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DE - THE EARL OF DUDLEY ESTATE COLLECTION
1 - TITLE DEEDS
2 - WILLS, SETTLEMENTS AND MORTGAGES
3 - MANORIAL RECORDS
4 - ESTATE RECORDS
1 - TRUSTEESHIP RECORDS
2 - LEGAL PAPERS
1 - GENERAL
1 - Writ concerning Welsh merchants (labelled 'Certificate')
2 - Letters Patent Appointing Sequestrator (Willener v Lord Dudley)
3 - Agreement
4 - Copy Decree regarding Complaint in the Court of Chancery (Edward Seabright v Humble Ward)
5 - The Answer of Humble, Lord Ward to the Petition of Edward Gibson a Claiment to Dudley Castle
6 - Memoranda as to the Character of William Keysall
7 - Copy Decree in Chancery upholding order [20 Dec 1705]
8 - Decree in Chancery upholding order [20 Dec 1705]
9 - Award of Abitrators regarding Division of Property
10 - Affidavit of John Williams regarding clay at the Thorns
11 - Bond of Arbitration
12 - Worcester Assizes: Brief for Plaintiff (Hale on the demise of Lord Ward v Masters and others)
13 - Notes relating to case regarding the Church House in Belbroughton [Hale on the demise of Lord Ward v Masters and others]
14 - Answer of Defendants (Cartwright, Vernon and Burne v Philip Cosgrave) in the Exchequer in Ireland
15 - Draft Assignments of Mortgage Term (in Trust to Attend the Inheritance), with correspondence [1795 - 1797]
16 - Bill (Cartwright v Harris)
17 - Papers and letters relating to the case against the asignees of Thomas Hawkes (a bankrupt)
18 - Copy Grant by Edward Sutton, Lord Dudley, to the tenants of Cradley of common of pasture in Pensnett [27 Jan 1494] and Exemplifications of Depositions of witnesses respecting same [23 Apr 1583]
19 - Letter to Mr Hately, Attorney at Law, Dudley from Thomas Brettell, Summerhill, regarding drawing water and getting coal from Lord Dudley's property
20 - Copy/draft letter to Messrs Booth and Harlewood from John Benbow, Lincoln's Inn
21 - Letters received by Benbow & Alban from Thomas Brettell and Booth & Haslewood on estate business, with papers relating to the position of the settled estates
22 - Letter to John Benbow [cover only]
23 - Memorandum of agreements/etc.
24 - Copy Opinion of Mr Hart and of Mr Lancelot Shadwell regarding personal effects of Thomas Foster on the Elim and Waterford Estates (Jamaica), etc.
25 - Particulars of Judgments against Thomas Price (Price v Lord Dudley) in the Kings Bench and in the Exchequer [1803 - 1822]
26 - Particulars of Judgments against David Smith in the Common Pleas and in the Kings Bench [1808 - 1822]
27 - Draft Advertisment for Church Living (Benbow & Alban)
28 - Case for the Opinion of Richard Preston regarding the Viscountess Dudley's share of the personal estate of the late Viscount Dudley
29 - Case for the Opinion of Edward Sugden as to the passing of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Shares under the Will of Mary, Viscountess Dudley and Ward and Extract from the Registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury of the Probate Account
30 - Case for the Opinion of Mr Jeans as to mines under Blowers Green, Dudley
31 - Papers concerning the case of James Shakespear [Shakespeare], Lord Dudley's gamekeeper at Himley, accused of poisoning William Rolinson's dog
32 - Copy Opinion of J. Humphries, Lincoln's Inn, regarding the freeholds of John Keelinge decd
33 - Draft Case for Opinion regarding Lord Dudley's purchase of the Sedbury Estate
34 - Deposition of Thomas Vaughn, giving evidence regarding the Hole Lane part of the Oak Farm with receipt of money for expenses and small sketch plan
35 - Affidavit of Francis Downing of Dudley, Worcs., Gent.
36 - Order of John Maughan regarding payment of interest on security by Mary Elizabeth Hodgetts, James Shipton and John Williams on property in Wolverhampton Street and Southalls Lane, Dudley, with plan [tracing]
37 - Statement of Lands at Kingswinford in dispute between Messrs Pearson and Mr William Cox
38 - Case for the Opinion of Mr Archibald (Earl of Dudley v Messrs Welch & Barrows) regarding workings at the Tipton Pieces Colliery and colliery adjacent, enclosing plan [tracing] and sketch of geological section
39 - Draft Copy Case in the Common Pleas (Smith and others v Earl of Dudley), with plan [tracing]
40 - Papers relating to occurances at Dudley Castle, especially relating to the case of Albert Harrison
41 - Plaint Note (Ordinary Summons) to the County Court of Worcestershire, held at Dudley regarding cases Peake v Cole, Peake v Hyde and Peake v Chavasse
42 - Plaint Note (Ordinary Summons) to the County Court of Worcestershire, held at Dudley regarding cases Peake v Parkes, Peake v Robinson, Peake v Colley and Peake v Watson
43 - Papers relating to Farm Agreements with reference to distress for rent, the Agricultural Holdings Act 1906 and cutting wheat
44 - Balance sheet between Mr Peake and S. B. Laugston regarding court fees
45 - Copy Opinion of J. C. Simpson Ex Parte the Earl of Dudley regarding recovery of land and rights of light, way and water [2 copies]
46 - Copy Case and Opinion of Archibald Brown regarding copyholds at Wall Heath being part of John Darby's Allotment under Pensnett Chase Enclosure Award [22 May 1889], with advert of sale attached
47 - Papers concerning land and copyholds in Can Lane (Lord Dudley v Fellows and Lord Dudley v Ashcroft)
48 - Case for the Opinion of Herbert J. H.Mackay (Lord of the Manor of Kingswinford v The Company of Priprietors of the Stourbridge Canal Navigations)
49 - Copy Opinion of Benjamin L. Cherry regarding delegation of statutory powers and enfranchisement
50 - Copy Opinion of Mr Archibald on liability to keep road fences in repair [25 Nov 1861]
51 - Copy Opinion of A. H. Droop (Earl of Dudley v Tarmac Ltd)
52 - Copy Opinion of A. H. Droop (Earl of Dudley v Tarmac Ltd)
53 - Copy Duplicate Order regarding Lord Dudley's Settled Estates and the Settled Land Act 1925
2 - ACCOUNTS
3 - IRISH ESTATE (EARL AND COUNTESS MEATH V LORD WARD)
4 - HIMLEY PARK TIMBER (WILLIAM WARD V JOHN, LORD DUDLEY)
5 - COPYHOLD LAND IN KINGSWINFORD (DOE ON THE DEMISE OF WILLIAM, VISCOUNT DUDLEY AND WARD V HORACE ST PAUL AND ANNA MARIA HIS WIFE)
3 - SCHEDULES OF DOCUMENTS
4 - SURVEYS AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE
5 - VALUATIONS AND SALES
6 - VALUATIONS AND SALES: COTTAGE PROPERTY
7 - TENANCY: LEASES
8 - TENACY: AGREEMENTS AND RELATED CORRESPONDENCE
9 - TENANCY: PAPERS RELATING TO RATES AND TAXES
10 - ACCOUNTS: RENTALS
11 - ACCOUNTS: ACCOUNT BOOKS
12 - ACCOUNTS: BILLS AND VOUCHERS
13 - EMPLOYEES: WAGE AND PENSION BOOKS
14 - TITHE RECORDS
15 - CORRESPONDENCE
16 - MEMORANDA
17 - ESTATE IMPROVEMENTS: ENCLOSURES, ETC.
18 - BUILDINGS AND DEVELOPMENT
19 - WATERWORKS
20 - ROADS
21 - FARMING RECORDS
22 - FORESTRY RECORDS
23 - GAME, FISHING AND SHOOTING RECORDS
24 - HOUSEHOLD: HIMLEY HALL
25 - HOUSEHOLD: LONDON
26 - WITLEY COURT
27 - JAMAICAN ESTATES
28 - REFERENCE AND PRINTED MATERIAL
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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