| Reference Number | DSCAM/5/6/1/1-7 |
| Title | Castle Street and High Street, Dudley |
| Description | DSCAM/5/6/1/1: Articles for a pre-nuptial settlement of Mary Dix and Read Shaw (7 Mar. 1742/43), made between Elizabeth Dix of Cradley, parish of Halesowen, Worcs., widow and Nicholas Hancox of Ravensitch, parish of Kingswinford, Staffs., scythesmith, Mary Dix of Cradley, spinster (daughter of Elizabeth), and Read Shaw of Stourbridge, Worcs., chirurgeon. £200 to be paid as Mary's portion; agreement by Elizabeth Dix, Nicholas Parker and Jane his wife, Philip Orton and Elizabeth his wife, and Phebe Dix, spinster (dau. of Elizabeth), to surrender 4 closes copyholds of the Manor of Halesowen, to the use of Read Shaw for life, then to Mary Dix for life, thence to their issue, with remainder to the right heirs of Read Shaw, or to sell the property and settle the proceeds thus; to settle on Hancox and James Shaw (brother of Read) a messuage and appurtenances at Stourbridge (occupied by Phebe Harman, widow), to the use of Read Shaw for life, etc., with remainder in default of issue to the heirs of Mary Dix; Shaw to settle on Hancox and James Shaw a messuage in High Street, Dudley occupied by Oliver Shaw, a malthouse, two cottages adjoining, a messuage on the other side of High Street, etc. (tenants given), to the use of Read Shaw for life, then to Mary for life, thence to their issue, with remainder to the heirs of Shaw; Shaw to purchase £100 of freehold lands, with the consent of Elizabeth Dix, and settle them upon the same trusts as the Dudley property. etc. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/2: Copy of the will (dated 1 Oct. 1739) of Daniel Shaw of Dudley, mercer; devises dwellinghouses occupied by Jonah Turner, late by Edward Hughes, Oliver Shaw [brother], Joseph Higgins, Philip Rogers, John Tomkiss and Joseph Roads, to son Read Shaw; and bequeaths him two beds, specified furniture, and books relating to surgery and physick and instruments of Read's late grandfather Adam Roads; tobacco engine to son Daniel Shaw; other household effects to daughter Frances Smith; Peacock Fields, Rushy Croft and Colepit Leasow in the parish of Dudley (abuttals given), to son James Shaw, charged with £50 to Read Shaw and £200 to son-in-law Joseph Smith under his marriage settlement; executor, James Shaw; 1749. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/3: Lease and release (13-14 Oct. 1774) being a pre-nuptial settlement of Henry Shaw and Ann Pargiter, between Read Shaw of Stourbridge, Worcs., surgeon, Henry Shaw of the same, surgeon (his only son, by Mary his late wife), Thomas Pargiter the elder of Cradley, Worcs., baker and Ann Pargiter (a daughter of Thomas); with Thomas Pargiter the younger (eldest son of Thomas) and James Hayward Shaw of Dudley, gentleman as trustees. £300 covenanted to be paid to Henry Shaw as the marriage portion and an annuity of £28 to be secured to Read Shaw; appointment and conveyance, pursuant to a Fine of the same, of 3 messuages and 3 cottages in High Street, Dudley (tenants given), to the trustees, to secure the annuity, and subject thereto, to such uses as Henry Shaw and his wife shall appoint, and otherwise to the use of Henry for life, then of Ann for life, thence to their children in such proportions and subject to such portions as they shall jointly appoint, or as Henry shall solely appoint should he survive Ann, etc., with remainder to Henry and his heirs. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/4: Lease and release (15-16 Nov. 1790) by Henry Shaw of Stourbridge, surgeon (son and heir of Read Shaw, late of the same, surgeon, deceased, by Mary his wife) and Ann his wife, to Thomas Martin of Dudley, Worcs., maltster and Peter Still of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, gentleman, of 6 messuages (tenants named) in Dudley bounded by the High Street and Castle Street (formerly Pease Lane), being a deed to make Still a Tenant to the Praecipe for suffering a Common Recovery in which Martin will be Demandant, to break the entail. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/5: Lease and appointment and release (17-18 Nov. 1790) by Shaw and wife to Thomas Martin and John Martin of Dudley, cheesemonger (his trustee to uses to bar dower), of the 6 messuages in Dudley, to the use of Thomas Martin, with power of appointment, as specified; declaration regarding use of gateway and passage; consideration of £634 6/-. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/6: Mortgage (19 Feb. 1807) by demise of 1000 years by Edward Bridgwater of Dudley, Worcs., maltster and John Aston of the same, coal miner (devisees in trust of William Aston of Dudley, victualler and coalminer), to Samuel Morris of Birmingham, Warwickshire, bridle cutter, of a messuage in Castle Street formerly High Street, Dudley, and 3 adjoining messuages at the bottom of the garden of the first, to secure £210 and interest. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/7: Lease and release (11-12 Aug. 1820) by Edward Bridgwater of Dudley, Worcs., maltster (surviving devisee in trust of William Aston), and William Aston of Dudley, fitter up of engines, Joseph Whitehouse of Dudley, glasscutter and Mary his wife, Joseph Fletcher of the parish of Sedgley, labourer and Sarah his wife and Ann Aston of The Strand, Westminster, spinsters (children of William Aston deceased) and Edward Aston of Dudley, glasscutter (a minor; the other child), to Thomas Martin of Dudley, gentleman, of a messuage in Castle Street formerly High Street, Dudley, and 3 adjoining messuages at the bottom of the garden of the first; and surrender by Samuel Morris of Birmingham, bridle cutter, by the direction of William Fellowes of Dudley, gentleman, of the mortgage term of 1000 years in the premises, to be merged in the freehold; and assignment by Joseph Pargeter of Careless Green, Worcs., nail ironmonger and Elizabeth his wife (late Elizabeth Shaw, one of the children and next of kin and administratrix of Henry Shaw), to Joseph Cowdrey of Dudley, manufacturer, of a term of 500 years in the premises, upon trust for Martin and otherwise upon trust to attend the freehold; consideration of £367 1s 6d by Martin to Fellowes (of which £116 is interest), who has paid of Morris, and £262 18s 6d to Bridgwater; recites the will of William Aston and various deeds. [For that will see DSCAM/3/9/1] |
| Date | 1739-1820 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 11 items |
| Level | Item |