| Reference Number | DSCAM/4/6/2/1-17 |
| Title | Copies and abstracts of deeds, and other documents relating to the Piddocke family and their Oakthorpe estate, Leicestershire/Derbyshire. Part 1 |
| Description | DSCAM/4/6/2/1: Abstract of draft conveyance of 2 Feb. 1688/89 of land at Oakthorpe by John Dickenson to Elizabeth Dickenson and her trustees. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/2: Abstract (1890) of the settlement (dated 25-26 May 1836) by the Revd John Piddocke made in anticipation of the marriage of Joseph Boyer of Ashby de la Zouch, gentleman and Mary Piddocke, spinster, of which Henry Vincent Smith of Stone Buildings, Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, Esq., the Revd Charles Pratt, Vicar of Parkington, Derbyshire and Leicestershire, and the Revd Richard Boultbee, Vicar of Barnwell, Northamptonshire are trustees; details the Okethorpe estate; trustees to receive a rentcharge of £300 from the estate (all of surface; two thirds of minerals under it) to be applied to Mary Piddocke for life, thence to Boyer; rentcharge not payable whilst Boyer and his future wife reside with John Piddocke; subject thereto, income from estate to John Piddocke for life, thence to the use of the children of the Boyers as specified, which failing, to the use of such persons as the Revd John Piddocke shall appoint, failing which to the use of such persons as Mary Piddocke shall appoint, with ultimate remainder to her heirs at law; power to trustees to raise up to £4000 on mortgage for the use of the settlor. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/3: Copy deed poll appointment dated (21 Mar. 1842) by Elizabeth Piddocke, wife of Thomas Piddocke of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, gentleman, under the power contained in her within recited marriage settlement of 25-26 Apr. 1828, of real estate and £600 secured and £600 in the bank of Messrs Pares and Company, in trust for her 5 younger children and any subsequent children equally, as specified; recites investment of £3500 settled funds, issue of the marriage (John Piddocke, Leonard Thomas Piddocke, Thomas Piddocke, Elizabeth Mary Piddocke, Sarah Piddocke and Mary Susannah Piddocke), belief that eldest son is sufficiently provided for under will of his great uncle, the Revd John Piddocke, deceased. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/4: Copy will (dated 2 May 1853) of Thomas Piddocke of Ashby de la Zouch, residing at Bushey, Hertfordshire; executors and trustees, Elizabeth Piddocke (wife) and daughters Elizabeth Mary and Sarah and son John; trust for sale; income from proceeds to wife for life; thence capital to all his children living at his death who are of full age etc., with power to advance half of any expectant or presumptive share, provision for minorities and maintenance; in default of issue, all estate to wife and her heirs; mineral leasing and other powers of trustees specified. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/5: Extract from deed of 13 June 1853 between John Piddocke the younger of Watfords, Hertfordshire, Esq. and George Burrow Gregory of 1 Bedford Row, Middlesex, Esq.; recites will of the Revd John Piddocke (d 1841), settling his estate (his daughter being dead) on his great nephew, John Piddocke the younger for life, in tail male etc., with provision covering the minority of a tenant for life; provision that the trustees of the will should accumulate a fund during the 21 years after the testator's death to defray the annuity of £300 payable to Joseph Boyer for life etc.; recites codicil and Chancery proceedings to administer estate, and due payment of the £300 annuity. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/6: 'An Act to enable certain persons to grant Leases for Mining Purposes of the Estates situate at Oakthorpe, in the Counties of Leicester and Derby, or one of them, devised by the Will of the Reverend John Piddocke, Clerk, deceased.' 16 & 17 Victoria; Session 1853. Royal assent, 15 Aug. 1853. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/7: Abstract of mortgage of Oakthorpe (dated 14 Oct. 1854) by the Piddocke family etc. to Benjamin Gibbons of The Spennels, parish of Kidderminster, Worcestershire and William Coldicott of Dudley, Worcs., gentleman, to secure £3000 and interest. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/8: Extract from deed of 26 June 1855 reciting the interest under the will and decrees of the Court of Chancery of John Piddocke, Elizabeth Mary Piddocke and Sarah Piddocke in £4102 11s 4d 3% Consols arising from the sale of certain estates devised under the will to indemnify purchasers against Boyer's annuity. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/9: Abstract (1890) of an indenture of further charge (dated 11 Jan. 1856) on the Oakthorpe estate to Benjamin Gibbons; further charge of £1500 and £1500 and £700 now, representing expenditure on making Oakthorpe mines workable divided between Piddocke and Gibbons. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/10: Copy deed poll appointment (dated 11 Oct. 1856) by Elizabeth Piddocke of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derbyshire, widow of Thomas Piddocke, under the power contained in her within recited marriage settlement of 25-26 Apr. 1828, in favour of her eldest son, John Piddocke, of the sums of £600, £500 and £542, and all interest [in arrears] which had been advanced to Thomas Piddocke since 1847 on security of the Oakthorpe minerals; recites previous deeds, investment of funds, the children of the marriage, now including Penelope Ellen Piddocke. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/11: Copy deed poll release and discharge (dated 12 Oct. 1856) by John Piddocke of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, Esq. of the minerals at Oakthorpe from the three mortgaged sums of £600, £500 and £542. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/12: Copy reconveyance (dated 13 Oct. 1856) by Henry Pilkington of Burton upon Trent, Derbyshire, gentleman (surviving trustee of the marriage settlement of Thomas and Elizabeth Piddocke), John Piddocke, and Elizabeth Piddocke, widow, Elizabeth Mary Piddocke, Sarah Piddocke and the said John Piddocke (as trustees of the will of Thomas Piddocke) to William Coldicott of Dudley, gentleman, of the mines and minerals at Oakthorpe, to Coldicott in trust for Benjamin Gibbons, the mortgagee under the deed of 14 Oct. 1854, subject to the proviso for redemption; recites the settlement, will and related deeds. |
DSCAM/4/6/2/13: Copy lease (dated 24 June 1857) by John Piddocke of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, Esq., William Coldicott of Dudley, gentleman (mortgage trustee), Leonard Thomas Piddocke of Ashby aforesaid, Esq., the Revd Richard Moore Boultbee of Iver, Buckinghamshire, Clerk and Henry Vincent Smith of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, Esq., Elizabeth Piddocke of Ashby, widow, and the said Elizabeth and John Piddocke and Elizabeth Mary Piddocke and Sarah Piddocke of Ashby, spinsters (as trustees and executors), to Benjamin Gibbons the younger of The Spennels, Worcestershire, coal master, on the surrender of a previous lease, of all mines under the Oakthorpe estate (210a. 0r. 2p. as specified in annexed schedule), for a term of 27 years 3 months from 25 Mar. 1857; rent for surface and from two-thirds of minerals payable to Boultbee and Smith during the balance of the 21 years from the death of the Revd John Piddocke in 1841, thence to John Piddocke or William Coldicott, balance to, other third of mineral rent to John, Elizabeth et al. (as executors); surface rent of £3 per acre per annum, mineral rent is one-tenth of actual sale price of coals at the pit mouth per ton of 2640lb, with a minimum rent of £100 p.a. until the coals under 35a. of land where the colliery and plant have been erected are worked out, and 1d per ton for foreign coals brought to bank through the Oakthorpe Colliery; usual working and inspection arrangements etc.; recites deeds from 1792, power granted by the Court of Chancery for an application to Parliament for extended mineral leasing powers etc.
[This lease leads to the disputes between Thomas Wight and Lord Donington over royalties and wayleave payments for 'foreign' coal - see DSCAM/4/6/8, 10 and 12 series passim].
[See also DSCAM/4/6/12/16] |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/14: Copy declaration (dated 11 Jan. 1858) by Elizabeth Piddocke, widow, John Piddocke, Esq., Elizabeth Mary Piddocke, spinster, Sarah Piddocke, spinster, Mary Susannah Piddocke, spinster and Leonard Thomas Piddocke, Esq., all of Ashby de la Zouch that they have not incumbered their shares in the Oakthorpe estate devised under the will of the Revd John Piddocke, except for £8000 secured to Gibbons under the mortgage of 14 Oct. 1854 and subsequent further charges; nor incumbered 'The Piddock Estate Fund' except for and advance of £260 from Charles Fletcher Skirrow to Elizabeth Mary Piddocke and Sarah Piddocke in 1852 as specified, the aforemetioned £8000, and £372 on the shares of Mary Susannah Piddocke and Leonard Thomas Piddocke advanced in 1856 etc. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/15: Copy mortgage (dated 1 Mar. 1858) by John Piddocke of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, gentleman, Leonard Thomas Piddocke of the same, gentleman, Elizabeth Mary Piddocke of the same, spinster, Sarah Piddocke of the same, spinster, Mary Susannah Piddocke of the same, spinster, Elizabeth Piddocke of the same, widow, and the said John, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Mary and Sarah as executors and trustees of the will of Thomas Piddocke, to William Smythe of Serle Street, Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, solicitor, of their various life and reversionary interests in the Oakthorpe estate (210a. 2r. 34p. as specified) and two-thirds of its minerals, and in the other third of the minerals, to secure £400 already owing to Smythe and interest, subject to prior mortgages (recited); power for sale, but not to be exercised for 3 years; recites will of the Revd John Piddocke and subsequent wills and deeds, Chancery proceedings, that John is tenant for life of Oakthorpe and two thirds of the minerals, Elizabeth is tenant for life of the other third, that Thomas Piddocke and Penelope Helen Piddocke are infants. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/16: Copy mortgage (dated 9 Aug. 1860) by Banjamin Gibbons of Athol House, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, coal and iron master, to Joseph Guest of Dudley, Esq., of the £8000 secured to him and arrears of interest, policies of insurance for £2000 and £1000, to secure £4000 and interest at 7.5%; declaration that William Coldicott will stand possessed of the Oakthorpe estate and minerals in trust for Guest; assignment of the Cousins Engine Colliery near Whitecroft in the Forest of Dean (specified), the limstone and iron ore in the Forest of Dean, a pit at Lydbrook etc., a dwellinghouse, land (specified) and tithes in the township of Hempton, parish of Chelmarsh, Salop, and land and buildings fronting Wellington Road at Caddicks End, Dudley, subject to various prior mortgages; covenant to surrender specified copyholds held of the Manor of Sedgley; recites deeds of 1847-58. |
| DSCAM/4/6/2/17: Copy deed poll appointment (dated 17 Nov. 1869) by Elizabeth Piddocke of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derbyshire, widow of Thomas Piddocke, under the power contained in her within recited marriage settlement of 25-26 Apr. 1828, of the funds representing the £3500 mentioned in that settlement in favour of her daughter, Penelope Helen Piddocke; revokes appointment #3 above in favour of all her younger children. |
| Date | 1688-1890 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 17 items |
| Level | Item |