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Great Britain, Dorset, vellum Indenture of Admission, Manor of Beaminster Secunda, dated 8 November 1815 for William Pope, examined and enrolled by John Baugen Russell, with affixed stamp duty; another vellum Indenture of Admission, Manor of Beaminster Secunda, dated 20 April 1809, Thomas Conway to Messrs Simon Read and James Read, signed by relevant parties, with affixed duty stamp and endorsement on back. Age toning, the second with foxing, otherwise very good - fine. (2)
Estimate $80
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Great Britain, large 2-page vellum Indenture, 1819, for Release by way of Mortgage wit a power of Sale, between Thomas Gibbons late of Sutton in the County of Hereford and now of Saint Giles in the City of Oxford and the Reverend William Browne of Holywell in the said city, dated 10 December 1819, with small Royal arms drawn at top left and signed and sealed by Thomas Gibbons, with affixed duty stamps and with endorsement on back. Age toning, otherwise good fine.
Estimate $90
SOLD $220
Great Britain, large 4-page vellum Indenture, dated 12 January 1833, for securing an Annuity, from Captain William Horton of Caynton House in Parish of Beckbury in the County of Salop (now Shropshire) and his wife Frances Elizabeth (formery Davies) to George Robinson of Dunstall in the County of Stafford, with small 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 $120
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Great Britain, large vellum Indenture, dated 20 September 1840, for Assignment of a farm of 1,000 years in premises in Warbleton Upon Trust to attend the Inheritance, between Luke Lade, Yeoman of Hailsham in County of Sussex and Thomas Foster, Blacksmith of Brighthelmstone in same county, James Burgess, Bricklayer of Warbleton in same county and Samuel Sinnock, Gentleman of Hailsham in same county, marked on back, 'Mr Luke Lade (Administrator of Ann Lade deceased) to Mr Samuel Sinnock; another large 2-page vellum Indenture for Assignment & Confirmation in respect of previous document, dated 30 September 1840, both documents with small Royal arms drawn at top left and signed and sealed by respective parties, with affixed duty stamps and with endorsements on back. Minimal age toning, otherwise good fine. (2)
Estimate $120
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Great Britain, Norfolk Estuary Company, share certificate no.3695 for one certificate of a £50 share, dated 27 February 1847, named to Edward Mortimer Green of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, Solicitor, with vignette at side, printed by Smith and Ebbs, Tower-hill, London, with fine impressed seal of Norfolk Estuary Company and on watermarked paper of Smith & Ebbs, signed by Thomas Wing. Two pin holes at left corner, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
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Great Britain, vellum Married Women Deeds, Court of Common Pleas, 31 October 1850 for Sarah Grantham for premises in Parish of Leatherhead in County of Surrey; 8 May 1871 for Elizabeth Emma Hatton for premises in Parish of Hurstpierpoint in County of Sussex and in the Parish of Brighton in County of Sussex; 12 May 1871 for Patience Medland for premises in Borough of East Love in County of Cornwall; 31 July 1875 for Mary June Burg for premises in and near Town of Wrexham in County of Denleigh, Wales, each of two pages, the last three with affixed duty stamps, signed by all applicants, witnesses and Perpetual Commissioners. Age toning, the second with foxing, otherwise very good - fine. (4)
Estimate $70
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Great Britain, vellum Married Women Deeds, Court of Common Pleas, 7 April 1865 for Margaret Wilson for premises in West Riding in County of York; 28 April 1865 for Mary Williams for premises in Parish of Aber in County of Carnarvon; 11 October 1873 for Alethia Cave for premises in Parish of Camberwell in County of Surrey; 31 July 1875 for Sarah Grace for premises in Parish of Warfield in County of Berks(hire), each of two pages, the last two with affixed duty stamps, signed by all applicants, witnesses and Perpetual Commissioners. Age toning, one heavily toned on outside, otherwise very good - fine. (4)
Estimate $70
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Great Britain, very large 2-page vellum Indenture, 1869, between The Right Honorable William Walter Earl of Dartmouth, Lessor and Edward Capps, Architect of Forest Hill in the Parish of Lewisham in Kent and Joseph Frederick Capps, Wine Merchant and Lessee of Bayswater in Middlesex, for lease of a piece of ground and four messuages thereon at Park Road Villas, Dartmouth Park, Forest Hill, Kent, dated 16 October 1869, signed under seal by Joseph F.Capps, with affixed duty stamps and drawing of land parcel and registration recording. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Ireland, Indenture for five years as an apprentice, 1837, by William Stevenson Andrews to James Andrews the younger of 49 Summer Hill, Dublin to learn the business and profession of an Attorney, dated 23 November 1837, impressed revenue stamp of $50 and with seal stamp of James Andrews (JA) beside all signatories. Fine.
Estimate $80
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Great Britain, Durham, copy Probate of the Will of Joseph Frank of Stockton in the County of Durham, testator died 30 June 1842, proved 22 October 1842 in Prerogative Court of York; Additional Abstract of Title to certain freehold Lands at Norton in the County of Durham belonging to Mr Thomas Fox, 12 & 13 May 1818; vellum Probate of the Will of Mr Charles Wharton, 31 October 1860, with affixed separate large probate office impressed seal and relevant stamp duty and other official stamps by the Court of Probate, Durham Registry. The first with tears on folds, otherwise very good - good fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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Ireland, large vellum Probate, 1870, of the Last Will and Testament of The Reverend John Frederick Lloyd, Rector of Kirk Ireton in Derbyshire, dated 10 May1870, with separate attached document from Her Majesty's Court of Probate, Ireland, The Principal Registry, Dublin, with affixed two separate large probate office impressed seals; also Power of Attorney, from Shapland Swing of Cheltenham, administrator of Eleanor Wilkinson late of Dublin and executor of Annie Wilkinson appointing Graves Edward Seaught of Dublin his lawful Attorney, dated 11 July 1862, sign and sealed and stamped in Dublin 20.6.62. Both with some age toning, the first with some holes on folds and some water staining, good - fine. (2)
Estimate $120
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Ireland, In High Court of Justice in Ireland, King's Bench Division, 27 September 1902, No.12028, Statement of Claim between Marie Josephine Galabrun, plaintiff and Bruce & Symes & Williams, defendants; also in the same case No.12028, Certificate of Taxation document with affixed and impressed revenue stamps; also Case to lawyer for opinion, includes a draft of the Will of Charles Norgate, Draft Grant Assignment and Rebate to the Trustees of the Will and at the end an Opinion written by G.W.Hemming, dated 8 December 1874, noted one representing lawyer from East Dereham, Norfolk. Fine. (3)
Estimate $70
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Australia, Bill of Lading dated at Melbourne, January 23, 1866 for five trunks of merchandise to be shipped via SS Havilah to Launceston, Tasmania, steamship design in top left corner; also Bill of Exchange of Bank of Australasia, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, dated 6th July 1897, for five hundred pounds to order of Richard Hornsby & Sons Limited, directed to Bank of Australasia, London, vignette at left featuring the bank's seal as the centre piece, on Bank of Australasia watermarked paper. The first with a few pin holes, otherwise fine - very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Colony of New South Wales, Lease and Release (2), 10th & 11th January 1840, and 17th March 1840, between William Hart and Lewis Barnett and Conveyance, 19th and 20th May 1840, between William Hart and Gordon Sandeman, all relating to land in the County of Cumberland, along Liverpool Road; Lease of Land for 99 years at Bishopsgate in the Parish of Petersham, between the Bishop of Sydney, Reverend Frederick Barker and Miss Susan Miller of Balmain, 2nd April 1856, with Seal of the Bishop of Sydney affixed; Conveyance, of land in the Parish of Willoughby, between Messrs Edward Lord and Thomas Allwright Dibbs nd Thomas Etherington, 20th February 1868; Assignment of Leasehold, between Herbert John Miller, timber merchant and Henry Punter, builder, 13th May 1911, relating to the land leased by Susan Miller from the Bishop of Sydney. Some silverfish damage on fourth document, foxing, otherwise good. (6)
Estimate $120
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Territory of New South Wales, Land Grant by Purchase of a Town Allotment by Public Auction in the town of Broulee, County of St Vincent, by William Hindson and Henry Eldred Hindson, on vellum, signed and sealed by Governor Sir George Gipps, 31st March 1841. With folds and some foxing along edges, good very fine.
Estimate $100
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Colony of New South Wales, 4-page fold-out vellum indenture, 1869, for purchase and settlement of land in County of Macquarie (Port Macquarie) by Archibald Blair Ewan from Richard Meares, dated 22 November 1869, also mentioned is auctioneer, Charles Doust, signed and sealed by Richard Meares, with relevant duty stamps affixed, also relevant government recording. Age toned on outside, writing faded, otherwise fine.
Estimate $120
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Colony of New South Wales, 4-page fold-out vellum indenture, 1870, for purchase and settlement of land in the Parish of Field of Mars (Pennant Hills) by Edmund Mason from John Hackett, dated 18 October 1870, also mentioned is auctioneer, Charles Doust, signed and sealed by all parties, with relevant duty stamps affixed (one missing from 3rd page), also The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney impressed paper seal attached with confirmation that mortgage has been paid in full, also all relevant government recordings and stampings. Age toned, otherwise fine.
Estimate $120
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Colony of New South Wales, 4-page fold-out vellum indenture, 1900, for conveyance of various parcels of land in Glen Ewan Estate, Parish of Macquarie, County of Macquarie (Port Macquarie) by James Ewan, merchant of Sydney, and Archibald Manson Ewan of Sydney, Station Manager, Augusta Elizabeth Gregg of Sydney wife of Ashton Hall Gregg of Sydney, Bank Officer and James Godfrey Macquarie Ewan, Gentleman of Sydney, in respect of a dispute of the will of Archibald Blair Ewan, dated 22 November 1900, signed and sealed by James Ewan, with relevant duty stamps affixed, also relevant government recording. Age toning, otherwise fine.
Estimate $140
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New South Wales, a small 4-page fold-out Indenture of Conveyance for sale of five and a half acres of land at Castle Hill to Robert Peacock Lamplough for £95.0.0 sterling by Henry James, administrator of the Estate of John James the Elder and Elizabeth James, widow of the said John James, dated 14 June 1901, with impressed duty stamp for ten shillings affixed, signed and sealed by Henry and Elizabeth James, also impressed seal and signature of Deputy Registrar General; another vellum Indenture of Conveyance for sale of the same property by Robert Peacock Lamplough, formerly of Castle Hill but now of Coranbong (sic), to Edith Elizabeth Eleanor Muir, wife of Andrew Vance Muir of Francis Street Rookwood, Postmaster, for £265.0.0, a large fold-out 3-page document dated 6 September 1905, signed and sealed by R.P. Lamplough, with stamp duty of one pound ten shillings and stamp of N.S.W. Department of Stamp Duties, also impressed seal and signature of Deputy Registrar General. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
New South Wales, vellum Indenture, a medium sized 2-page fold-out document between Henry Vale, gentleman, of Auburn and his stepson, George Grove Brookes, Engineer, of Auburn for the sale of a parcel of land at Alfred Street, Auburn, dated 7 July 1902, with impressed and affixed one pound duty stamp, signed and sealed by Henry Vale, also outside with impressed stamp and signature of Deputy Registrar General. Good fine.
Estimate $50
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New South Wales, Indenture for Deed of Partnership between Henry Arthur George Smithers and George Henry Walker trading as Smithers and Walker, cnr of King (no.2) and Forbes Street, Newtown, Estate and Business Agents and Auctioneers, large handwritten 2-pages on 4-page fold-over ruled paper document dated 1 March 1909, signed and sealed by both parties; Will of Henry Arthur George Smithers, 55 Brown Street, Newtown, handwritten 1-page fold-over on 4-page ruled paper document dated 9 November 1909, signed by Smithers and witnessed by D.E.Burns, solicitor, 4 Rowe Street, Sydney; with envelope addressed to D.E.Burns and note paper under heading of D.E.Burns, with notations on back. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
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Colony of New Zealand, vellum 4-page Conveyance of Sections, 1872, of land at North Harbour and Blueskin District, Otago by George William Mason, settler of Deborah Bay Lower Harbour, Otago to his wife, Henrietta Mason in consideration of the natural love which he bears to her and for diverse good causes, dated 17 August 1872, signed by George William Mason, with affixed duty stamps and drawings of land sections, stamped by Registrar of Deeds. Some colour fading on outside, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $140
SOLD $90
New Zealand, vellum Conveyance, 1879, by William Royce, Merchant of Dunedin to William Watson, Wharf Carter of Dunedin a parcel of land at Queens Avenue, Dunedin, dated 18 June 1879, signed by William Royce, with affixed duty stamps and scarce Land Tax stamps for 4 and 10 shillings, includes drawings of land parcel, stamped by Registrar of Deeds. Some colour fading on outside, otherwise fine.
Estimate $200
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New Zealand, vellum Deed of Conveyance, dated 7 February 1902, between Charlotte Anne Wyatt Chambers, widow formerly of Abingdon Berks but now of Bedford in the County of Bedfordshire in England and His Majesty The King, for purchase of allotment 62 (approx 39 acres) in Parish of Titirangi in the County of Eden together with all rights and appertenances thereunto, signed by her attorney operating under Power of Attorney, Thomas Buddle and Charles Frederick Buddle of Auckland, with affixed 2x2/6d duty stamps and with drawing of allotment on front of document and stamp of Registrar Auckland on reverse as well as signature of J.A.Tole, Crown Solicitor, Auckland, also marked in red on front, 3467 Cradock Estate. Some foxing, otherwise fine.
Estimate $200
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New Zealand, Deed of Conveyance, 25 July 1910, between William Dryden, bricklayer of Dunedin in first part, John Dryden, bricklayer of Dunedin in the second part, The Dunedin Star Bowkett Building Society in the third part, and John Mathews, currier and Ann Mathews his wife in the fourth part, for sale by Dryden to Mathews of several parcels of land in Duke Street, Dunedin, included on the document is drawn details of land, signed by all parties, with impressed seal of building society and stamp of Registrar of Deeds, Otago, affixed are three revenue stamps for 10 and 3 pounds and two shillings and sixpence. Very fine.
Estimate $120
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New Zealand, Napier, vellum Trust Declaration, 1915, of Marion McLean (the Settlor) formerly of Havelock North now of Hastings to Thomas Parker of Napier, Merchant Tailor and Patrick Stirling McLean (the Trustee) of Napier, Solicitor, deed relating to various property holdings, dated 22 December 1915, with affixed five New Zealand duty stamps for 50, 30, and 2 pounds and 9 shillings and 6 pence, signed by all parties. Very fine.
Estimate $130
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New Zealand, vellum Probate in the estate of Joanna Harriet Church late of Dunedin, dated 4 April 1919, with seal of the Supreme Court New Zealand and signature of Deputy Registrar, affixed six duty stamps for 1, 10, 100 pounds, 1 shilling and 4 and 6 pence. Some colour fading, otherwise fine.
Estimate $160
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Tasmania, large vellum Indenture of Conveyance, 1859, for the use of land between John Hyrons, licensed victualler of Longford and Thomas Bartlett, farmer of Longford, dated 5 December 1859, signed and sealed by John Hyrons, with registration and later stamped, 'Cancelled New Title Issued'. Age toned, otherwise fine.
Estimate $150
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Colony of Victoria, documents, including Conveyances (3) of land in Moorabbin, 1853; a house and land in Wellington Street, Richmond, 1871; and land in the County of Bourke, 1882; Equitable Mortgage, 1885 and Mortgages (2), 1891 and 1892 all to Mr Abraham Goldberg, financier of Elizabeth Street, Melbourne; Transfer of Land, 1874; Mortgage, 1877 and Release, 1881 between John Lyons and George Alexander for land in Richmond together with a bundle of correspondence, dated 1870-77. With foxing on most documents, good - fine. (8 + bundle)
Estimate $150
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Colony of Victoria, documents, handwritten on vellum, dated 1853-1858, including Mortgages (2), between Adam Stacpoole and John Baker Hodgson for freehold land in the town of Murchison, 1855; Adam Stacpoole and Francis John Bligh, 1856; Mortgage in fee and Release, 1856; Transfer of Mortgage, 1857, all relating to land in the Parish of Heathcote; Conveyances (2), of land in the Parish of Mortialloc, 1857, and Parish of Pyalong, 1857; Reconveyance, of land in the Parish of Heathcote, 1858. With foxing good - very fine. (7)
Estimate $150
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