| Reference Number | DSCAM/2/2/1/1-11 |
| Title | Brettell family |
| Description | DSCAM/2/2/1/1: Assignment (9 Jan. 1772) by William Clare of Nordley, Alveley, Salop, gentleman, at the direction of James Troubee of Stourbridge, Worcs., gentleman, to Thomas Brettell the elder of Stourbridge, Worcs., gentleman, for the residue of 3 terms of 99 years, created in 1693, 1736 and 1741, in premises in the parish of Kingswinford, in trust for John Pidcock of the Platts, parish of Oldswinford, Staffs, gentleman, Benjamin Brettell of Brettell, parish of Kingswinford, Staffs., maltster and Jeremiah Brettell of the same, gentleman, as tenants in common, subject to a mortgage to Thomas Chance of Bromsgrove, Worcs., gentleman; consideration of £1950 by Pidcock et al. to Clare; recites previous deeds. {Troubee has sold the freehold to Pidcock et al.] |
| DSCAM/2/2/1/2: Declaration of trust (1 Dec. 1774) between the vendor (James Troubee late of Stourbridge, now of Brettell, gentleman), mortgagees (William Chance of Bromsgrove, Worcs., ironmerchant, executor of his late brother Thomas) and vendees (John Pidcock et al., William Seager of Brettell, potter of clay and Thomas Brettell the elder) of James Troubee's estate; that Thomas Brettell will stand possessed of the various terms of years, as to 6 closes of land specified (16a. 2r. 29p.) and a messuage now divided into 3 cottages and 3 closes of land called Jackfields, in trust for Jeremiah Brettell; various messuages, cottages and lands, a decayed glasshouse and 5 pothouses, and Blackmore Meadow or Coppice (22 acres), in trust to secure £1600 to Chance, and subject thereto, in trust for Seager; consideration of £2150 by Pidcock et al. (with £2850 already paid), inc. the £1950 above) and £800 by Seager, who has agreed to pay off the £1600 due to Chance who will accept a security for the same. |
| DSCAM/2/2/1/3: Final Concord (Michaelmas Term 39 George III) between William Johnston (Plaintiff) and Thomas Brettell (Deforciant) of premises in the parish of Kingswinford. |
| DSCAM/2/2/1/4: Copy release [lease wanting] (3 Nov. 1798) by Thomas Brettell of the parish of Dudley, Worcs., gentleman to William Johnston of the Inner Temple, London, gentleman and Robert Honeyborne of Moor Lane, parish of King Swinford, Staffs., gentleman, of a messuage at Badgers Bank near Brierley Hill, parish of King Swinford, 2 others adjoining and another messuage also at Badgers Bank, 5 closes of land there (12a. 0r. 28p.) and a further adjacent close of 2a. 0r. 18p., adjoining Dog Lane, the Dudley-Brettell Lane turnpike etc., a messuage and 5 closes of land [as in #2], 4 messuages etc. (21a. 1r. 14p.), all at Brettell Lane between the Green Lane, the turnpike and the Stourbridge Canal, 6 closes of land and 10 messuages (24a. 2r. 33p.) on the north of the Dudley-Brettell Lane turnpike (as specified), 3 closes of land (14a. 2r. 35p.) on the west of the Stourbridge Canal, 2 closes and 2 messuages (8a. 3r. 33p.) between Bun Lane and the Stourbridge Canal, 5 messuages and 1a. 3r. 8p. between the old and new Dudley-Brettell Lane turnpikes, near Brettell Lnae, 11 closes of land and 2 messuages (18a. 3r. 19p.) near Brierley Hill, between the Dudley-Brettell Lane turnpike and the Brierley Hill-Black Delph road, 8a. 1r. 22p. of land on Ashwood Hay, parish of Kingswinford, adjoining Bells Mill Road, etc., and all other lands of (or exchanged for the lands of) Jeremiah Brettell, 1st cousin to Thomas; being a deed to make Johnston Tenant to the Praecipe for suffering a Common Recovery in which Honeyborne shall be Demandant, to the use of Thomas Brettell. |
| DSCAM/2/2/1/5: Lease and release (7-8 May 1799) by Benjamin Brettell of Brettell, parish of Kingswinford, Staffs., gentleman and Thomas Brettell of Tiled House in the said parish, gentleman [sons of Benjamin Brettell the elder], to Robert Honeyborne, of messuages and lands as specified at Brettell Lane, Badgers Bank, Brockmore Green, Wormwood Bank etc., parish of Kingswinford, to effect a partition between Benjamin and Thomas as specified. |
| DSCAM/2/2/1/6: Pre-nuptial settlement (23 Aug. 1799) of Thomas Brettell and Penelope Antrobus Cartwright, spinster (daughter of the Revd Joseph Cartwright of Dudley, Worcs., Clerk), being a release [lease wanting] by Thomas Brettell of the Tiled House (younger son of Benjamin Brettell the elder of Brettell Lane, deceased, and devisee in tail of Jeremiah Brettell of the parish of Kingswinford, deceased) and Robert Honeyborne (his trustee) to Benjamin Brettell of the parish of Kingswinford, gentleman (brother of Thomas) and the Revd Henry Antrobus Cartwright of Mereden, Warwickshire, Clerk; of a messuage and 5 closes of land (20a. 2r. 4p.) adjoining the Stourbridge Canal and Green Lane, 6 closes of land (24a. 1r.) on the north of the Brettell Lane turnpike, and 3 closes (14a. 2r. 35p.) on the west of the Stourbridge Canal; to the use of Thomas for life, then to Penelope for life, thence to their issue in such manner as they shall jointly appoint, or the survivor shall appoint, and in default, to such issue equally as tenants in common, and, in default of issue, in remainder to Thomas and his heirs and assigns; power to raise £1000 on mortgage at the request of Thomas; consideration of £1000, the marriage portion. |
| DSCAM/2/2/1/7: Mortgage by demise of 1000 years (25 Sept. 1804) by Thomas Brettell of the Tiled House to Thomas Peach Aston of Seisdon, parish of Trysull, Staffs., gentleman, of closes of land called the Barley Leasow and the Broad Fields, and 2 messuages built on part of the latter, all at Brettell Lane, parish of Kingswinford, Staffs., to secure £300 and interest. |
| DSCAM/2/2/1/8: Articles of agreement (28 Mar. 1825) between Thomas Brettell of Tiled House, parish of Kingswinford, Staffs., coalmaster (as to one moiety), and Benjamin Brettell, late of the parish of Ombersley, Worcs., now of Stourbridge, gentleman and Edward Causer of Stourbridge, surgeon and Anna Maria his wife (as cestui que trusts under the will of Benjamin Brettell, as to the other moiety), and William Seager Wheeley and John Wheeley, both of Brettell Lane, parish of Kingswinford, glass manufacturers, for a lease of Thick of Ten Yard Coal, Heathen Coal and Brooch Coal, and all mines of ironstone, under specified messuages and lands at Brettell Lane as specified (40 acres), for a term of 21 years from 25 Mar., at royalties of 2/- a ton for Thick Coal and 8d a ton for slack, 1/- a ton for Heathen Coal and 3d a ton for slack, 9d a ton for Brooch Coal and 2/- a ton for ironstone (each ton of 2400lb), with a minimum rent of £212 10/- a quarter and provisions for susbsequent overworking to make up deficiencies of quantities to rental; bond of indemnity by Benjamin Brettell and Edward Causer in respect of doubts over the power of the devisees under the will of Benjamin Brettell deceased to grant a lease; consideration of £1000 to be reclaimed by the Wheeleys from the first royalty payments they would be due to make. Attached letter from W.S. Wheeley to Thomas Brettell complaining at delay in completion of lease, 15 June 1826. |
| DSCAM/2/2/1/9-11: Abstract of deed (dated 1823) appointing a receiver for the estate of the late Benjamin Brettell of Brettell Lane; remarks on the settlement #6; sketch plan of damaged and undamaged lands. |
| Date | 1772-1826 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 12 items |
| Level | Item |