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Great Britain, James I, small vellum indenture, 1604, James Browne of Dorset, written in Latin, with signatories mark. Age toned, very good.
Estimate $250
SOLD $140
Great Britain, vellum Indenture in respect of property, dated 5 May in eleventh year of the reign of William III (1700), between Gregory Miller of Plympton St Mary in the County of Devon and William Warring of Plympton Earle (now Erle) in the County of Miller, signed and sealed by Gregory Miller and with other relevant signatures, with duty stamps affixed. Heavily age toned on back, otherwise very good and scarce.
Estimate $150
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Great Britain, Queen Anne, large vellum Indenture, dated 27 September 1706, for purchase from John Smith, Glover of Kingsland in the County of Hereford to William Powell, Blacksmith of Kingsland in the same county, with Royal arms drawn at top left and with affixed duty stamps, signed by all parties and with relevant endorsements on back. Heavily age toned and some staining particularly on back, otherwise good.
Estimate $120
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Great Britain, massive multiple page vellum Indenture quinquepartite, 1713, relating to marriage settlement of Sir Edmund Anderson and Elizabeth Dean, made in twelfth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne, - November 1713, between Sir Edmond Anderson of Bedford Row in the Parish of St Andrews, Holborn in the County of Middlesex, William Harvey the Elder of Chigwell, County of Essex, and his wife Elizabeth, Henry Thompson of County York, and Oliver Marton of the Middle Temple, London, with this agreement referring to another tripartite, with Royal arms drawn at top left corner of document, with relevant affixed revenue stamps, on back is marked by those acting on behalf of Sir Edmund Anderson, 'not executed'. Age toning and some small holes, mainly on folds, otherwise very good.
Estimate $300
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Great Britain, paper Obligation Bond, 20 June 1716, James Potter the Elder and Younger to Mr Griffon, on paper with watermark, 'CAW', signed and sealed and with impressed duty stamps; 23 May 1724, Lostrange Scarlett to George Wogg, Colchester in County of Essex, signed and sealed and with impressed duty stamps; another paper Obligation Bond, 22 March 1725, by Mr Scarlett to Mr Wayland, signed and sealed and with impressed duty stamps; another paper Obligation Bond, 3 August 1725, Lostrange Scarlett to John Wayland, West Mersey in County of Essex, signed and sealed and with impressed duty stamps, the last three on paper with Irish Pro Patria watermark of Nun family, Millmount Mill, Rockbrook, County Dublin. Age toning and some small paper loss on some folds, otherwise fine. (4)
Estimate $170
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Great Britain, very large 3-page vellum Indenture Tripartite, dated 25 March 1719, between Samuel Turner late of County of Chester now of Saint Clement Danes in County of Middlesex, Toby Parker of the County of Chester, and William Watts also of the County of Chester, in relation to settlement of estate debts with other parties, with Royal arms drawn at top left and with affixed duty stamps, signed and sealed by all parties and with relevant receipt endorsements on back. Age toning, otherwise fine.
Estimate $250
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Great Britain, vellum Indenture, 1723, between William Preston, Yeoman of South House, Parish of Horton, County of York and Thomas Preston, his son re father's property, dated 29 February 1723, signed and sealed by William Preston, with drawing of Royal arms at top left corner, affixed 2 x 6 (VI) duty stamps, with relevant registration recording at Wakefield on 2 April 1724. Age toned, short paper split near duty stamps and a few other small holes on document, otherwise very good.
Estimate $120
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Great Britain, George II, large vellum Indenture for Release of Mortgage, dated 29 October 1734, between Isaac Burton of Waltham in the County of Essex and his wife Sarah of the one part and John Jugree of Standford (Stanford) Rivers in same county of the second part, with small Royal arms drawn at top left along with a lion and unicorn and scroll work, signed and sealed by the Burtons with Sarah's mark, with affixed duty stamps and with endorsements on back. Age toning, a few oval holes, otherwise fine.
Estimate $120
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Great Britain, large vellum, 1743, Probate of the Will of Elias Wakeham, Locksmith of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, with affixed probate and affixed duty stamp and impressed wax seal of probate office (seal deteriorated with age); large vellum Indentures for Further Charge on an estate called Howden in the Parish of Norton and freehold offices, warehouses and cellars in Stockton in the County of Durham from Thomas Hutchinson to William Trevenen and another, two documents, one with drawing of property location and dated 26 March 1868 for securing £500 and interest, the other dated 1 November 1875 for securing £1,000 and interest, both duly signed and sealed and with affixed duty stamps. Age toning and some foxing, the first heavily, otherwise good - fine. (3)
Estimate $150
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Great Britain, vellum Indenture quadrupartite, 1743, in sixteenth year of the Reign of George II, between Hopkin Thomas, Clerk of Barkly in County of Leicester of the first part, Thomas Poughfor, gentleman of the Burrough of Leicester, in the County of Leicester of the second part, Ambrose Saunders, Esquire of Stoke Golding in the County of Leicester of the third part, and Shuckbrugh Ashby, gentleman of Melton Mowbray, in the same county of the fourth part, dated 18 March 1743, for Mr Thomas's assignment of Mr Poughfor's mortgage to Mr Ashby, signed and sealed by relevant parties and with affixed duty stamps. Age toning, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, large 2-page paper Indenture, dated 21 February 1748, and another 5-page paper Indenture, dated 22 February 1748, being in respect of settlement of a will between Francis Whitford, Gentleman of Ashford in the County of Kent and Thomas Ashford, Gentleman of same place being surviving sons and co-heirs in gavelkind of William Whitford late of Ashford, both duly signed; also large vellum Indenture, dated 12 February 1902, being a Deed of Dissolution of Partnership between John Bird Haslock and Charles William Haslock and Alfred James Haslock, all manufacturers of Crewherne in the County of Somerset, with duty stamps affixed and relevant signatures and endorsements. The first with a tear on a fold on one page, age toning, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, large 2-page vellum Indenture, dated 10 October 1750, for Assignment and Ratification by way of mortgage, by Richard Philps, Shipwright and Joshua Woodman, Marriner (sic), both of Portsea in County of Southtow(n) (sic) to William William Pike, Esquire of same location, with Royal arms drawn at top left and with affixed duty stamps, signed and sealed by all parties. Age toning and loss of paper on corners of some folds, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, York, vellum Indenture, 1761, for lease for a year from Jonathon Priestley, Merchant of Leeds to John Sharpe, Merchant and John Clayton, Yeoman, both of Southowram, dated 20 July 1761, signed and sealed by Jonathon Priestly, with affixed revenue stamps, drawing of Royal arms at top left and with relevant registration notation; vellum Indenture for lease for a year of a messuage tenement and premises in Scosthrop & Airton from Thomas Booth, Cooper of Leeds to Thomas Preston, Yeoman of Scosthrop in the Parish of Kirkby in Malhamdale, dated 7 July 1783, signed and sealed by Thomas Booth, with affixed revenue stamps, drawing of Royal arms at top left and with relevant registration notation. Age toning, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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Great Britain, York, vellum Proof of Will, 4 February 1761, for John Swire late of Skipton in Diocese of York, with affixed duty stamps and also seal of office of the Exchequer Court and signature of Deputy Register (sic); paper Indenture for securing a debt due by a deceased estate, 26 July 1904, by Ellen Collins, Widow of Kensington in County of London, with impressed duty stamp and affixed stamp and sealed signatures of all parties involved, together with an original promissory note dated 21 December 1892 to which the above Indenture applies, with endorsement on back for payment. Age toning on first, otherwise very good - very fine. (3)
Estimate $130
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Great Britain, large vellum Indenture, 1765, being an agreement of five parts between William Mayo of Charmouth, County of Dorset and his marriage to Sarah already solemnized and four other parties, dated 16 March 1765, for use of messuage and lands, with Royal arms drawn at top left and signed and sealed by all parties, with affixed duty stamp, on reverse marked Release in Fee for suffering a Recovery as to the use of a messuage and lands; large vellum Indenture being an agreement of four parts between Joseph and John Hall and another to William Northgate, dated 21 October 1808, for sale of rights to use of a barn and land at High Closes in Parish of Horsley, County of Derby, with small Royal arms drawn at top left and signed and sealed by all parties, with affixed duty stamp, back with all relevant endorsements and signatures. Age toning, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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Great Britain, large vellum Indenture, dated 13 January 1766, for sale of property between Thomas Mead, Yeoman of Tathrulior (?) in County of Bedford and his wife Elizabeth and Richard Bull, Carrier of Stewkly in County of Bucks (Buckinghamshire), with affixed duty stamp and signed and sealed with relevant endorsement on back. Heavily age toned on back, otherwise very good.
Estimate $80
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Great Britain, large vellum Indenture, 1732, for lease of messuages or Tudor cottages and lands at County of Carwarden, South Wales, between Phillip Roberts and his wife Ann, County of Buffs and Richard Smith of Enderby, County of Leicester, 23 May 1732, signed and sealed by Phillip and Ann Roberts, revenue stamps affixed, with Royal arms drawn at top left corner of document. Age toning, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
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George III, printed document (approx 44.5x54cm), 1774, a Proclamation by the King for the recall of all underweight guinea, half-guinea and quarter-guinea gold coins for recoining and the non-acceptance of such underweight gold coins for payments of accounts and taxes, and for the loss arriving from the deficiency and recoinage to be borne by the public, dated at Our Court at St.James's, twenty fourth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, in the Fourteenth Year of Our Reign, document printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, printers to the King. Some paper loss at edges and a few water stains at edges, folds and age toning, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
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Great Britain, vellum indenture, 1775, for purchase of property at Durham County by Ralph Harrison from Marmaduke Chapman, dated 20 April 1775, signed and sealed by Marmaduke Chapman, top left corner with drawing of royal arms and decorative scroll work, with 3 x sixpence (VI) duty stamps affixed. Age toned, otherwise fine.
Estimate $120
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Great Britain, large multi page vellum Indenture of three parts, 1779, for Deed of Covenant for usage of dwelling houses or tenements with orchard gardens, malting brownhouse, stables and appurtenances, between John Cornforth and others to Thomas Colpitts, dated 15 August 1779, with small Royal arms drawn at top left and signed and sealed by all parties, with affixed duty stamp. Age toning and some spotting on outside, otherwise fine.
Estimate $120
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Great Britain, Norfolk, large vellum Indenture, 1784, for lease between William Browne, Gentleman of Shelton in the County of Norfolk and John Mears, Farmer of Redenhall with Harleston in same county, dated 29 December 1784, with small Royal arms drawn at top left and signed and sealed by John Mears, with affixed duty stamps; Gloucester, large vellum Indenture for Feoffment of premises in the Parish of Newent between Thomas Murrell, labourer of the City of Glocester (sic) and William James, Plumber and Glazier of the same city, dated 6 May 1785, signed and sealed by the mark of Thomas Murrell, with affixed duty stamps and various endorsement on back. Age toning, the first with foxing, otherwise very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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Great Britain, itemised doctor's account of four and a half parchment pages, 1785-1786, listing all treatments and visits by J.Outhwaite to Rich: Wainmann Esq, at end of the account is written, 'Paid by me, John Smith March 12 1787', on the back of the document is written, '1785 A Doctors Bill!!!', the pages have been removed from a book and stiched together lightly at left edge. Good fine.
Estimate $70
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Great Britain, document dated 30 April 1793 of Sir James Sanderson Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London, whereby his late Majesty King George the second instituted an act for the more easy recovery of debts in His Majesty's Plantations and Colonies in America, certified that Conrad Coulhurst appeared before him and the Lord Mayor caused the Seal of the Office of Mayoralty of the said City of London to be affixed and the document being an Indenture of Lease to be annexed, with impressed paper seal affixed at one side and the document written under signature of Windale, document on paper with one of the earliest known and scarcest of the Britannia watermark types, also with impressed duty stamp at top left. Loss of paper at left edge, paper split near seal and small split at right lower edge, otherwise fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
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Great Britain, vellum Indenture, 1795, involving John Morland of Capplethwaite Hall, Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale, County of Westmoreland, William Atkinson of Chancery lane, London and Alan Chambre of Gray's Inn, County of Middlesex for Release of an Estate at Calton to make tenant to the proccipe for suffering a Common Recovery, dated in 35th year of Reign of King George III, dated 19 February 1795, signed and sealed by all parties, Royal arms drawn in top left corner, stamp duties affixed and details of registration recorded. Age toned on outside, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, vellum Indenture, dated 22 March 1796, Release to be Enrolled, by Thomas Shepperson and Lydia Maria, his wife, of Dove Lane in Parish of Saint Peters of Mancroft in City of Norwich to Frances Howlett of Kings Lynn in County of Norfolk, with affixed duty stamps, signed and sealed and with relevant endorsements one of which at bottom front reads - Enrolled according to the Custom of the Borough of King's Lynn in the County of Norfolk the thirty-first-day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, signed personally by R. Whincop, Town Clerk; large vellum Indenture, dated 13 March 1833, for Assignment of a Mortgage on premises in Warbleton for securing a debt, from Robert Reeves, Yeoman of Cluddingly in the County of Sussex executor of John Reeves deceased to Miss Ann Reeves, with small Royal arms drawn at top left and with affixed duty stamp, signed by all parties and with relevant endorsements on back. The first heavily age toned and some staining particularly on back, otherwise good - fine. (2)
Estimate $130
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Great Britain, Bond for purchase, dated 18 July 1801, from John Butler Pomfret of Tenterden, County of Kent to Chalkloy Gould of Loughton, County of Essex, with impressed revenue stamp; large vellum Indenture 1 June 1831 between Samuel Prince, Labourer of Roundham, Parish of Crewkerne, County of Somerset and Elizabeth Prince his daughter, and Edward Murly, Gentleman of Crewkerne, for Demise of a cottage and garden at Roundham for 1,000 years upon the trusts within expressed, signed and sealed by Samuel and Elizabeth Prince, revenue stamps affixed, other relevant signatures and statement. The last with a few small water stains, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $120
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Great Britain, small vellum document dated 25 May 1801 for Mortgage Surrender from John Tucker, Collarmaker of Beaminster in County of Dorset to William Clarke, Esquire of Beaminster in same county re settlement of estate of John Tucker's father, with duty stamps affixed and relevant signatures and endorsements; also small official record of Agreement of Quit Claim on vellum for settlement of a debt in Court of Pleas at Durham in respect of an estate, dated 12 October, with payment of one hundred marks of silver. Age toning and the first with some holes at left side, otherwise fine. (2)
Estimate $80
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Great Britain, Mile End Tavern, large vellum Indenture, 1804, for release of a messuage and its appurtenances at Portsea, dated 20 September 1804, from James Spear, oarmaker and his trustee to Sir John Carter, County Gentleman and his trustee, signed and sealed by relevant parties, with affixed duty stamp. Age toning and small Royal arms drawing very faded, otherwise fine.
Estimate $100
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Great Britain, large vellum indenture, 1807, for Mortgage of premises at Warbleton between Thomas Forster, Yeoman of Warbleton, County of Sussex to John Reeves, Yeoman also of Warbleton, dated 25 December 1807, with small Royal arms drawn at top left and signed and sealed by all parties, with affixed duty stamp; large vellum Indenture for Assignment of a cottage and premises in Parsonage Barn Street in Crewkerne, Somerset for a term of 1,000 years, between George Hilborne Jolliffe, Gentleman and Eliza his wife to John Stoodley, Mason, dated 10 November 1834, with small Royal arms drawn at top left and signed and sealed by all parties, with affixed duty stamp. The last with some burn marks and a holed area, good, the other is good fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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Great Britain, large vellum Indenture, 24 April 1811, for lease from Richard Laycock to William Davis of a piece of ground with two messuages on the east side of Turnpike Road leading from Islington to Holloway in the Parish of St Mary Islington, County of Middlesex for 98 years expiring Lady Day 1909 (i.e. 25 March), signed and sealed by relevant parties and with revenue stamps affixed and a drawing of land layout; another vellum Indenture for sale of land called Little Mill Hill Close in Oldcoats, Parish of Blyth, County of Nottingham, by John Glossop, Gentleman of Harthill, County of York to Samuel Gray, Farmer of Clayworth, County of Nottingham, dated 29 January 1838, with small Royal arms drawn at top left and signed and sealed by John Glossop, with affixed duty stamp. The first well aged and toned, the second with some holes on folds, otherwise very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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