| Reference Number | DSCAM/2/5/2/6-10 |
| Title | Littleton Hall deeds: Horton family |
| Description | Counterpart lease (1 Nov. 1837) by Richard Blakemore of the Leys, Herefordshire, Esq., John Tomlinson of the City of Bristol, Esq. and Mary his wife, Thomas William Booker of Velindra House, Glamorganshire, ironmaster, James Wellington of the City of Bristol, gentleman and Harriet Esther his wife, George Robbins, serving in the Spanish Legion, John Bagnall of Westbromwich, Staffs., ironmaster and Mary Ann his wife, and George Spry of the City of Bath and Ellen Esther his wife, to Joshua Horton of Handsworth, Staffs., boiler maker and Alexander Brodie Cochrane of Blowers Green, near Dudley, Worcs., coal master, of the mines of thick or 10 yard coal under the Littleton Hall estate, parish of Westbromwich, Staffs., for a term of 39 years from 25 Mar. 1837, determinable when exhausted; royalty of 20% of sale price of coals, with minimum quarterly payments of £200 for the first 4 years, then £350 a quarter, plus 1s 6d per 1000 bricks and tiles etc. |
| Counterpart lease (1 Nov. 1837) by Blakemore ... Spry, to Horton and Cochrane, of the Littleton Hall estate, parish of Westbromwich, reserving timber and minerals, for a term of 39 years, at a rent of £180 p.a.; may surrender portions of surface after underlying minerals are worked out. |
| Endorsed memoranda (18 Dec. 1856) on both 1837 deeds, of the surrenders of the leases by deeds endorsed on the originals; Messrs William Henry, George and Thomas Geast Dawes to Thomas William Booker Blakemore, Esq., MP and George Robbins of the City of Bath, Esq. |
| Collateral mortgage (22 Nov. 1842) by Joshua Horton of Handsworth, Staffs., boiler maker, to William Chinner of Woodhouse, Staffs., gentleman, being an assignment of leasehold minerals at Littleton Hall for the residue of the term of 39 years, less the last 3 days; recites #6 and the assignment of Alexander Brodie Cochrane's share to Horton, and the advance of £4000 by Chinner to Horton secured, in the first instance, on property in Handsworth. |
| Collateral mortgage (1 Dec. 1842), same to William Chinner of Wombourne, Staffs., gentleman and to William Penn Allcock of Birmingham (his trustee) of the capital messuage called The Old Park and 144a. 1r. 23p. of land, at Whitwell, Isle of Wight, and various tithes, and £8000 and £500 secured by mortgage, with £1020 12s 4d for interest and £157 2s 5d due for costs, and £3333 6s 8d 3% Consols and £500 due for dividends and a bond for securing £104, subject to prior mortgages as recited. |
| Endorsed reassignment/reconveyance (26 Sept. 1848) on both 1842 deeds, by William Chinner of Womborne, Staffs., gentleman, at the request of Elizabeth Horton of Handsworth, widow (and administratrix of Joshua Horton), who has paid off the mortgage, to William Henry Dawes of Handsworth, ironmaster, George Dawes of Bromford, Staffs., iron merchant and Thomas Geast Dawes, late of Manchester, now of Wolverhampton, Staffs., iron merchant. |
| Transfer of mortgage (30 June 1847) by the only son and heir-at-law (Revd Charles Ingleby of Cheadle, Staffs., Clerk) and executors (Clement Ingleby of Birmingham, gentleman and Charles John Wragge of Stourbridge, Worcs., gentleman) of the late Dr John Tomlinson Ingleby of Birmingham (mortgagee), with the concurrence of the administratrix (Elizabeth Horton of Handsworth, widow) and trustees (William Henry Dawes, George Dawes and Thomas Geast Dawes) of the late Joshua Horton, to Thomas Piggott of Birmingham Heath, parish of Birmingham, boiler maker, on a capital messuage and premises at Upper Hill, Handsworth, Staffs., to secure £2000; recites original mortgage of 1842 for £3000 and its subsequent reduction to £2000 etc. Vacating receipt, 28 Nov. 1851; endorsed reconveyance (17 Aug. 1857) by Piggott to Messrs Dawes. |
| See also DSCAM/2/11/3/10. |
| Date | 1837-1856 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 5 items |
| Level | Item |