds, 1776-1788; miscellaneous deeds: Cardiganshire, 1672-1810; and miscellaneous deeds: England, 1699-1811.

1 John Fuller of Dorking, Surrey, carpenter. 2 Henry Bristowe of Wotton, husbandman. Deed Of Partition of four fields of land called Sudburies (30 a.) and a coppice or woodland (30 a.), both in p's Capel and Dorking, having been partitioned for them by Allexander Browne, gent., and John Atlee, yeoman:. (I) 1 is to have a parcel of new-grubbed meadow and a large and a small coppice lying on the south side of the said meadow, and about 2 a. of enclosed land in Sudburries. (Ii) 2 to have the residue, lying on the south and west sides of the lands assigned to 1. Endorsed: '(3)'.

1 Henry Bristowe of Wotton, Surrey, yeoman. 2 Ralph Dalton of Knehurst and William Bristowe of Leighe, yeomen. Pre-nuptial Settlment of Eustace Bristowe, son and heir apparent of Richard Bristowe of Croydon, and Elizabeth Bristowe, daughter of 1, being Feoffment To Uses of a m. in p. Capel, in the tenure of Stephen Massye, and a m. in p. Dorking in the tenure of Richard Fuller, to the use of 1 for life, and thereafter to the use of the said Eustace Bristowe and Elizabeth Bristowe and their heirs, in default of which, to the use of Jane Bristowe, another daughter of 1. Latin. Endorsed: 'No (1)' and 'A (4)'.

1 Jasper Goodwyn of Dorking, Surrey, gent. 2 George Duncumb of Albury, esq. Bond in £200 to secure the payment of the £104 specified in no. 12. Attached to no. 11.

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)'.

Acknowledgement by Matthew Carleton of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., that the £1,000 consideration specified in no. 20 is the money of Thomas Carleton of London, mercer, his brother, and that he acts in trust for the said Thomas Carleton.

1 Anthony Lucas of Chichester, Sussex, cordwainer. 2 Henry Gosden of Dorking, Surrey, draper. Bond in £200 for the performance of covenants specified in no. 23.

1 Henry Gosden of Dorking, Surrey, draper. 2 Thomas Carleton the younger of Carshalton, gent. Bargain And Sale of a m. or tmt called Bakers (14 a.) in p. Dorking, near a wood or common called the Holme Wood (reserving a mortgage, dated 15 March 1647, for the payment of an annuity for the life of Bridgett Lucas, widow), with Covenant To Levy A Fine by 1. Consideration: £170. Endorsed: '(6)'.

1 Mathew Carleton of London, merchant. 2 Henry Cornish of London, merchant. Deed To Make A Tenant To The Precipe to suffer a common recovery of m's and lands of 1 in p's Dorking, Mickleham, Betchworth, Wonersh, Shere, Leatherhead, Cranleigh, Great Bookham, Holmwood and Capel, Surrey, in the tenures of Jasper Goodwyn, William Levett, Richard Haybeetle, [ ] Rose, doctor in physic, William Hall, Robert Newman, Widow Carter, [ ] Perk, John Edwards, William Ray, Widow Gale, William Ny, [ ] Shepherd, Thomas Haybeetle, [ ] Smith, [ ] Bothwell, [ ] Lusted, John Dendy, George Goodwyn, Matthew Marsh, Richard Hall, [ ] Browne, [ ] Burstowe, [ ] Bagshall, [ ] Collins and Simon Petters. Endorsed: '(3)' and '(4)'.

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 Henry Hare, baron Colerane. 2 Mathew Carleton of London, merchant. 3 Hugh Hare, son and heir apparent of 1. 4 Lydia Carleton, eldest daughter of 2. Articles Of Agreement previous to the marriage of 3 and 4, including:. (I) 1, before the marriage, to grant to 2 an annuity or rent charge of £450 for 80 years, if 1 live so long, to issue out of the manors of Denver and Walpole, a capital m. or manorhouse in the tenure of John Scott the elder at Churchfield in Walpole and other properties (400 a.) in the t's and p's of Denver, Walpole, Walton, and West Walton, all in Norfolk. (Ii) 1, before the marriage, to settle on trustees named by 2, the manors of West Walton, Walpole and Walsoken, the rectory and parsonage of Walpole, and the manors, m's, etc., of 1 in p's West Walton, Walpole, Walsoken, Terrington, Tilney, Ke[?mvick], Clenchwarton, Saddlebow Cum Sechy, Old Lynn, Emneth, and Well, all in Norfolk, and Well in Cambridgeshire, the advowsons of the moiety of the vicarages of the churches of the BVM of West Walton and St Peter and St Andrew of Walpole, and any other lands, tmt's, etc., of 1 in the precincts of Marshland, Norfolk, to the use of 1 for life, to the use of Sarah, dowager duchess of Somerset, his wife, for life, to their heirs and to the heirs of 3 and 4, the manors of Tottenham, Panbrooke, Bruses, Dawbuesse and Mockings, Middlesex, and all other m's, lands, etc., of 1 in p's Tottenham, Edmonton, Hornsey and Enfield, Middlesex, are to be settled to the use of 1 for life, to the use of his said wife for life, and then to the uses of trustees to be appointed by 1 for a term of 300 years in trust to raise £6,000. (Iii) 1, after the marriage but before 1 Nov. 1689, to settle on persons named by 2, man. Langford and m's, lands, etc., in Wiltshire, to the use of 1 for life, to trustees to be named by 1 for a term of 400 years in trust for 3 for life and to be a further security for the said sum of £6,000, and then to the heirs of 3 and 4, and the premises specified in (i) above to the use of 3 for life, to 4 for life for her jointure and in lieu of dower. (Iv) 2, before the marriage, to convey his m's, lands, etc., in Dorking, Mickleham, Betchworth, Wonersh, Shere, Leatherhead, Cranleigh, Great Bookham, Holmwood, and Capel, Surrey, to the use of 3 for life, then to the use of 4 for life, and afterwards to the heirs of the bodies of 3 and 4.

1 Lydia Hare of Totenham Highcrosse, Middlesex, spinster, Charles Hutchinson of London, gent., and Lucia his wife, and Constantia Hare the younger of Tottenham Highcrosse aforesaid, spinster, which Lydia, Lucia and Constantia are the three daughters of Hugh Hare, esq., dec., by Lydia his late wife, dec., the eldest daughter of Mathew Carleton, late of London, dec. 2 Elizabeth Debnam of Edmonton, Middlesex, widow, relict and executrix of the will of John Debnam senior, late citizen and mercer of London, dec. 3 John Rogers, BD, fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Thomas Reason and Thomas Bedwell, both of London, gents. Assignment Of A Term Of 200 years by 2, by the direction of the said John Rogers and Thomas Reason, to the said Thomas Bedwell in trust for the said John Rogers and Thomas Reason, until such time as it can be sold or conveyed in pursuance of the trusts reposed in them. Recites nos 38-9.

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 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 John Thomas Wheate of p. St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, esq. 2 Thomas Henshaw of Barking, Essex, gent. Covenant that 1 will grant a rent charge of £100 on the glebe lands, tithes and other profits of the rectory and church of p. Lechlade, Gloucestershire. Recites a bond of even date whereby 1 and Rev. James Strode of Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, clerk, are bound to 2 in £1,200 for the payment of an annuity of £100 for the life of 1.

1 Thomas Hill of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., devisee of the estates in fee and for terms of years under the will of the late Mary Tufton, dec., in trust for 2 and 3. 2 Lady Mary Duncan of Queen Ann Street West, p. St Mary-le-bone, widow. 3 Lady Charlotte Tufton of Seamore Place, p. St George Hanover, spinster. Release by 1, by the direction of 2, to 3 of part of Lewis, lord Londes's estate comprised in a mortgage to Mrs Tufton, dec., for securing £9,000 and interest. Recites a mortgage for £5,000, dated 16 and 17 June 1755, between Lewis Watson, lord Londes, and Sir Mathew Lamb of Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, bart, of manors and in Great Gidding called Moynes Manor, Eugains Manor and Priors Manor, and the rectory and the advowson of Great Gidding, all in Huntingdonshire, the manor, impropriate rectory and advowson of the vicarage of Garthrop, Leicestershire, and divers m's, farms, etc., in Huntingdonshire and Leicestershire, and recites further charges of £3,000, 17 Dec. 1755, and £1,000, 29 March 1758. Counterpart.

1 Ralph Montagu, earl Montagu, and Christopher Moncke of Newhall, Essex, esq. 2 John Weddell of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., and Anthony Warde of Furnivalls Inn, London, gent. Lease To Vest Possession of man. Grindon, and of m's and lands in the tenures of Job Wheildon, Edward Smith, Richard Hall, Richard Smith, Thomas Anables, Ralph Smith, Widow Smith of Felthouse, William Mycocke, Nicholas Buxton, Richard Gold and William Smith, Anthony Smith, and James Smith (acreages given in most cases), a parcel of land called Calbrook (6 a.), m's and lands in the tenures of John Titterton, William Micoik, William Wardle, James Yeates, John Buxton, John Chadwick, Nicholas Lomas, George Thorley, William Sant, and Francis Smith, woodland called Ladyside (32 a.), m's and land in the tenures of Sarah Adams, John Smith, Thomas Johnson, William Chadwick senior, Humphrey Chadwick, Humphrey [ ], Widow Yeates, Thomas [ ], Ralph Hall, Widow Belfeild, John Belfeild, John Mellor, and Samuel Sheldon, a m. and mill and lands (20 a.) in the tenure of John Stubbs, m's and lands in the tenures of Edward Woodhouse, Ralph Lovatt, Thomas Johnson, Richard Chadwick, Francis Thorley, Richard Howerth, Daniel Sladon, Roger Lovatt, John Joanes, Robert Coxestake, Widow Ball and George Ball, John Willcoxen, William Mort, Richard Fletcher, Thomas Smith, George Titterton, Middleton Shaw, William Chadwick junior, Widow Smith of Grindon, Widow Stoderth, Widow Plant and John Hambleton, Dorothy Wardle, Widow Oliver, and John Woolley, pieces of pasture called Pasture Intacke (43 a.) and June Moore Pasture (46 a.), a piece of woodground called Brookewood ([ ]y a.), and a piece of land called Newclose (40 a.), cottages in the tenures of Anne Stubbs, Widow Charlesworth, Widow Gasguine, and John Sout, the advowson of the parish church of Grindon, all in t's, p's and ht's of Grindon, Butterton, Waterfall, Alstonfield, Throwley, Leek and Blower, Staffordshire. Worn at the creases.