Deeds of Wrights Farm 1750-1948

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001 1750 Ardley Kendall 1750 Indenture. Lease for a year dated 23-10-1750 by Moses Kendall & Benjamin Ardley of three properties to Jeremiah Raven & John Finch. This manuscript made 'in the Twenty ffourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second' is the first reference we have to Wrights Farm, though it does not name it explicitly. Lease for three properties: (1) messuage in Great Braxted with fields of 20 acres + 8 acres; (2) 2.5 acres in 'Tolleshunt Plains'; and (3) 'mesuage or tenement and ffarm scituate... in the several Parishes of Rivenhall and Cressing... containing together in the whole by estimation twenty seven acres more or less' [Wrights Farm], 'formerly occupied by Benjamin Ardley grandfather, then occupied by Benjamin Ardley father, and now occupied by Isaac Ardley'. Agreement refers to another Indenture [deed 002] to be made the day after the present agreement between the same two parties plus Sarah Kendall [who later married Benjamin Ardley], daughter of Moses Kendall, as the third party. Signed and sealed by Moses Kendall and Benjamin Ardley. pdf1
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002 1750 Marriage Settlement for S. Kendall.

003 1763 Mortgage Agreement on Wrights Farm. Benjamin Ardley borrows £350 from Samuel Stapleton. Receipts signed by Henry Stapleton for interest, £15-15s-0d in 1765 (for two years) then £7 p.a. to 1783. pdf

004 1763 Mortgage of Wrights. Benjamin Ardley to Samuel Stapleton.

005 1793 Articles of Agreement for 6 Ardley brothers & 3 Ardley sisters to sell their interest in Wrights Farm for £225 to their elder brother John Ardley, who agrees to pay off the mortgage.

006 1793 Lease for a Year. Samuel Stapleton's executors lend Wrights to Benjamin Ardley. Agreement between: Stapleton; Willshire & wife (daughter of late Benj. Ardley); six sons of late Benj. Ardley of Faulkbourne (Moses, Isaac, William, James, John, Abraham); Lorkin Barnard & wife*; James Cooke & wife Elizabeth* (*being daughters of late Benj. Ardley); Thomas Fairhead of Bradwell witnessed transfer of lease for 1 year for those named for 5s a piece to Benj. Ardley with peppercorn rent.

007 1793 Release & Conveyance, Wrights Farm passes from Samuel Stapleton (deceased) to Benjamin Ardley. Agreement between: Samuel Stapleton executors of Bury St Edmunds, shopkeeper (first part); John Willshire of Kelvedon, farmer, & Sarah† his wife, Moses Ardley* of Cressing, farmer, & Elizabeth his wife, Isaac Ardley* of Cressing. shopkeeper & Jane his wife, William Ardley* of Feering, husbandman & Bridget his wife, Lorkin Barnard of Cressing, wheelwright, & Ann† his wife, James Coote of Braintree, carpenter & Elizabeth† his wife, James Ardley* of Braintree , collarmaker, Johyn Ardley* of Tolleshunt Darcy; Abraham Ardley* of Rivenhall, cordwainer (*being younger sons of Benjamin Ardley, late of Faulkbourne & afterwards Cressing, yeoman, deceased by his late wife Sarah Kendall), (†being daughters of Ardley & Kendall) (second part); Benjamin Ardley, eldest son of Benj. Ardley & Sarah, deceased, farmer & Thomas Fairhead of Bradwell, farmer (third part).

008 1794 Two copies of Final Agreement of the Court at Westminster, made in the thirty-fourth year of the reign of George III in the eight days of Hilary. ['Hilary' one of four legal terms, named after feast of St Hilary of Poitiers on 14 January, NB Oxford still uses Hilary for one of three academic terms; 'eight days' presumably abbreviation for 8 Sundays, i.e. 8 weeks i.e. a term; George III reigned from 25-10-1760, so agreement was made in January/February 1794.]

009 1794 Lease of Wrights Farm for a year. Benjamin Ardley, farmer, of Cressing & Thomas Fairhead, farmer, of Bradwell lease Wrights Farm to Moses Ardley, farmer, of Cressing for 5 shillings.

010 1794 Release & Conveyance. Benjamin Ardley & Thomas Fairhead sell the freehold of Wrights to Moses Ardley of Rivenhall. £600 to Ardley & 10s to Fairhead.

011 1795 Land Tax Receipt. Moses Ardley.

012 1800 Land Tax Receipts. Moses Ardley. 1 for Cressing, 1 for Rivenhall.

013 1842 Official copy dated 1870 of Will of Moses Ardley dated 1834, which was proved in 1842. Money left to various family members. Freehold of Rolphs Farm left to daughter Ann Wade. Wrights Farm left to daughter Elizabeth Humphreys.

014 1871 Inland Revenue Succession Duty Form for duty paid by Ardley John Humphreys, who succeeded John Humphreys who died in 1871.

015 1875 Wrights Farm sold by Ardley J. Humphreys to William Hutley for £1500. Conveyance between Ardley J. Humphreys, farmer, of Rainham, only son & heir of John Humphreys the younger, late of Rivenhall who died intestate in 1856, to William Hutley

016 1884 Lease by Hutley to Brown for 7 years. Michaelmas 1884 to Michaelmas 1891. £35/year.

017 1888 Wrights Farm sold by William Hutley, farmer, of Rivenhall now of Hatfield Peverall, to Charles Brown for £500.

018 1888 Mortgage Agreement for Wrights Farm. Charles Brown of Witham borrows £300 plus interest at 4% from Suzanna and Sarah Smith of Great Bardfield. Signed and sealed by Brown.

019 1906 Memorandum & Articles of Association of Charles Brown & Sons Ltd, which was incorporated in 1906.

020 1908 Abstract of Title. Lists the deeds demonstrating Charles Brown & Sons Ltd as the owner of Wrights.

021 1908 Supplementary Abstract of Title for Charles Brown & Sons Ltd, re the affairs of the Company.

022 1908 Sale of Wrights Farm by Charles Brown & Sons Ltd to Mark Moss. . Conveyance for £550 for CB&S Ltd of Witham, maltsters, to sell Wrights to Mark Moss of Cressing, and to pay off the mortgage. Schedule lists the land as 30 acres 2 roods and 2 perches. Charles Brown (as individual) had transferred Wrights to his company in 1906. Lands 'are now or late were in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Young'. Mark Moss repays the mortgage (£300) to Sarah Smith of Great Bardfield (Suzanna Smith having died in 1906), and pays CB&S Ltd £250. Signed and sealed by directors of the company and by Sarah Smith. pdf

023 1946 Correspondence from Cunnington & Orfeur (solicitors) to HCP as executor.

024 1946 Copy of 1902 Will of Mark Moss, as attached to items 023.

025 1947 Abstract of Title. Solicitors typescript, demonstrating title of EWP to Wrights Farm.

026 1947 Schedule of Deeds prepared by Cunnington & Orfeur and signed for receipt by EWP.

027 1948 Correspondence from Cunnington & Orfeur (solicitors) to HCP as executor of estate of Laura E. Moss. 5 invoices from Cunnington & Orfeur. Account Extract for Laure E. Moss deceased.

EWP=Eunice Pettet
HCP=Henry Pettet

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Ref	Year	Description	Document
001	1750	Ardley Kendall 1750 Indenture. Lease for a year dated 23-10-1750 by Moses Kendall & Benjamin Ardley of three properties to Jeremiah Raven & John Finch. This manuscript made 'in the Twenty ffourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second' is the first reference we have to Wrights Farm, though it does not name it explicitly. Lease for three properties: (1) messuage in Great Braxted with fields of 20 acres + 8 acres; (2) 2.5 acres in 'Tolleshunt Plains'; and (3) 'mesuage or tenement and ffarm scituate... in the several Parishes of Rivenhall and Cressing... containing together in the whole by estimation twenty seven acres more or less' [Wrights Farm], 'formerly occupied by Benjamin Ardley grandfather, then occupied by Benjamin Ardley father, and now occupied by Isaac Ardley'. Agreement refers to another Indenture [deed 002] to be made the day after the present agreement between the same two parties plus Sarah Kendall [who later married Benjamin Ardley], daughter of Moses Kendall, as the third party. Signed and sealed by Moses Kendall and Benjamin Ardley.	pdf1 pdf2 low-res pdf2 hi-res jpg2 transcript graphic
002	1750	Marriage Settlement for S. Kendall.
003	1763	Mortgage Agreement on Wrights Farm. Benjamin Ardley borrows £350 from Samuel Stapleton. Receipts signed by Henry Stapleton for interest, £15-15s-0d in 1765 (for two years) then £7 p.a. to 1783.	pdf
004	1763	Mortgage of Wrights. Benjamin Ardley to Samuel Stapleton.
005	1793	Articles of Agreement for 6 Ardley brothers & 3 Ardley sisters to sell their interest in Wrights Farm for £225 to their elder brother John Ardley, who agrees to pay off the mortgage.
006	1793	Lease for a Year. Samuel Stapleton's executors lend Wrights to Benjamin Ardley. Agreement between: Stapleton; Willshire & wife (daughter of late Benj. Ardley); six sons of late Benj. Ardley of Faulkbourne (Moses, Isaac, William, James, John, Abraham); Lorkin Barnard & wife; James Cooke & wife Elizabeth (*being daughters of late Benj. Ardley); Thomas Fairhead of Bradwell witnessed transfer of lease for 1 year for those named for 5s a piece to Benj. Ardley with peppercorn rent.
007	1793	Release & Conveyance, Wrights Farm passes from Samuel Stapleton (deceased) to Benjamin Ardley. Agreement between: Samuel Stapleton executors of Bury St Edmunds, shopkeeper (first part); John Willshire of Kelvedon, farmer, & Sarah† his wife, Moses Ardley* of Cressing, farmer, & Elizabeth his wife, Isaac Ardley* of Cressing. shopkeeper & Jane his wife, William Ardley* of Feering, husbandman & Bridget his wife, Lorkin Barnard of Cressing, wheelwright, & Ann† his wife, James Coote of Braintree, carpenter & Elizabeth† his wife, James Ardley* of Braintree , collarmaker, Johyn Ardley* of Tolleshunt Darcy; Abraham Ardley* of Rivenhall, cordwainer (*being younger sons of Benjamin Ardley, late of Faulkbourne & afterwards Cressing, yeoman, deceased by his late wife Sarah Kendall), (†being daughters of Ardley & Kendall) (second part); Benjamin Ardley, eldest son of Benj. Ardley & Sarah, deceased, farmer & Thomas Fairhead of Bradwell, farmer (third part).
008	1794	Two copies of Final Agreement of the Court at Westminster, made in the thirty-fourth year of the reign of George III in the eight days of Hilary. ['Hilary' one of four legal terms, named after feast of St Hilary of Poitiers on 14 January, NB Oxford still uses Hilary for one of three academic terms; 'eight days' presumably abbreviation for 8 Sundays, i.e. 8 weeks i.e. a term; George III reigned from 25-10-1760, so agreement was made in January/February 1794.]
009	1794	Lease of Wrights Farm for a year. Benjamin Ardley, farmer, of Cressing & Thomas Fairhead, farmer, of Bradwell lease Wrights Farm to Moses Ardley, farmer, of Cressing for 5 shillings.
010	1794	Release & Conveyance. Benjamin Ardley & Thomas Fairhead sell the freehold of Wrights to Moses Ardley of Rivenhall. £600 to Ardley & 10s to Fairhead.
011	1795	Land Tax Receipt. Moses Ardley.
012	1800	Land Tax Receipts. Moses Ardley. 1 for Cressing, 1 for Rivenhall.
013	1842	Official copy dated 1870 of Will of Moses Ardley dated 1834, which was proved in 1842. Money left to various family members. Freehold of Rolphs Farm left to daughter Ann Wade. Wrights Farm left to daughter Elizabeth Humphreys.
014	1871	Inland Revenue Succession Duty Form for duty paid by Ardley John Humphreys, who succeeded John Humphreys who died in 1871.
015	1875	Wrights Farm sold by Ardley J. Humphreys to William Hutley for £1500. Conveyance between Ardley J. Humphreys, farmer, of Rainham, only son & heir of John Humphreys the younger, late of Rivenhall who died intestate in 1856, to William Hutley
016	1884	Lease by Hutley to Brown for 7 years. Michaelmas 1884 to Michaelmas 1891. £35/year.
017	1888	Wrights Farm sold by William Hutley, farmer, of Rivenhall now of Hatfield Peverall, to Charles Brown for £500.
018	1888	Mortgage Agreement for Wrights Farm. Charles Brown of Witham borrows £300 plus interest at 4% from Suzanna and Sarah Smith of Great Bardfield. Signed and sealed by Brown.
019	1906	Memorandum & Articles of Association of Charles Brown & Sons Ltd, which was incorporated in 1906.
020	1908	Abstract of Title. Lists the deeds demonstrating Charles Brown & Sons Ltd as the owner of Wrights.
021	1908	Supplementary Abstract of Title for Charles Brown & Sons Ltd, re the affairs of the Company.
022	1908	Sale of Wrights Farm by Charles Brown & Sons Ltd to Mark Moss. . Conveyance for £550 for CB&S Ltd of Witham, maltsters, to sell Wrights to Mark Moss of Cressing, and to pay off the mortgage. Schedule lists the land as 30 acres 2 roods and 2 perches. Charles Brown (as individual) had transferred Wrights to his company in 1906. Lands 'are now or late were in the tenure or occupation of Thomas Young'. Mark Moss repays the mortgage (£300) to Sarah Smith of Great Bardfield (Suzanna Smith having died in 1906), and pays CB&S Ltd £250. Signed and sealed by directors of the company and by Sarah Smith.	pdf
023	1946	Correspondence from Cunnington & Orfeur (solicitors) to HCP as executor.
024	1946	Copy of 1902 Will of Mark Moss, as attached to items 023.
025	1947	Abstract of Title. Solicitors typescript, demonstrating title of EWP to Wrights Farm.
026	1947	Schedule of Deeds prepared by Cunnington & Orfeur and signed for receipt by EWP.
027	1948	Correspondence from Cunnington & Orfeur (solicitors) to HCP as executor of estate of Laura E. Moss. 5 invoices from Cunnington & Orfeur. Account Extract for Laure E. Moss deceased.