| Reference Number | DSCAM/5/6/1/20-39 |
| Title | Castle Street and High Street, Dudley |
| Description | DSCAM/5/6/1/20: Lease and release (10-11 Apr. 1840) by Joseph Bridgwater of Dudley, Worcs., maltster and his junior mortgagees (Isaac Badger of Dudley, iron merchant and Philip Williams of Wednesbury Oak Ironworks, Staffs., ironmaster - as trustees for the Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Co.; and Charles Henry Molineux of Wolverhampton, Esq., manager), to Edward Lay of Dudley, grocer and William Coldicott of Dudley, gentleman (his trustee to uses), of the equity of redemption (subject to £700 due Morris) in a fourth part of the 10 messuages etc. in Castle Street, to the use of Lay, with power of appointment, as specified; declaration barring dower; declaration of trust as to term of 500 years; consideration of £450 by Lay to Molineux; recites previous deeds and that £2700 is due from Bridgwater to the bank. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/21: Lease and release (10-11 Apr. 1840) by Bridgwater and his junior mortgagees (as above) to Thomas Lay of Dudley, grocer and William Coldicott (his trustee to uses), of the equity of redemption (subject to £600 due to Blew) in a fourth part of the Castle Street property, to the use of Lay, with power of appointment, as specified; declaration barring dower; declaration of trust as to term of 500 years; consideration of £550 by Lay to Molineux; recites previous deeds and that £2700 is due from Bridgwater to the bank. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/22: Lease and release (13-14 Apr. 1840) by way of mortgage by Edward Lay to William King of Coseley, parish of Sedgley, Staffs., miller, Thomas King of Woodsetton, same parish, gentleman, and John Round of Brierly, same parish, ironmaster (executors of Henry King), of his one fourth part of the Castle Street property, to secure £800 and interest, and subject to a lease from Thomas Martin to Benjamin Morris for 24 years from Michaelmas 1825; power of sale. |
DSCAM/5/6/1/23-26: Equitable mortgage (25 Feb. 1842) by Thomas and Edward Lay to Dalton and Dixon, bankers.
Appointment and mortgage (13 Apr. 1842) by Thomas Lay of Dudley, provision dealer, and Edward Lay, late of Dudley, provision dealer, now of Coppice Mill, parish of Himley, Staffs., miller, to Edward Dixon the elder, George Dalton and Edward Dixon the younger of Dudley, bankers and copartners, of shares in the Castle Street property, to secure the balance advanced on his account in the name of Benjamin Lay and Son; power of sale, subject to concurrence of prior mortgagees; declaration of trust as to the term of 500 years; declaration limiting the amount hereby secured to £1500; recites previous deeds.
Notices of the equitable and legal mortgages sent to the prior mortgagees, and various acknowledgments from them; Mar.-Apr. 1842 |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/27: Assignment (4 Aug. 1843) by Dixon, Dalton and Dixon the younger, to Richard Smith of Himley, Esq., in trust for the Rt Revd Henry, Lord Bishop of Exeter, Edward John, Baron Hatherton and John Benbow of Mecklenburgh Square, Middlesex, Esq. (trustees of the late Earl of Dudley), of the property and principal and interest secured by #24, and to exercise the right under #24 to raise £1500 and pay it for the benefit of the trustees; recites that Dixon, Dalton etal. are indebted to the trustees for a greater sum than Lay's debt to them. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/28-30: Appointment and release (16 Jan. 1844) by Thomas Lay to Edward Lay of Coppice Mill, parish of Himley, miller and William Coldicott (his trustee to uses), of the equity of redemption in two fourth parts of the Castle Street property, to the use of Edward, with power of appointment, as specified, he taking over the debts charged on the premises and their liquidation; declaration barring dower; recites previous deeds, that £1300 (£600+£700) is due to Thomas Blew on Thomas Lay's two fourth parts of the premises, and £1500 to the late Earl of Dudley's trustees. With related notices |
DSCAM/5/6/1/31-33: Transfer ( 31 May 1847) of mortgages of the Castle Street property, from Jesse Blew of Manchester, calico printer, William Blew of Stourbridge, woolstapler and Maria and Deborah Blew of Edgbaston, spinsters, and Richard Smith, now of the Priory, Dudley, Esq. and the trustees of the late Earl of Dudley, to John Farmer of Shut End, parish of Kingswinford, Staffs., agent and William Blow Collis his trustee, with the consent of Edward Lay, now of Wordsley, parish of Kingswinford, grocer, and appointment and conveyance of the mortgaged premises by Lay, and conveyance by the mortgagees as to various fourth shares, to Collis in trust for Farmer, to secure £2800 (£600+£700+£1500) and interest; consideration of £600 and £700 to the Blews, and £1500 to Smith; recites previous deeds and will of Thomas Blew; endorsed memorandum of sale of the 3 small messuages at the back of Castle Street to William Fellows, 3 Nov. 1848.
Bond (31 May 1847) from Edward Lay of Wordsley, parish of Kingswinford, grocer, John Lay of Brierl[e]y Hill, same parish, grocer and Thomas Lay of Dudley, maltster and provision dealer, to John Farmer, as collateral security for £2800 [altered from £2700] and interest.
Notice sent to Benjamin Morris of the above transfer; 9 Aug. 1847. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/34: Appointment and conveyance (20 Mar. 1849) by Edward Lay and Elizabeth his wife, to John Lay and Thomas Whitehouse of Dudley, gentleman (his trustee to uses), of the Castle Inn etc. and 6 other messuages in Castle Street, Dudley (tenants named), to the use of John, with power of appointment, as specified, subject to the various mortgages; declaration barring dower; consideration of £700 owed by Edward to John, and the sums of £700, £800, £2800 and £43 4s 6d (for interest) owed by Edward; recites previous deeds; with attached certificate of acknowledgment by a married woman. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/35: Lease (28 May 1849) by John Lay of Brierley Hill, Staffs., grocer and provision dealer, to James Batson the elder of Dudley, Worcs., innkeeper, of the Castle Inn in Castle Street, Dudley, and 2 other messuages thereabouts, for a term of 14 years from 29 Sept. 1848, at a rent of £200 p.a. |
DSCAM/5/6/1/36-37: Reconveyance (1 Jan. 1852) by Richard Henry Smith and William Coldicott, both of Dudley, gentlemen, William King, now of Woodsetton, parish of Sedgley, out of business and Thomas King of Woodsetton, gentleman, William Blow Collis of Stourbridge, gentleman, and John Farmer of Shut End, parish of Kingswinford, agent, to John Lay and Henry Coldicott of Dudley, gentleman (his trustee to uses), of the Castle Inn and Castle Street, premises, upon repayment of their various mortgages; considerations of £700 to Smith and Coldicott, £800 to Messrs King, £2800 to Collis, to the use of Lay as specified; endorsed memoranda of the sales of part of the premises, 2 Jan. 1852 and 8 Jan. 1853.
Mortgage (3 Jan. 1853) by Lay and Coldicott to Joseph Guest of Dudley, gentleman, of the Castle Inn and 5 other messuages etc. in Castle Street, to secure £3400 and interest; endorsed memoranda of sale of part of premises on 8 Jan. 1853, and receipt of £1000 by Guest in partial discharge of he mortgage on the same date; and receipt for a further £1000, 24 Feb. 1858; and for £400, 1 Sept. 1859. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/38: Abstract of title (1847) of Richard Smith as mortgagee of Messrs Lay. |
| DSCAM/5/6/1/39: Schedule of deeds to the Castle Inn and 252-254 Castle Street, Dudley, belonging to the trustees of John Lay and in mortgage to Sarah Starkey and Henry Coldicott; 1890. |
| Date | 1840-1890 |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 20 items |
| Level | Item |