| Reference Number | DSCAM/2/2/2/21-35 |
| Title | Smith family and Oak Farm Company |
| Description | DSCAM/2/2/2/21: Draft agreement (1843) by Levi Smith of Common Side, parish of Kingswinford, blacksmith, on behalf of himself and others (devisees of Timothy Smith), to James Boydell of the Ellowes, parish of Sedgley, Staffs. Esq. (on behalf of the Oak Farm Company), of mines at Shutt End. |
| DSCAM/2/2/2/22-28: Opinions of David Lewis of Lincoln's Inn upon the Smiths' title, with further observations and answers, etc., Nov. 1843-Feb. 1844. |
DSCAM/2/2/2/29-30: Lease (4 July 1844) by Joseph Smith of Common Side, parish of Kingswinford, Staffs., nailer, Thomas Smith of the same, blacksmith, William Smith of High Oak in the same parish, tailor, and Levi Smith of Common Side, blacksmith (4 of the sons of Timothy Smith, deceased, and devisees of four fifths of the property), AND John Smith of Withwood Heath, parish of Kings Norton, Worcs., blacksmith, Timothy Smith of the same, shoemaker, Joseph Smith of Common Side, parish of Kingswinford, tailor, Jeremiah Smith of Withwood Heath, blacksmith, William Smith of Tipton, carpenter, Levi Smith of the Knowle, parish of Rowley Regis, Staffs., shoemaker, Thomas Smith of Withwood Heath, blacksmith, Henry Smith of Tipton, wheelwright, Robert Smith of Tipton, hair dresser, John Stockley of Maplebury Green, parish of Studley, Warwickshire, bricklayer, and Mary his wife (formerly Mary Smith), John Jones of Weather Oak Hill, parish of Kings Norton, labourer and Sarah his wife (formerly Smith), and Thomas Walters of Lilly Green, parish of Beoley, Worcs., labourer, and Susannah his wife (formerly Smith) (11 surviving younger children of John Smith of Withwood Heath, blacksmith, deceased, except John abovementioned who is the elder brother and customary heir of Ann Smith deceased, the other younger child), TO James Boydell the younger of Oak Farm Works, parish of Kingswinford, Esq., Charles Townshend of the City of Chester, gentleman, Sir Stephen Glynne of Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, Baronet, the Rt Hon. William Ewart Gladstone of Carlton Gardens, Middlesex and George William, Baron Lyttelton (trading together as ironmasters and copartners as the Oak Farm Company), OF the minerals under Coopers Piece (3a. 0r. 22p.) near Shuttend, parish of Kingswinford, for a term of 30 years; consideration of £1000 paid in the relevant proportions, £900 payable on 4 July 1845 and £900 payable on 4 July 1846; recites will of Timothy Smith and copyhold deeds etc.; plan of Coopers piece endorsed.
And duplicate. |
| DSCAM/2/2/2/31: Letter from John Hignett, Chester, to Messrs Bourne and Wainwright concerning claim by Messrs Smith against the Oak Farm Company for £900, 23 Nov. 1848. |
| DSCAM/2/2/2/32: Agreement (25 June 1852) between Sir Stephen Richard Glynne and Samuel Holden Blackwell of Dudley, Worcs., ironmaster and George Bennet of Wombourne, Staffs., coalmaster, to let the 2 Oak Farm blast furnaces, with related engine houses, offices and premises, and part of the casting house, machinery, pland and fixture, use of tramroads, wharf on the Stourbridge Extension Canal etc., for a term of 2 years, thence year to year, at a rent of £400 p.a.; covenants to take coal and sand from Glynne; will consume ironstone now in stock before making fresh purchases; blast furnaces to be taken down and rebuilt and other specified improvements to be made; detailed plan endorsed; various schedules of equipment - engine house, blast furnaces, bridge house, furnace bank; schedule of sliding scale prices to be paid by tenants for ironstone, coal, slack coal etc. (in tons of 2520lb) related to price obtained for pig iron by them. |
| DSCAM/2/2/2/33: Lease (30 Aug. 1854) by Glynne to Blackwell and Bennet of the Oak Farm blast furnaces etc. [as above] and the foundry and related works there, for a term of 20 years from 24 June 1854, determinable after 7 or 14 years by either party, at a rent of £720 p.a.; general provisions similar to #32 for supply of coal etc.; working covenants; purchase/sale removal of plant at end of term; detailed plan endorsed; detailed schedules describing steam engine, boilers, furnaces, refinery, buildings, erections and sundries comprising the Blast Furnace Department of the Oak Farm Ironworks; similar for the buildings, erections, engines, machinery, lathes, tools etc. of the Iron Foundry and Engine Fitting Department; schedule of sliding scale prices. |
| DSCAM/2/2/2/34: Release and quit claim (29 Sept. 1854) from Blackwell and Bennet to Glynne in respect of money due for improvements under #32 [payable because Glynne has determined the tenancy but remitted because he has granted lease #33 in lieu]. |
| DSCAM/2/2/2/35: copies of baptism, marriage and burial entries of the Smith family. |
| Date | 1843-1854 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 15 items |
| Level | Item |