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1. Will of Edward Wadman of Wingfield, Wiltshire, [see X363/1/191] note in margin: “I apprehend that Little Sheep Mead which is in parish of Farleigh would not pass under this description”. “Nothing appears to shew that Little Sheep Mead is not in parish of Wingfield. Some time after Mr Richardson became incumbent of Farleigh he claimed the Tithes of this and some other lands in Wingfield. They have been paid to him but whether he had an exact claim or not was never tried but if he had that does not prove the land to be in parish of Farleigh as the poor and church rates always have been paid to Wingfield parish.”
2. Conveyance (lease and release 16/17 April 1741), see X363/1/191.
3. Deed to make a Tenant to the Precipe and Lead the Uses of a Recovery
i) John Wadman of Wingfield, Wiltshire, eldest son and heir of Edward Wadman, gentlemen, deceased
ii) Thomas Bold of Essex Street, Middlesex, gentleman
iii) Scudamore Perry of Turley, Bradford, Wiltshire, clothier
• Messuage, garden and orchard
• Close of pasture adjoining messuage containing 3 acres called Home Close
• Close of pasture called Bowyer’s containing 4 acres
• Close of pasture called Pitman’s, containing 1 acre
• Little plot of ground containing 20 lugg, formerly called the Little Orchard and which was taken out of Home Close, on which messuage formerly erected all in parish of Wingfield.
• Close of pasture containing 2 acres called Little Sheep Mead, also in Wingfield
• Close of meadow called Lane End containing 1½ acres
• ½ acre garden ground
: East highway from Wingfield to Bradford
: West, North and South John Wadman
• Messuage and appurtenances
• 2 closes meadow adjoining messuage containing 3 acres
• 1 acre meadow in North Hill Field
• Close of pasture called Dell Leaze
: East Henry Ball
: West --- Godwin
: North way from Westwood to Trowbridge
: South another ground called Dell Leaze belonging to parsonage of Farleigh
• ½ acre meadow,
: East highway from Wingfield to Bradford
: West Northill Close
• ½ acre coppice, part of grove called Stones Grove
• Plot of ground taken out of an orchard, formerly William Hobbs and wife Barbara, in Wingfield, adjoining close of John Wadman called Home Ground, length 10 luggs, breadth 2 luggs all which lately in possession of Edith Pynsent, widow, deceased, and her tenants, then John Wadman
Endorsement: Memorandum: close called the Paddock in Wingfield, formerly had in exchange by John Wadman of John Cooper esquire, for ½ acre meadow
: East highway from Wingfield to Bradford
: West Northill Close
Sold to George Hawkins by feoffment, 30 September 1806 to William Blacher of Wincanton, Somerset, gentleman and heirs.
Signed: George Hawkins 30 September 1806
Endorsement: Memorandum: close of meadow in Northill Close was sold by George Hawkins by feoffment, 29 September 1807, to Ben Richardson of Woolverton, Somerset, clerk, and that 1 acre meadow called Dell Leaze and ½ acre coppice part of Stones Grove, sold by George Hawkins to Benjamin Hobhouse of Cottles House, Wiltshire, esquire and little plot of ground taken out of orchard formerly of William Hobbs and wife Barbara, was sold by George Hawkins to William Love of Wingfield, Wiltshire, labourer.
Signed: George Hawkins 29 September 1807
4. Exemplification of Common Recovery, see X363/1/192
5. Mortgage, see recitation in X363/1/193
6. Further Borrowing, see X363/1/193
7. Assignment of Mortgage 22 February 1787
i) James Melliar
ii) John Wadman
iii) William Everett of Heytesbury, Wiltshire, esquire
Recites: X363/1/194/5 & 6
Now:
• Premises as above
• Close of pasture at Wingfield, Wiltshire, called Sheeps Mead, occupied by William Hobbs as tenant to Mr Wadman
Latter premises for 500 year term only
8. Assignment of Mortgage 11 December 1792
i) Thomas Everett of Biddesdon House, Lugershall, Wiltshire, esquire
John Gale Everett of Heytesbury, Wiltshire, clothier
Executors of will of William Everett, then deceased
ii) John Wadman
iii) James Wheeler of Warminster, Wiltshire, gentleman
Recites: X363/1/194/5,6,7
Now:
Mortgage assigned to iii)
9. Certificate of Contract of Land Tax 7 December 1798
Henry Merewether and Peter Harvey Lovell esquire, commissioners for redemption of land tax, contracted with John Wadman for redemption of £2.18s., charged on messuage and 23 acres, in Wingfield, Wiltshire, occupied by John Wadman, and also 15/-, charged on messuage belonging to John Wadman with garden and orchard in Wingfield, Wiltshire, occupied by Elyah? Forsyth
Consideration: £133.6.8 or reduced 3% bank annuities by 4 payments receipt endorsed by Mr Johnson, cashier of Bank of England, for £133.16.8 reduced annuities, being the full consideration.
19 June 1799
10. Assignment of Mortgage 9 February 1804
i) James Wheeler
ii) John Wadman
iii) George Hawkins of Wingfield, Wiltshire, yeoman
Recites: X363/1/194/5,6,7,8
Now:
Consideration: £264.12.6 to i) by ii)
£400 to i) by iii)
mortgage assigned to iii)
11. Will of John Wadman dated 4 March 1806, proved 14 August 1806; to friend George Hawkins of Wingfield, Wiltshire, yeoman, all property in Wingfield in trust to sell to pay legacies and all remainder to George Hawkins, George Hillman and Jane Luxford in equal shares
George Hawkins appointed executor
12. Conveyance (lease and release) 28/29 September 1807
i) George Hawkins
ii) The Reverend Edward Spencer of Wingfield, Wiltshire, clerk
Recites: X363/1/194/11
Assignment of Mortgage 28/29 September 1807
(i) i)
(ii) ii)
(iii) The Reverend Isaac Crouch, M.A., of St Edmunds Hall, Oxford
Consideration: £400 to (i) by (iii)
Mortgage assigned to (iii)
Now:
Consideration: £1255
• Property as in X363/1/193
All premises formerly in possession of Edith Pynsent, widow, deceased, then John Wadman, deceased
• Close of pasture containing 2 acres called Little Sheep Mead, formerly divided into 3 parcels, within tything of Wingfield, Wiltshire, but in parish of Farleigh in Hungerford, Somerset, formerly occupied by William Hobbs, since William Hazell; purchased by Edward Wadman of Edward Bailey
• Land tax redeemed circa 4 December 1798
Except plot of ground taken out of orchard formerly of William Hobbs and wife Barbara, in Wingfield, adjoining close called Home Ground, then called the Orchard, converted into a garden and occupied by William Low
13. Assignment of Term in Trust to Attend the Inheritance 28/29 September 1807
i) George Hawkins
ii) Edward Spencer
iii) Isaac Crouch
Recites: X363/1/194/5,6,7,11,12
Now:
Consideration: £400 to i) by ii)
Mortgage terms of 100 and 500 years assigned to iii) in trust for ii)
14. Will of Edward Spencer dated 6 February 1819, proved 15 March 1819; to son, Edward Spencer, dwelling house, orchard, garden and lands which testator purchased of George Hawkins, in trust to sell and from proceeds pay £800 to daughter Susannah, but because of her great infirmities money to be retained in trust by son, Thomas Spencer, to lay out £300 on purchase of an annuity and invest remainder in government securities. After her death £200 of the £500 remaining to daughter Brid[get?] Elizabeth Spencer and £100 each to sons, Edward, Thomas and Charles John
To daughter Brid[get?] Elizabeth, £800
To daughter Lydia, wife of Halifield Cogsgan O’Donnoghue, £400 to be placed in trust by son, Thomas, to lay out £200 in purchase of an annuity and invest remainder in government securities
To daughter, Christiana, wife of Joshua [Joseph] White Niblock, £400 to be invested by son, Thomas, in government securities
All residue to be divided into 4 equal parts, 2 parts to son Edward, and 1 part each to sons, Thomas and Charles John
Appoints Edward, Thomas and Brid[get?] Elizabeth Spencer executors
15. Conveyance (lease and release) 28/29 July 1820
i) Edward Spencer of Fenchurch Street, London, esquire
ii) Brid[get?] Elizabeth Spencer of Wingfield, Wiltshire, spinster
The Reverend Thomas Spencer of Keevil, Wiltshire, clerk
The Reverend Charles John Spencer of Radwell, near Baldock, Hertfordshire, clerk
iii) John Dredge of Frome Selwood, Somerset, maltster
Gilbert Rotton of Frome Selwood, Somerset, gentleman
Recites: X363/1/194/14
Legacies for Susannah Spencer, Lydia O’Donnoghue and Christiana Niblock paid to Thomas Spencer
Now:
Consideration: £1550
• Property as in X363/1/194/12
To iv) in trust for iii)
ii) Release i) from all their claims against above premises.
16. Assignment of Term in Trust to Attend the Inheritance 29 July 1820
i) The Reverend Isaac Crouch of Narborough, Near Leicester, clerk
ii) Edward Spencer
iii) John Dredge
iv) William Humphries of Frome Selwood, Somerset, woolstapler
Recites: X363/1/194/5,6,7,11,12,13,15
Now:
Terms of 1000 and 500 years assigned to iv) in trust for iii).
17. John Dredge purchased above property for Gilbert Rotton, but died without executing a declaration to that purport, unmarried and intestate, leaving William Dredge, his elder brother, as heir at law.
18. Enclosure Act for Winfield, Wiltshire, 3 George IV (1822/23) appoints Young Sturge of Bristol, gentleman, as commissioner for enclosure and enables him to sell certain parts of land to pay expenses
.
19. Conveyance (lease and release) 1/2 March 1823
i) Young Sturge
ii) Gilbert Rotton
Recites: X363/1/194/18
Now:
Consideration: £10
• Part of Wingfield Common containing 1 rood
: East turnpike road, from Bradford to Frome
: on all other sides private road of Gilbert Rotton.
20. Enclosure Award for Wingfield, Wiltshire
to Gilbert Rotton
• 1 piece of land, part of Wingfield upper Common, containing: 1 rood
: East Bradford and Frome Turnpike
: all other sides private road and old enclosures
• 1 piece of land part of Wingfield Upper Common, containing 36 perches
: East parish of Bradford
: all other sides old enclosures
• 1 piece of land, part of Wingfield Upper Common, containing 1 acre, 1 rood, 32 perches
: South Trowbridge and Farleigh Turnpike
: all other parts allotments and old enclosures of which allotment of 2 roods, 30 perches allotted to Gilbert Rotton in lieu of his share of expenses in execution of Act
• 6 perches, part of a garden
: West other part of garden belonging to Joseph Silcox
: all other parts allotment of Gilbert Rotton in exchange.
21. Premises contracted to be sold to the Reverend J.M. Longmire are those comprised in X363/1/194/15,19,20.
22. Advice from Mr R Preston of Lincolns Inn as to sufficiency of above title