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DE - THE EARL OF DUDLEY ESTATE COLLECTION
1 - TITLE DEEDS
2 - WILLS, SETTLEMENTS AND MORTGAGES
1 - Exemplification of an Inquisition taken in the reign of Henry VI of the estates of John Sutton, Kt, of the Castle of Dudley
2 - Gift
3 - Exemplification of Common Recovery
4 - Letters Patent (Grant) and copy
5 - Letters Patent
6 - Final Concord
7 - Aquittance
8 - Pre-nuptial Articles of Agreement
9 - Counterpart Pre-nuptial Articles of Agreement [DE/2/8]
10 - Letters Patent
11 - Deed of Covenant
12 - Deed to Lead to the Uses of a Recovery
13 - Deed to Lead to the Uses of a Recovery
14 - Grant
15 - Assignment
16 - Final Concord
17 - Exemplification of a Common Recovery
18 - Exemplification of a Common Recovery
19 - Exemplification of a Common Recovery
20 - Exemplification of a Common Recovery
21 - Abstract of Pre-nuptial Marriage Settlement of Edward Sutton, son of Edward Lord Dudley and Theodosia, daughter of Sir James Harrington
22 - Abstract of Pre-nuptial Marriage Settlement [as DE/2/21]
23 - Letters Patent
24 - Exemplification of Letters Patent
25 - Lease for 3 Lives
26 - Mortgage in Fee
27 - Bargain and Sale
28 - Mortgage by Bargain and Sale
29 - Indenture of Defeasance
30 - Final Concord
31 - Mortgage by Demise
32 - Quitclaim
33 - Counterpart Warranty of Attorney
34 - Letters Patent
35 - Exemplification of Letters Patent [17 Feb 1611]
36 - Copy Grant [part only]
37 - Mortgage by Demise for 300 Years
38 - Exemplification of Common Recovery
39 - Lease for 99 Years [unexecuted]
40 - Quitclaim
41 - Post-nuptial Marriage Settlement
42 - Exemplification of a Fine [1616]
43 - Grant [for 21 Years]
44 - Counterpart Feoffment
45 - Lease for 6 Years
46 - Mortgage by Bargain and Sale
47 - Exemplification of Fine
48 - Deed of Covenant
49 - Mortgage by Bargain and Sale
50 - Counterpart Lease for 21 Years
51 - Declaration of Trusts
52 - Bond in £1,400
53 - Bargain and Sale
54 - Licence of Alienation
55 - Mortgage by Demise for 99 Years with Counterpart
56 - Deed of Covenant
57 - Lease for 97 Years or 3 Lives
58 - Counterpart Lease for 97 years or 3 Lives [DE/2/57]
59 - Bargain and Sale
60 - Counterpart Mortgage by Bargain and Sale [DE/2/59]
61 - Counterpart Mortgage by Bargain and Sale
62 - Bargain and Sale
63 - Counterpart Bargain and Sale [DE/2/62]
64 - Bargain and Sale
65 - Counterpart Bargain and Sale [DE/2/64]
66 - Deed of Covenant
67 - Counterpart Deed of Covenant [DE/2/66]
68 - Deed of Covenant
69 - Covenant
70 - Defeasance
71 - Deed of Covenant
72 - Defeasance
73 - Bargain and Sale
74 - Copy Bargain and Sale [DE/2/73]
75 - Deed of Covenant
76 - Family Settlement
77 - Deed of Covenant
78 - Deed of Covenant
79 - Assignment
80 - Assignment [unexecuted]
81 - Deed of Covenant and Counterpart
82 - Deed to Declare the Uses of a Fine
83 - Final Concord
84 - Mortgage by Bargain and Sale
85 - Counterpart Mortgage by Demise for 50 years after the death of Lord Dudley
86 - Pre-nuptial Marriage Settlement
87 - Deed to Declare the Uses of a Fine and Counterpart
88 - Letters Patent
89 - Common Recovery
90 - Exemplification of a Fine
91 - Quitclaim
92 - Final Concord [2 copies]
93 - Mortgage by Assignment of Lease for 99 Years
94 - Pre-nuptial Articles of Agreement
95 - [Copy] Articles of Agreement and Bond in £400
96 - Assignment of Lease for 99 Years
97 - Mortgage by Demise for 50 Years [unexecuted]
98 - Grant
99 - Post-nuptial Marriage Settlement
100 - Lease for 40 Years
101 - Further Post-nuptial Marriage Settlement
102 - Quitclaim
103 - Assignment of Mortgage by Demise for Remainder
104 - Quitclaim
105 - Copy Arbitration Agreement
106 - Mortgages by Demise for 200 Years
107 - Bargain and Sale and Lease for 99 Years
108 - Bond of Arbitration
109 - Bond in £1,000
110 - Lease for 21 Years
111 - Counterpart Bargain and Sale
112 - Grant
113 - Lease for 60 Years
114 - Articles of Agreement
115 - Agreement
116 - Appointment of Attorney
117 - Final Concord
118 - Exemplification of a Fine
119 - Copy Memorandum of Decision of Arbitration of Sir William Rowe regarding a dispute between Charles Cockayne [Cokayne] and William Ward Esq., over a lease
120 - Release of Mortgages [DE/2/105 and DE/2/106]
121 - Letters Patent [Licence]
122 - Letters Patent [Licence]
123 - Letters Patent [Licence]
124 - Letters Patent [Licence]
125 - Letters Patent [Licence]
126 - Letters Patent [Licence]
127 - Letters Patent [Licence]
128 - Letters Patent [Licence]
129 - Declaration of Arbitration Decision of Sir John Brooke and William Turner, Esq.
130 - Copy Confirmation of Arbitration Decision [as DE/2/129]
131 - Release [unexecuted]
132 - Quitclaim
133 - Copy Grant
134 - Letters Patent
135 - Quitclaim
136 - Office Copy Fine
137 - Exemplification of Fine
138 - Articles of Agreement
139 - Deed to Lead to the Uses of a Fine and Counterpart
140 - Quitclaim
141 - Agreement
142 - Confirmation of Lease
143 - Quitclaim
144 - Counterpart Grant
145 - Chancery Court Decree
146 - Quitclaim
147 - Quitclaim
148 - Exemplification of ?Grant [1641/2]
149 - Gift
150 - Surrender of Lease for 50 Years
151 - Will of William Ward of Himley Hall, Staffs.
152 - Pre-nuptial Articles of Agreement
153 - Pre-nuptial Articles of Agreement [Counterpart of DE/2/152]
154 - Lease and Release
155 - Lease and Release
156 - Bargain and Sale [Reconveyance]
157 - Pre-nuptial Articles of Agreement
158 - Pre-nuptial Articles of Agreement [Counterpart of DE/2/157]
159 - Grant of Annuity
160 - Grant and Counterpart
161 - Pre-nuptial Marriage Settlement
162 - Counterpart Pre-nuptial Marriage Settlement [DE/2/161]
163 - Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years and Counterpart
164 - Affadavit [part] of Robert Heaton of Worcester, Gent. and Francis Brewer of Wombourne, Staffs., Servingman (Dudley v Ward)
165 - Lease for 60 Years
166 - Counterpart Lease for 60 Years [DE/2/165]
167 - Counterpart Covenant [cancelled]
168 - Statement (Ward v Guy)
169 - Settlement
170 - Release
171 - Release
172 - Final Concord [2 copies]
173 - Final Concord
174 - Copy Final Concord
175 - Deed to Lead to the Uses of a Fine
176 - Counterpart Deed to Lead to the Uses of a Fine [DE/2/175]
177 - Quitclaim
178 - Grant
179 - Deed to Lead to the Uses of a Fine and Counterpart
180 - Final Concord
181 - Final Concord [as DE/2/180]
182 - Exemplification of Common Recovery Suffered in the Common Hall of Pleas, Chester
183 - Copy Will of Humble Ward of Himley Hall, Staffs. [1 Jul 1655]
184 - Exemplification of Court Verdict against Mr Minshall for £500 recovered against him at Chester Assizes by Sir William Brereton
185 - Release of Covenants and Counterpart
186 - Deed of Covenant and Counterpart
187 - Exemplification of Fine
188 - Exemplification of Letters Patent [15 Jul 1579]
189 - Post-nuptial Marriage Settlement
190 - Documents relating to the Marriage Settlement of William Dilke and Honor Ward
191 - Exemplification of Royal Grant
192 - Lease for 2 Years
193 - Declaration of Trust and Deed of Covenant
194 - Exemplification of a Common Recovery [Michaelmas 1579]
195 - Copy Bargain and Sale
196 - Quitclaim
197 - Quitclaim
198 - Bond in £400
199 - Deed to Lead to the Uses of a Fine and Counterpart
200 - Final Concord [2 copies]
201 - Pre-nuptial Marriage Settlement by Lease and Release
202 - Prenuptual Marriage Settlement
203 - Bond in £6,000
204 - Counterpart Lease for 99 Years
205 - Lease for 99 Years
206 - Documents relating to the Marriage Settlement of William Ward and Anna Parkes
207 - Settlement
208 - Counterpart Settlement [as DE/2/207]
209 - Counterpart Lease for 21 Years
210 - Articles of Agreement
211 - Deed of Covenant
212 - Counterpart Deed of Covenant [DE/2/211]
213 - Counterpart Lease for 99 Years or 3 Lives
214 - Counterpart Lease for 99 Years or 3 Lives
215 - Two receipts to William Ward from Dud Dudley for half a year's rent of Old Park, Dudley
216 - Two receipts for £18 10s to Edward, Lord Ward from Dud Dudley for half a year's rent of Old Park, Dudley
217 - Will of Frances, Baroness of Dudley
218 - Copy Will of Frances, Baroness of Dudley
219 - Counterpart Grant
220 - Mortgage by Lease and Release
221 - Counterpart Mortgage by Lease and Release [Release only - as DE/2/220/2]
222 - Exemplification of Common Recovery [Hilary 1649]
223 - Pre-nuptial Marriage Settlement by Lease and Release [attached]
224 - Receipt for £4,000
225 - Family Settlement by Lease and Release
226 - Pre-nuptial Marriage Settlement
227 - Pre Nuptial Marriage Settlement by Lease and Release [Release only]
228 - Receipt for £2,100 Paid by William Ward Esq. to Robert Pigott of Chetwyn, Salop
229 - Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years
230 - Assignment of Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years [DE/2/229]
231 - Lease for Life
232 - Grant
233 - Lease and Release
234 - Release [Counterpart of DE/2/233/2]
235 - Family Settlement by Lease and Release
236 - Copy Settlement [Release only - as DE/2/235/2]
237 - Copy Settlement [Release only - as DE/2/235/2]
238 - Grant
239 - Final Concord [2 copies]
240 - Probate Copy Will of Edward Lord Dudley and Ward [will dated: 23 Jun 1701, codicils: 31 Jul 1701 and 2 Aug 1701]
241 - Probate Copy Will of Edward Lord Dudley and Ward [will dated: 18 Jan 1703]
242 - Mortgage for 99 Years
243 - Bond in £200
244 - Articles of Agreement
245 - Final Concord
246 - Deed to Make a Tenant to the Praecipe for the Purpose of Suffering a Common Recovery
247 - Exemplification of a Common Recovery
248 - Copy Exemplification of a Common Recovery [DE/2/247]
249 - Indemnity for Acting as Trustees
250 - Lease and Release
251 - Copy Release [DE/2/250/2]
252 - Attested Copy Release [DE/2/250/2]
253 - Lease and Release
254 - Will of John, Lord Viscount Dudley and Ward
255 - Attested Copy Release [6 Feb 1772]
256 - Lease and Release [Release only]
257 - Mortgage by Demise for 99 Years
258 - Mortgage by Demise for 99 Years
259 - Deed of Exchange and Declaration of Uses of Intended Recovery [Unexecuted]
260 - Rental of Jointure Lands: account of money received and paid by Rev. Joseph Cartwright for Lady Viscountess Dowager Dudley and Ward's jointure from lands in Himley and Sedgley
261 - Lease for 99 Years
262 - Assignment of Mortgage by Demise for 99 Years [DE/2/258] in Trust to Attend the Inheritance
263 - Schedule of Lord Dudley's Estates
264 - Lease and Release [Lease only}
265 - Lease and Release
266 - Extract from Deed [DE/2/265/2 - 15 Jun 1804]
267 - Extract from Deed, describing Dudley Estates
268 - Documents regarding Pershouse Mortgage
269 - Draft Release
270 - Lease and Release
271 - Grant of Administration of the goods of William, Viscount Dudley and Ward (decd) to his only son John William, Viscount Dudley and Ward
272 - Draft Memorial of Bond; Draft Release; and Draft Declaration
273 - Bundle of Draft Documents regarding Transfer of Mortgage of Elizabeth Robins
274 - Abstract of the Will of the Earl of Dudley
275 - Letters of Administration of the Will of William, Viscount Dudley and Ward
276 - Probate Copy Will of Mary, Lady Viscountess Dudley and Ward, Widow of John, late Viscount Dudley & Ward, with Letters of Administration annexed [will dated: 25 May 1782; codicil: 25 May 1782]
277 - Bill of Sale
278 - Draft Mortgage
279 - Duplicate Deed of Deposit
280 - Epitome of Will of William, Earl of Dudley [2 copies]
281 - Copy Resettlement of Dudley Estates made on marriage of William Humble Eric Ward, Viscount Ednam and Lady Rosemary Milicent Leveson-Gower
282 - Copy Particulars of Security for Loan of £252,000
283 - Copy Particulars of Security for Loan of £252,000
284 - Copy Vesting Deed
285 - Copy Deed Varying an Agreement
286 - Memoranda regarding Dudley Settled Estates
287 - Copy Letters of Administration and Will of William Humble, Earl of Dudley [will dated 13 Dec 1924] [2 copies]
288 - Documents Relating to the Wilmore Family
1 - Articles of Agreement
2 - Deed to Lead the Uses of a Common Recovery
3 - Receipts for moneys paid to Wilmer [Wilmore]
4 - Exemplification of Adjudication
5 - Copy Royal Authority
6 - Bargain and Sale
7 - Conterpart Bargain and Sale [DE/2/288/6]
8 - Bargain and Sale
9 - Agreement
10 - Statute Staple of £3,000
11 - Quitclaim
12 - Declaration of Thomas Wilmore of Dudley, Esq.
13 - Discharge
14 - Discharge
15 - Discharge
16 - Final Concord
17 - Final Concord [as DE/2/288/14]
18 - Deed of Covenant, with Quitclaim
19 - Deed of Covenant by Way of Family Settlement
20 - Legal Opinions on Lord Dudley's title to 2 rent charges
21 - Legal Opinion of Mr Glyn regarding conveyance of Wilmer [Wilmore]'s two rent charges to Lord Ward
22 - Assignment of Annuity
289 - Bundle of Settlements etc to Ward family re New Park, Dudley
290 - Other wills and settlement to Ward family
291 - Wrottesley Family Wills and Settlements, etc. (Ward as trustee)
292 - Documents Relating to the Harlowe Family
293 - Inquisition [Post Mortem] of the lands of John, Earl of Worcester
294 - Defeasance
295 - Extract from General Power of Attorney
296 - Extract from General Power of Attorney [copy of DE/2/295]
3 - MANORIAL RECORDS
4 - ESTATE RECORDS
5 - HIMLEY ESTATES LTD RECORDS
6 - BUSINESS RECORDS: MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LORD DUDLEY'S SETTLED ESTATES (MINES DEPARTMENT)
7 - BUSINESS RECORDS: COMPANY/DIRECTORSHIP RECORDS
8 - ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS
9 - RECORDS RELATING TO THE BOROUGH OF DUDLEY
10 - OFFICIAL RECORDS: GENERAL
11 - OFFICIAL RECORDS: MILITARY
12 - OFFICIAL RECORDS: POLITICAL
13 - ILLUMINATED ADDRESSES
14 - HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS OF THE WARD FAMILY
15 - PERSONAL RECORDS
16 - MAPS AND PLANS
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