| Reference Number | DSCAM/2/1/2/1-28 |
| Title | Bendy's |
| Description | DSCAM/2/1/2/1-2: Copy gift (30 Sept. 1553) by Henry Smith of Mylton, Kent, yeoman, to Henry Jones of London, yeoman, of a messuage and lands in Dudley, and elsewhere in Worcs. and Staffs.; Latin. Copy deed of covenant (1 Oct. 1553) between Smith and Jones, for the payment of £10 on conditions states, with covenants for further assurance etc. by Smith and Joane his wife. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/3: Copy of the will (dated 2 Feb. 1553/4) of Henry Jones; 6s 8d to a priest for a sermon at his burial; 6s 8d to certain poor men and women to pray for his soul and that of his brother Jeffery; 6s 8d to Roger Barney and William Colborne, who have charge of these and funeral arrangements; set of vestments etc. to the parish of Dudley; clothing to father, Richard Jones and to brother, Shawe; 20/- and 4 yards of linen to mother, Clare Jones; £6 6s 8d to sister, Elizabeth Jones at 21 or marriage, and if she be dead. to the younger children of 'my brothers and sisters Shawes'; various clothes, rings and £4 6s 8d to cousin, William Coleborne, servant to Lord Cobham; and old angel of gold and 3 yards of linen to sister, Catherin Jones; ring and silver-gilt cross to cousin Margery, now wife of Richard Leaday; dagger to Mr Underhill etc.; residue to sosters Elianor Jones, Katherine Jones and Elizabeth Jones (executrices). |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/4: Copy receipt of Henry Smyth of Mylton, shoemaker, for £10 from Jones as part payment for the clear purchase of the Dudley property; dated 3 Mar. 1554/5. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/5: Copy bond (dated 20 June 1555) from Smyth of Middleton alias Milton, Kent, shoemaker, to Jones in £20, to deliver up deeds to the Dudley property, currently with Margery Grove, wife of Robert Grove and late wife of Thomas Pattingham of Dudley, tanner. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/6: Copy gift (dated 11 Jan. 1591/2) by Elizabeth Bendy of Swinford Regis, Staffs., widow (late wife of Richard Bendy and a daughter and coheir of Richard Jones, deceased), to Thomas Bennett of Hymley, Staffs., yeoman and Nicholas Bradeley of Wordesley, Staffs., yeoman, of all her property in the parishes of St Edmund and St Thomas, Dudley, in trust for Elizabeth for life, then to William Bendy, her son and heir; appointment of Nicholas Palton, Clerk, Rector of Swinford Regis and Richard Shawe of Dudley, yeoman, as attorneys to deliver seisin; Latin. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/7: Articles of agreement (21 Sept. 1681) between Richard Parks the younger of the parish of Dudley, yeoman, and William Hart the elder of Wolverly, Worcs., locksmith and William Parks of Tetnall, parish of Rowley Regis, Staffs., yeoman (brother of Richard); Richard to marry Elizabeth, daughter of William Hart; to purchase within 7 years a house of £10 clear annual value, to be settled on Richard and Elizabeth and the heirs of their body, with remainder to the heirs of Richard; provision should Richard die before purchase for it to be carried through or £10 a year paid to Elizabeth in lieu; Hart and William Hart the younger to give a bond to secure £100 as the marriage portion of Elizabeth. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/8: Quit claim (2 Mar. 1684/5) by Dorothy Bendy of Shuttend, parish of Kingswinford, Staffs., widow, to William Bendy her eldest son, of all her interest in Bendyes Meadow. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/9: Lease and release(12-13 Mar. 1684/5) by William Bendy of Shuttend, Esq., to Richard Parkes of the Lodge, parish of Dudley, yeoman, of a parcel of meadow called Bendyes Meadowe (8 acres), parish of Dudley; consideration of £155. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/10: Receipt of William Bendy for £3 10/- as part of the purchase money from Richard Parkes; 26 Jan. 1684/5. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/11: Final Concord (Trinity Term 1 James II = 1685) between John Tandy, gentleman, Richard Parkes and Edward Hodgetts (Plaintiffs) and Dorothy Bendy, widow and William Bendy, Esq. (Deforciants). |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/12: Receipt for £42 charges re Parkes's' fine; 20 Jan. 1685/6. |
DSCAM/2/1/2/13-15: Pre-nuptial settlement (26 Apr. 1709) of Daniell Parkes (son and heir of Richard and Elizabeth) and Sarah Hussey (sister of Peter); release [lease wanting] by Richard Parkes of Dudley, Worcs., yeoman and Elizabeth his wife and Daniell their son, to William Hart of Kingsfort, parish of Wolverley, Worcs., yeoman, Peter Hussey of the same parish, pan maker, of Bendys Meadow, now divided into three and known as the Barne Close, the Gate Close and the Further Close, in the foreign and parish of Dudley (abuttals given), to secure a rentcharge of 40/- p.a. to Daniel and Sarah and their heirs during the lives of Richard and Elizabeth, and subject thereto, to the use of Richard for life, then of Elizabeth for life, thence to Daniel and his heirs, but subject to a term of 500 years to raise £100 to be payable to such uses as Richard shall have appointed, and otherwise payable to the younger children of Richard and Elizabeth. Also counterpart.
And bond from Daniel and Richard Parkes to William Hart in £280 to expend £140 within 6 months of the death of Richard and wife on freehold premises of the annual value of £7, to be settled on Daniel for life, then on Sarah, thence to their isue, with remainder to the right heirs of Daniel. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/16: Bond of indemnity (23 Apr. 1720) from Richard Parkes the elder of Dudley to Daniel Parkes, in respect of £80 advanced by Oliver Dixon the younger of Dudley, gentleman to Richard and secured by the joint bond of Richard and Daniel. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/17: Probate (13 Aug. 1731) of the will (dated 19 Oct. 1730) of Daniel Parkes of the parish of Dudley, tailor; all to wife, Sarah, for life, thence to son William (executor); Dudley real estate charged with £100 to son Daniel and £100 to son Peter. |
DSCAM/2/1/2/18-19: Articles of agreement (24 Oct. 1766) between Mary Parkes, widow, John Spurrier, Baker and Eleanor his wife and Mary Parkes, spinster, all of Walsall, Staffs., and Adam Read Shaw of Dudley, surgeon and apothecary and Edward Perrins of the Parish of Tipton, Staffs., engineer, for the sale of coal under Bendeys Meadow and under buildings erected on a part thereof (7a. 3r. 3p.), for a consideration of £1709 2s 6d (£220 per acre). Endorsed as never carrie into effect.
Bond of Adam Read Shaw and Edward Perrins to Mary Parkes, widow, John Spurrier and Mary Parkes, spinster, in £3418 5/-, to secure the payment of £1709 2s 6d by instalments of £150. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/20: Mortgage (30 Nov. 1778) by demise by John Spurrier of the Borough of Walsall, Staffs., baker and Mary Parkes of the same, spinster, to Zachariah Twamley of Castle Bromwich, parish of Aston near Birmingham, Warwickshire, miller, of their moieties of 2 messuages and lands at Dudley (formerly Bendys Meadow), for respective terms of 60 and 1000 years, to secure £200 and interest. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/21-23: Lease and release (25-26 Apr. 1785) by Mary Parkes of Walsall, spinster (a daughter and coheir of William Parkes of Walsall, baker and Mary his wife, both deceased), John Spurrier the elder of Walsall, baker (sometime husband of Eleanor Parkes deceased, the other daughter and coheir), and John Spurrier the younger of Walsall, baker and maltster (eldest son and heir-at-law of Eleanor), and surrender of terms of years by Zachariah Twamley, to John Fallows of Great Barr, Staffs., yeoman, of the premises; consideration of £209 to Twamley to pay mortgage, £200 to Parkes and £180 to Spurrier the younger; covenant to levy a Fine. And 2 parts of Final Concord (Easter Term 25 George III = 1785) between John Fallows (Plaintiff) and John Spurrier the younger and Anna Maria his wife (Deforciants). |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/24: Mortgage (4 July 1798) by demise of 1000 years by Fallows, to Ellin Barber of Westbromwich, Staffs., widow, Jacob Smith of Walsall, Staffs., Esq. and William Wakefield of Minworth, Warwickshire, gentleman (executors of Joseph Barber of Walssall, factor, deceased), of the above premises and a moiety of 13 messuages at the upper end of Hall Lane, Walsall, and a fourth part of a messuage and shop in Hall Lane, Walsall, to secure £300 and interest. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/25-26: Assignment of the mortgage (18 Feb. 1800) to James Smith of Willingsworth Hall, parish of Sedgley, Staffs., farmer, with further borrowing of £100 by Fallows. And bond from Fallows to James Smith to secure £400 as collateral security. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/27: Assignment of the mortgage term (31 Dec. 1811) by James Smith to James Swaine of Hamstead Mill, Staffs., miller, in trust for the devisees in trust of John Fallows (Samuel Stretton, late of Glasscote, parish of Tamworth, Warwickshire, now of Stapenhill, Derbyshire, gentleman; Walter Day of Great Barr, Staffs., gentleman; Catherine Fallows of the same, widow; Thomas Stratton Fallows of Birmingham, Warwickshire, gentleman), and otherwise upon trust to attend the freehold; consideration of £400. |
| DSCAM/2/1/2/28: Assignment of the term (20 Oct. 1825) by Swaine, at the request of Stratton, of Akersford, Leicestershire and Day (as surviving devisees in trust), to Benjamin Hughes of Birmingham, merchant, in trust for Thomas Badger, Isaac Badger and Joseph Haden, all of Dudley, nail factors, and otherwise upon trust to attend the freehold. |
| Date | 1553-1825 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 30 items |
| Level | Item |