I 1 Sep 1770. Copy Will of William [II] Riley of (Kenilworth, innholder) whereby, after devising lands to Samuel Butler and Richard Russell upon trust for sale, he left Little Broad Meadow (which he occupied), which he had bought from Isaac Stanton, to his four children Samuel, William [III], Edward and James.
II 24-25 Oct 1793. Lease and Mortgage in Fee whereby (in consideration of £1,200 paid by Thomas [I] Bellisson senior (of Meriden, Warwickshire, gentleman) to William [IV] Riley (of Smethe, Kent, gentleman; son and heir of Samuel Riley (of Kenilworth, gentleman, deceased) who had been the eldest son of William [II] Riley and Mary [I] Riley (nee Harris), which William [II] had been the son of William [I] Riley (of Kenilworth, chandler)), Nathaniel Tidmarsh (of Kenilworth, innholder) with his wife Mary (daughter of Samuel Riley), William [III] Riley (of Coleshill [,Warwickshire], gentleman; son of William [II]) with his wife Mary, Edward Riley of Kenilworth (son of William [II]) with his wife Hannah, and James Riley (of "Chitcheley" [Chichley], Buckinghamshire, gentleman; son of William [II]) with his wife Elizabeth, and of 10/- apiece paid by Thomas [I] Bellisson to Sarah Riley (wife of William [IV]) and Mary Tidmarsh (wife of Nathaniel)) William [IV] Riley, Nathaniel Tidmarsh, William [II] Riley's sons with their wives, S. Riley and M. Tidmarsh charged to T. [I] Bellisson inter alia (a) the "King's Arms" (successively occupied by William [II] Riley, his widow Mary [I] Riley and then N. Tidmarsh), (b) a cottage which had been formerly part of the inn (similarly previously inhabited but then untenanted), (c) a close behind and usually held with (a), and (d) Little Broad Meadow (which with two others had been tenanted like the public house); the mortgagors covenanted with T. [I] Bellisson that they would levy a final concord for his use with Thomas Haynes (of Coventry, yeoman) - they also agreed to repay £1,200 with £5% per annum interest on 25 Apr [1794] - so that one-eighth of the property would be held as W. [IV] Riley might appoint, one-eighth as N. Tidmarsh might, one-quarter as W. [III] Riley might, one-quarter as Edward Riley might and one-quarter as James Riley might.
III Michaelmas Term, 34 George III. Final Concord wherein Thomas Haynes was plaintiff and William [IV] Riley, Nathaniel and Mary Tidmarsh, Edward and Hannah Riley, James and Elizabeth Riley and William French with his wife Elizabeth were deforciants for two messuages, two cottages, four gardens, 30a. land, 10a. meadow and 20a. pasture in Kenilworth and Napton-on-the-Hill [,Warwickshire].
IV 24 Mar 1803 - 25 Mar 1803. Lease and Release with Assignment of Mortgage in Fee whereby, having recited: firstly, II,IV; secondly, that Thomas [I] "Bellison" had died and that his eldest son and heir Thomas [II] (of Meriden, gentleman) had proved his will; thirdly, that the principal remained due; fourthly, that Nathaniel Tidmarsh had died intestate, so his widow was entitled to the equity of redemption in his one-eighth share; fifthly, that William [IV] Riley had died intestate, so Mary Tidmarsh was entitled to his one-eighth as well; sixthly, that William [III] Riley had died, so his son and heir William [V] of Coleshill was entitled to his one-quarter; seventhly that, by a lease and release dated 28-29 Sep [1802], Thomas [II] Bellison, Mary Tidmarsh, William [V] Riley, Edward Riley and James Riley had conveyed the cottage to one Aaron Beesley's use; and eighthly, that M. Tidmarsh and J. Riley had contracted to buy W. [V] Riley's and E. Riley's shares for £600 and to pay T. [II] Bellison the £1,200, entrusting the premises to Samuel Butler [no description]: therefore (for £1,200 paid by M. Tidmarsh and J. Riley to T. [II] Bellison, £300 apiece by them to W. [V] Riley and E. Riley and 10/- each by Samuel Butler to T. [II] Bellison, M. Tidmarsh, W. [V] Riley, E. Riley and J. Riley) T. [II] Bellison, M. Tidmarsh and W. [V], E. and J. Riley appointed to Butler the premises, less the cottage, in order to hold one moiety to M. Tidmarsh's use with Charles Russell (of Kenilworth, gentleman) as trustee, the other to J. Riley with Charles Russell again acting as trustee.
N.B.: On the release, M. Tidmarsh's signature was not witnessed but attested (9 Jun 1820) by Henry Barnett Bellison's and the widow Sarah Bellison's affidavit.
V 23 May 1804 - 24 Jan 1804. Attested Copies of Lease and Marriage Settlement whereby, having recited: firstly, that Mary Tidmarsh was to marry Jonathan Bodington [usually spelt Boddington] (of Kenilworth parish, gentleman); secondly, that M. Tidmarsh and Charles Russell were seised of half of the property; thirdly, Nathaniel Tidmarsh's death intestate, followed by grant of letters of administration to Mary; and fourthly, that N. Tidmarsh's personalty was vested in his widow and her children equally so that her share was £800, which upon the remarriage would become her new husband's: therefore, for 10/- each, M. Tidmarsh and her minor children Charles Tidmarsh and Nathaniel Thomas Tidmarsh consigned to George Russell (of Lillington parish [,Warwickshire], gentleman) and John Hirons (of Ashow parish [,Warwickshire], gentleman) her moiety of IV's premises to her own use until marriage and then for sale, subject to the £1,200 mortgage plus interest.
VI 2 -3 Jan 1811. Lease and Release whereby, having recited: firstly, IV; secondly, V and the marriage's solemnization; and thirdly, that Jonathan Chambers (late of Warwick, mercer; but then of Kenilworth, innholder) had contracted to buy the moiety vested in George Russell (then of Princethorpe [,Warwickshire]) and John Hirons for £1,140 and James Riley's for a like sum: therefore (in consideration of payment by Jonathan Chambers of £1,140 to George Russell and J. Hirons and of a like sum to J. Riley, and of 5/- by J. Chambers with his trustee Robert Draper (of Kenilworth, tanner) to Charles Russell) G. Russell, Hirons, Riley and C. Russell conveyed to Chambers and Robert Draper IV's premises.
VII 30 Mar 1811. Mortgage by Demise for 500 Years whereby, for £1,200 paid by John Dry (of The Hurst, Stoneleigh parish, Warwickshire, farmer) to Jonathan Chambers and of 5/- by John Dry to Robert Draper, they charged to him (a) a close (10a. 1r. 20p.) at Whitemoor, Kenilworth parish; (b) the "King's Arms", Castle End, Kenilworth; (c) the close behind (b), excepting a small part sold to R. Draper; and (d) Little Broad Meadow, Kenilworth parish, successively occupied by William [II] Riley, Mary [I] Riley, Nathaniel Tidmarsh, Mary Tidmarsh and Jonathan Chambers: for repayment of £1,200 with interest the following 30 Sep.
VIII 25 Apr 1814. Surrender, in consideration of £1,200 from Jonathan Chambers (then of Coventry, mercer) and 5/- from Robert Draper, to them of VII's premises by John Dry (then of Kenilworth, gentleman).
IX 26 Apr 1814. Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years whereby, in consideration of £800 paid to Jonathan Chambers and 5/- to Robert Draper, they charged to Hannah Jackson and Elizabeth Jackson (of Wroxall, Warwickshire, spinsters) the "King's Arms", the adjacent close and Little Broad Meadow, all occupied by Henry [I] Bursell, for redemption of £800 the following 26 Oct, subject to the 500-year term.
11 Oct 1826. Endorsed memorandum of payment of £400.
X 27-28 Apr 1814. Lease and Mortgage in Fee whereby, in consideration of £1,000 paid to Jonathan Chambers and 5/- to Robert Draper, they charged to Edward Arnold (of Allesley, Warwickshire, charcoalman) all the premises, including the 10a. 1r. 20p. close, all occupied by Henry [I] Bursell, subject to the Jacksons' mortgage, for repayment of £1,000 the following 28 Oct; the Jacksons covenanted not to lend J. Chambers any more money or let his interest-payment to them fall into arrears for more than eighteen months.
XI 1-2 Dec 1815. Lease and Release with Assignment of Mortgages in Fee and by Demise for 1,000 Years whereby, having recited that Jonathan Chambers and Robert Draper had agreed to sell the premises to Henry [I] Bursell (of Kenilworth, innholder) for £2,100, therefore in consideration of £300 (the balance of the purchase-price after payment of the £800 and £1,000 mortgage-debts) by Henry [I] Bursell to J. Chambers and of 10/- by H. [I] Bursell and Daniel Adkins (of Kenilworth, farmer, his trustee) to Chambers and R. Draper, Chambers and Draper conveyed to H. [I] Bursell and Daniel Adkins the hereditaments, less the 10a. 1r. 20p., and two pews in Kenilworth church [Saint Nicholas', for Saint John's had yet to be built] (number 51 on the southern side of the middle aisle and number 83 on the southern side of the south one).
XII 26-27 Nov 1819. Lease and Release whereby, having recited firstly and secondly X,XI, in consideration of £200 paid by Henry [I] Bursell to Edward Adkins and of the purchase-price's £800 balance by John Johnson (of Wroxall, gentleman) to him, and of 10/- by John Johnson to Daniel Adkins, therefore the Adkinses and H. [I] Bursell secured to J. Johnson all charged under X, subject to IX's mortgage, for redemption of £800 plus interest the following 27 May; covenant to insure against fire.
XIII 28 Oct 1833. Will of Henry [I] Bursell which left his wife Mary the "King's Arms" (which he inhabited) and a cottage (occupied by Thomas Humphries [cf. PA491/9/1]) with remainder to his sons Henry [II] and John.
4 Apr 1834. Probate.
XIV 15 Oct 1822. Letters of Administration for Hannah Jackson, granted to her brother John.
XV 20 Apr 1839. Will of John Jackson which left to his nephew Samuel Burbery his Wroxall farm but his mortgageeships to his nephews John Jackson Burbery, Joseph Holland Burbery [surveyor] and Samuel aforesaid, all of whom he named his executors, for discharge in order to pay John J. Burbery £300 and the testator's nieces Mary and Elizabeth Burbery £100 each, his nieces Catherine and Ann Burbery £200 each, made up out of his moveables if necessary, with any surplus going to Samuel.
11 Dec 1844. John Jackson died.
7 Mar 1845. Probate.
XVI 1 Nov 1845. Mortgage whereby, having recited: firstly to fourthly, IX-XII; fifthly, Henry [I] Bursell's will, death and probate; sixthly, that Henry [II] Bursell and John Bursell (of Welford[-on-Avon] near Bidford [-on-Avon], Warwickshire, farmer) had long since attained their majorities; seventhly that, during his lifetime, H. [I] Bursell had discharged the £400 part of IX's mortgage but that the balancing £400 and all of XII's £800 remained due; and eighthly, that H. [II] Bursell and Mary Bursell had given John Bursell a bond to secure £879/11/-: therefore, for £1,200, J. Bursell covenanted to repay George Hall (of Whitley, Saint Michael's parish, Coventry, gentleman) such a sum at £4.5% per annum interest on 1 May [1846] and M. Bursell covenanted with George Hall for payment of interest on that £1,200 during her lifetime; furthermore, J. Bursell charged to G. Hall his moiety of the premises, described as before except that the small enclosure near the inn had become partly garden ground and was intersected by the road to the station, as was Little Broad Meadow.
XVII 24 Nov 1848. Will of George Hall which left his mortgageeships to his son-in-law George Thomas Edwards, Josiah Phillips (of Coventry, innkeeper), Thomas Clarke (of Coventry, auctioneer) and Henry Dewes (of Nuneaton [,Warwickshire], solicitor) as trustees and executors.
8 May 1849. Irrelevant codicil
5 Jul 1849. Probate.
XVIII 5 Dec 1846. Further Charge whereby, having recited: firstly, IX; secondly and thirdly, XI,XII; fourthly, XV; fifthly, that the Bursell sons were of age; sixthly, that £400 of the prior £800 had been discharged but that the balance and the other £800 remained due; seventhly, that Henry [II] Bursell (of Kenilworth, innkeeper) had given a bond (duty paid) on 25 Sep 1845 to George Jakeman (of Warwick, currier) in £1,200 for payment of £600 plus £4% per annum interest as shown therein; eighthly, that Henry [II] Bursell had similarly given a bond on 2 Nov 1846 to George Jakeman in £800 for payment of £400 plus £4% per annum interest; and ninthly, that those sums of £600 and £400 were still due: therefore, in consideration of that aggregate £1,000 and of 5/- from Samuel Gazey (of Warwick, schoolmaster), H. [II] Bursell secured to G. Jakeman the moiety of interest which he had in the property expectant upon Mary Bursall's death, with power of sale by Samuel Gazey, for redemption of £1,000 plus £4% per annum interest on 5 Jun [1847].
XIX 22 Feb 1850. Assignment of Mortgage (endorsed on XVI's second skin) whereby, having recited inter alia XVII, for £1,200 George Thomas Edwards et al transferred to Reverend Charles Lomax Thomas (of Southam, Warwickshire, clerk [in Holy Orders]) that moiety of the premises.
XX 22 Mar 1850. Reconveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, IX; secondly, XII, thirdly, that Hannah Jackson died intestate in 1822; fourthly, John Jackson's administration [sic], death and probate; fifthly, Henry [I] Bursell's will and death; sixthly, that Henry [II] and John Bursell were of age; seventhly, XVIII; eighthly, XVI; ninthly, George Hall's will, death in 1849 and probate; and tenthly, XIX: therefore, for a nominal consideration, Elizabeth Jackson, John Jackson Burbery, Joseph Holland Burbery, Samuel Burbery, Samuel Gazey, George Jakeman, Reverend Charles Lomax Thomas, Mary Bursell, H. [II] Bursell and J. Bursell consigned to William Robbins (builder) two pieces (6a.) which comprised the closes behind the "King's Arms", one of which was called Little Broad Meadow, with access to Kenilworth main street and railway station; to be held as William Robbins might appoint, one moiety each being held on behalf of the brothers H. and J. Bursell; covenant to produce deeds.
First Schedule: 18 deeds (1793 - 1819).
Second Schedule: two documents (1846).
Third Schedule: two documents (1845-50).