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03044 - TOWNSEND FAMILY OF KINGS NEWNHAM, CHURCH LAWFORD AND LONG LAWFORD - c.1590-1980s

2 - Documents of Title

4 - Newbold Upon Avon

1 - Letters Patent: Pardon of Alienation - 8 Feb 1630

2 - Lease for 1 Year [from Lease and Release] - 21 Jan 1698

Expand 3 - Original bundle entitled "Mr. Townsend B" and "Old Deeds Long Lawford no. 11" relating to property sold by the Smart family to the Atkins family. - 1573-1697/8

3 - Original bundle entitled "Mr. Townsend B" and "Old Deeds Long Lawford no. 11" relating to property sold by the Smart family to the Atkins family. - 1573-1697/8

4 - Reconstituted bundle respecting property of the Ireland Family - 1609-1712

Expand 5 - Original bundle of records mostly relating to the property of the Atkins family and to which several relevant deeds from other bundles have been added: entitled "Deeds Purchase of Brook Furlong and other parcels of land. 1700- No. 9..." - 1618-1683/4

5 - Original bundle of records mostly relating to the property of the Atkins family and to which several relevant deeds from other bundles have been added: entitled "Deeds Purchase of Brook Furlong and other parcels of land. 1700- No. 9..." - 1618-1683/4

6 - Original bundle entitled "Old Deeds Lawford" - 1625-1684

7 - Original bundle entitled "No. 8th Mortgage Purchase of Lands Priors Marston. Old deeds Wm. Townsend Bilton" - 1641-1773

Expand 8 - Original bundle entitled "Ann Townsend to Wm. Townsend. Atkins [deleted] and Ruffheads Deeds No. 2" and on papers within "Rye Close Writings" and "These Writings belong to a Purchase of a Quartern of Land brought at twice [?] of Richard Croffts of Long Lawford" - 1608-1772

8 - Original bundle entitled "Ann Townsend to Wm. Townsend. Atkins [deleted] and Ruffheads Deeds No. 2" and on papers within "Rye Close Writings" and "These Writings belong to a Purchase of a Quartern of Land brought at twice [?] of Richard Croffts of Long Lawford" - 1608-1772

9 - Original bundle of miscellaneous papers entitled "No. 3 Old Deeds L[ong] Lawford" - 1650-1778

Expand 10 - Original bundle containing two bundles within, the first entitled "Rye Close - Long Lawford late Mr. J. Parson's" relating to the property of the Francis family of Long Lawford formerly of the Clarkes.

10 - Original bundle containing two bundles within, the first entitled "Rye Close - Long Lawford late Mr. J. Parson's" relating to the property of the Francis family of Long Lawford formerly of the Clarkes.

11 - Deeds found loose mostly relating to Rye or Holly Hill Close, to which three deeds from Cr 1071/15 have been added. - 1700/1-1772

12 - Release from Thomas Webb of Long Lawford, yeoman, and Mary his wife to Sir William Boughton of Long Lawford Bart. of closes and meadow containing 1/2 yardland now called Cow Pasture, Thurne Mill Leyes and the Nether End of Hollowe Brooke Meadows with commons etc. - 1 Feb 1705/6

Collapse 13 - Original bundle of deeds relating to the sale to William Townsend of Bilton of Clay Hill Close and Townside Meadow (formerly Middle Furlong) - 1751-1847

13 - Original bundle of deeds relating to the sale to William Townsend of Bilton of Clay Hill Close and Townside Meadow (formerly Middle Furlong) - 1751-1847

1 - Copy conveyance by lease and release from Richard Francis of Churchover, gentleman and Mary his wife from John Walker and George Worth at Francis's request, to Joseph Southall of Coventry, maltster, and Jane his wife. Also a copy indenture of fine - 25 Sep 1751-26 Sep 1751

2 - The premises mentioned in CR1071/12//1-2 had been mortgaged by Francis to Edward Sawbridge of Daventry esq., who is now owed 562.6s.8d; on the payment of this sum by Southall, Sawbridge at the nomination of Francis and Southall, assigns the mortgage to Southall's trustee, William Hall of Polesworth, gentleman, of one of the messuages and closes etc. - 2 Oct 1751

3 - Group of copy documents respecting the Bennett family - 1763, 1766-1777, 1750's-1828

4 - Copy covenant to lead the uses of a common recovery, the three Bennett sisters being co-partners and heirs-in-tail of the property, subject to Mary Bennett's widow's dower - 9 Jun 1820

5 - Recovery: the three Bennett sisters being co-partners and heirs-in-tail of the property, subject to Mary Bennett's widow's dower - [1820]

6 - Covenant to produce deeds relating to a release of even dating from Thomas Walker of Newbold Grange, esq. to Thomas C. Roche and Mary his wife, Sarah Bennett and Martha Bennett of Daventry, on the purchase by Thomas Walker of Cley Hill Meadow, Ley Meadow, Barn Ground, Great Cley Hill and Little Cley Hill - 18 Oct 1820

7 - Copy probate of the will of Thomas C. Roche of Daventry, gentleman; declaration of Sarah Bennett, spinster; Abstract of the title of the trustees of the will of the late T.C. Roche - 1847

8 - Agreement for sale of property; Conveyance by the sisters and the trustees under the will of T.C. Roche to William Townsend of Bilton, agent, of Clay Hill Close and Townside Meadow (formerly Middle Furlong); memorandum of receipt of rent money by C.B. Roche. - 12 Apr 1847, 15 Oct 1847, 19 Oct 1847

14 - Documents found loose relating to Barn Close(s) and in some cases Cranham Meadow - 1758-1808

15 - Bond [found loose] between William Townsend of Long Lawford, gentleman, and Thomas Green of Welton, Northamptonshire, yeoman, and William Muddiman of the same place, yeoman, to secure £200 - 1759

16 - Original bundle of deeds relating to various closes purchased by William Townsend. - 1687/8-1804

17 - Marriage settlement of John Smith of Newton, grazier and Mary Martin of Clifton-on-Dunsmore, widow, daughter of Thomas Townsend - 8 Sep 1779

18 - Original bundle entitled "William Townsend Esq". Settlement and deeds relating to an estate at Long Lawford - 1785-1845

19 - Indenture of fine between William Butlin, plaintiff, and William Luck and Elizabeth his wife and Richard Martin, deforciants, of a messuage, shop, stable, malthouse etc. and lands in Long Lawford - [1805]

20 - Agreements for leases [the second not executed] between William H. Worth Townsend of King's Newnham gentleman and John Frith of Long Lawford, farmer [1876] and William Beasley of Long Lawford, farmer [1877] of a farm yard, farm buildings and lands of 123 acres in 1876 and 95 acres in 1877 - 23 Oct 1876, 1877

5 - Rugby

6 - Wolston

7 - Wolston and Ryton Upon Dunsmore

3 - Wills, Settlements and Executorship Papers

5 - Estate Management

6 - Household Records

7 - Family And Personal Records

8 - Official Papers

9 - Other Organisations

10 - Printed and pictorial Material

11 - Packaging

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