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Extracts from Ashford Manor Court Rolls
1891 to 1900
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[ ] 4 August
1894 Same Lord & Steward
Homage: George COBB & Charles Stephen Abbott ATKINSON
William LOVE of Rolvenden, farmer, & William Elliott LONG of
Woodnesborough, farmer,
surrender to Horace
BROWN, of Great Chart, on sale, consideration £50 -
land, with buildings, coloured blue on Court Rolls of 13 October 1885 (Baptist
land).
Horace BROWN admitted at rent of 1d.
ALSO -
William TAYLOR, deceased, held land, part of Bull Garden, abutting -
north - to yard etc., previously Thomas COLE, then George FARBRACE & his
devisees
west - to land, late George E. JEMMETT
south - to Tufton Street
east - to garden, now enfranchised, previously Rev. George NORWOOD, now George
COBB.
Rent 1/-
[75]
Occupied by John James MAYTUM, now George COBB.
Admitted 11 September 1860 on surrender of Rev. George FARBRACE.
Deceased 14 September 1892, but will dated 1 September 1891 did not affect
these premises. Co-heiresses
Ada Constance LONG & Elizabeth Mary BATH, who are admitted.
also - for 4,5,6, & 7 Churchpassage, described as -
5 cottages & land, previously with messuage taken down
by John NANCE,
abutting -
east - to footway to Beaver
south - to lands now George COBB
west - to hereditaments previously NANCE, then HEMMINGS, William TAYLOR now
George COBB
north - to house, previously Lewis Ambrose REEVE, then Thomas TALBOT
Rent 2d.
[207]
Admitted 6 July 1887, on surrender of William POPE.
LONG & BATH admitted as above.
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[no date given] 1894 Same Lord & Steward
Homage: George COBB & Charles S.A. ATKINSON
Charles VINCER, deceased, held land in Mersham.
Rent 2/-
[261]
Deceased 7 December 1893.
By will 26 October 1893 property to trustees for sale, John Edward FIELD,
retired tailor, & Henry BROMWICH
of Willesborough, gent.
Probate 3 January 1894.
Trustees admitted & then surrender to Mary Maylam BARTEN of Romford, &
Elizabeth BARTEN of Mersham,
spinsters, on sale, consideration £200.
M.M. & E. BARTEN admitted
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[ ] 20 December
1894 Same Lord & Steward
Homage: George COBB & William Richard BROWNE
Ada Constance LONG & Elizabeth Mary BATH, surrender to William Richard
LUCKHURST of Ashford,
cornfactor's foreman, on sale, consideration £425
property as at Court 4 August 1894 in Church Passage.
Rent 2d.
[207]
William Richard LUCKHURST admitted.
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31 January 1895
Indenture (1) Henry James TUFTON, Baron HOTHFIELD
(2) John Sackville TUFTON, of Hothfield Place,
now Lieut., First Life Guards & eldest son of Baron (3) Charles
HOARE of Flat Street, esq., & Rowland Nevitt
BENNETT of Lincoln's Inn,
esq.,
Henry, EARL OF THANET, deceased [12 June 1849]
By will 21 December 1848, all property to executors Charles HOARE, &
BENNETT
senior (deceased), for benefit
of Sir Richard TUFTON for life, then to eldest
son Henry James, (now Baron) TUFTON etc.
Deceased 12 June 1849 without [legal] heirs.
Probate PCC 31 October 1849.
Sir Richard TUFTON deceased 20 June 1871.
Henry James Baron HOTHFIELD married Alice Harriet Argyll STRACEY [
] 1872.
John Sackville TUFTON, eldest son of Baron, born 8 November 1873
Held moiety of lands -
(1) Tournay Field, 5 - 1 - 36p (36p sold SE Railway)
Occupied James BRIDGE, abutting -
north - to land of Adam SCHOALES
west - to land of Adam SCHOALES & Railway Company
south - to lands of George E. JEMMETT & Railway Company
east - to land of John Edward Nassau MOLESWORTH, D.D.
[289b]
(2) land, 6 acres, abutting -
north - to land of Railway
east - to Bull Meadow
south - to River Stour
[284]
Occupied by executors of John COBB
At Court 17 January 1853 BENNETT was admitted.
By indtre. 4 February 1871 (1) British Land Company
(2) Walter Elliott WHITTINGHAM, (3) Baron
HOTHFIELD (4) BENNETT & HOARE
land sold to them, consideration £800.
Admitted 18 July 1871 to land, 6 acres, part of Kitchin Field, occupied by
Thomas PERKINS.
[190]
To bar & defeat tail male, sale of land to BENNETT & HOARE, to which
they were admitted 17 January 1853 &
11 July 1871 and 4 pieces land, 13 1/2 acres & 1 rood,
rent £1 - 3 - 1d + 14/-
HOARE & BENNETT admitted
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Friday 28 June 1895 Same Lord & Steward
Homage: George COBB & Charles S.A. ATKINSON
HOARE & BENNETT admitted, as per indtre. 31 January 1895, as above to premises at
rents of 8/6d, 8/- & 5/8d
[289b,284, & 190]
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[ ] 25 October 1895
Same
Lord & Steward
Homage: George COBB & Charles S.A. ATKINSON
George William Finch HATTON admitted, 12 April 1826, to land 1 1/2 acres,
at Bybrook, & rowen of whole
meadow, abutting -
north - to land previously John BILLINGTON, conveyed (on exchange) to David FINCH &
John Pemberton PLUMPTREE
west - to land previously Lewis WHITFELD, then Moyle BRETON, John BILLINGTON, then
FINCH & PLUMPTREE.
east - to river
[129]
Occupied by Stephen GREENHILL
For life, by indtre 23 July 1814, on marriage.
Premises now vested in Charles Henry, Duke of Richmond, Lennox & Gordon.
DUKE OF RICHMOND, (by attorney James Turner WELLDON, admitted at
rent of 6/10d.
also: to 2 acres in South Mead in Kennington, in south east corner of meadow, abutting -
west & north- to land previously Arthur SHORTER, then Francis NORWOOD, George
Finch HATTON
east & south - to river
at rent of 9/4d. [106]
Occupied by Samuel & James FLINT, then John MATSON, Francis NORWOOD,
Stephen FOORD .
RICHMOND admitted
[ Previous Court 20 October 1824]
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[ ] 11 May 1896 Same Lord & Steward
Homage: George COBB & Edward DRYLAND
John Udal BUGLER, deceased, held -
(1) messuage or tenement, now cottages occupied by Widow HOMEWOOD & Peter YOUNG
(2) 4 cottages adjoining., built by Robert HOUGHTON, now occupied by Messrs. MOORE, BLACKMAN,
ALLEN & HILLS .
Deceased 9 October 1895
By will dated 13 July 1894, property toJohn HUSSEY of Birmingham, gent., and his son-in-law Frederick HALL
of the Rioulet, Folkestone, gent., as trustees
for sale.
Probate 13 January 1896, to Frederick HALL, HUSSEY disclaiming .
Frederick HALL admitted, at rents of 2d. & 3d., but widow Emily entitled
to moiety.
[339 a & b]
HALL & Emily BUGLER then surrender to Wightwick Ovenden THURSTON, of Ashford, carpenter, on sale,
consideration £120, of premises at rent of 1
1/2d +
1 1/2d., and 1d. + 1d.
(Confirmed by Emily BUGLER by indtre 22 September 1897.)
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Thursday, 28 October 1897 Same Lord & Steward
Homage: William Richard BROWNE & Wightwick Ovenden THURSTON
William PIETY, senior, held -
(1) land near former forge, occupied by William POPE, previously John APSLEY, then John & Elizabeth SIDNEY,
since John BOURNE, Joseph DAWSON
abutting -
east - to Marsh Street
south & west - to land previously Edith VIALL (?)
north - to forge, now stable.
Rent 4d.
[302]
(2) land 12ft. x 10ft. with cellar etc.
Rent 1d.
[303]
Occupied Jos. DAWSON now William Elliott Long BUSS
(3) land 18ft. x 2ft. 4in on north, 20 in. on south, abutting -
west - to land previously Phebe SUDELL, widow, then Edward BARRETT, John ABBOTT,
William PARNELL, now George How ANDREWS.
south - to messuage previously Thomas MORRIS, then John & Elizabeth SIDNEY, Jos.
DAWSON, now William PIETY
east & north - to highway.
Rent 4d.
[304]
Occupied by PIETY, now BUSS.
Deceased 12 April 1870. By will dated 26 September 1868, property to trustees Thomas HOLLANDS, musician,
& Richard Henry ROBERTS, plumber.
Probate 11 June 1870.
By indtre 14 August 1883 George Simeon SENIOR of Hempstead Street, railway carriage trimmer, appointed
trustee in lieu of ROBERTS, then deceased.
HOLLANDS, now of Sevenoaks, musician, & SENIOR admitted, and then
surrender to William Elliott Long BUSS,
of Ashford, gent., on sale, consideration £20.
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Wednesday 1 June 1898 Same Lord & Steward
Homage: William Richard BROWNE & Wightwick Ovenden THURSTON
John SANKEY of Ashford, grocer, deceased, held land & messuage, previously
"Bell", abutting -
west - to land now enfranchised, previously George LEPINE, now Joseph COPPINS.
east - to passage & St. John's Lane
south - to building previously Meeting House, now warehouse
north - to freehold messuage of SANKEY
Rent 1d.
[155]
Occupied by Joseph SANKEY
also: land abutting -
east - to land now enfranchised, previously Edward VANE, now William Harriot COKE.
west - to passage
north - to freehold messuage of COKE
south - to St. John's Lane
Rent 4 1/2d.
[156]
Occupied by John SANKEY
also: land abutting -
west - to land previously Mark DORMAN 88 ft. 9 in.
south - to lands of Vicar 38ft. 3 in.
east - to lands of Vicar & George LEPINE, now BUGLER & Co., Ltd., & premises previously
DORMAN, now COKE 57 ft. 9 in.
north - to land previously DORMAN, now COKE 10 ft.
Rent 2d.
[101c]
Width to premises of COKE - 26 ft.
also : land, abutting -
east - to land of SANKEY
west - to land now enfranchised, previously LEPINE , now COPPINS
south - to St. John's Lane
north - to messuage of SANKEY
previously with Meeting House.
Rent 4d.
[224]
Deceased 19 May 1881, & by will dated 8 March 1881, property to wife Sarah
Jane SANKEY.
Probate 5 July 1881
Sarah Jane SANKEY deceased 27 September 1895, and by will dated 3 December 1890 property to trustees
Thomas COULTHARD, draper, & son Arthur George
SANKEY
for sale, but eldest son Sidney John SANKEY,
(who managed her grocer's
business) may buy for £1000 if required.
Probate 14 November 1895.
COULTHARD & A.G. SANKEY admitted, but then surrender to Sidney John SANKEY,
on sale, consideration
£300.
By indtre 31 December 1889, part of premises @ 4d. sold to COKE now apportioned - to William H. COKE 1d.
to S.J. SANKEY 3d.
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[ ] 1 June 1898
Same Lord & Steward
Homage: William Richard BROWNE & Wightwick Ovenden THURSTON
George How ANDREWS of Hastings surrenders to Walter Marshall RICHARDSON,
George Harold HILLS,
Stanley Vaughan GIBBS, & Anthony Edmund GIBBS, all of Ashford, brewers,
(trading as Thos. CHAPMAN
& Sons) on sale, consideration £400
yard of "Royal Oak"
etc.
Rent
2/-
[63]
(as at Court 10 April 1886).
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