I PA78/1,2.
II PA78/3.
III Easter Term, 8 Anne. Extract of Final Concord wherein [Major] Thomas Wilson, esq. [of Warwick] was plaintiff and Horatio Hopkins, gentleman [of Coventry] and his wife Margaret were deforciants for two messuages two gardens, one orchard and common of pasture in Coventry.
IV 27-28 May 1711. Lease and Mortgage whereby, having recited that Horatio Hopkins had paid Thomas Wilson interest upon £150 lent under II, therefore (in consideration of £150 paid to the latter and 5/- to the former) they conveyed to Samuel [I] Collins (of Coventry, gentleman [clothier]) the premises for redemption of £155/15/- on 28 Aug [1711].
V Trinity Term, 10 Anne. Extract of Final Concord wherein Thomas Bowyer [apothecary] and Robert Gresbrook junior were plaintiffs and Edward Hill (gentleman), Basil Saint Nicholas with his wife Elizabeth, Henry Inge [mercer] with his wife Anne, Arthur Gregory (esq.) with his wife Prudence, and Charles Winterton [baker] with his wife Elizabeth were deforciants for two messuages, two gardens, one orchard and 25a. pasture in Coventry.
VI 21 Aug 1711. Deed to Declare the Uses of a Final Concord whereby, having recited V, it was stated that that document should enure to Horatio Hopkins and his heirs, Edward Hill (of the Charterhouse, Coventry county [from 1451 until 1842 Coventry and the surrounding villages formed a county of itself separate from Warwickshire], gentleman), Basil Saint Nicholas (of Knowle, Warwickshire, gentleman) with his wife Elizabeth, Henry Inge (of Coventry, gentleman) with his wife "Ann", Arthur Gregory (of Styvechale, Coventry, esq.) with his wife Prudence, and Charles Winterton (of Coventry, baker) with his wife Elizabeth being of the first part, Thomas Bowyer (of Coventry, apothecary) and Richard Griesbank (of Shenton, Staffordshire, gentleman) of the second and Thomas Murcott (of Coventry, gentleman) and H. Hopkins of the third in the abstracting instrument.
VII 12 Nov 1724. Office Copy of Will of Horatio Hopkins which left his brother Bertie Hopkins of Plymouth [,Devon] £10 for mourning, whilst his executrix should pay him the £5 owed to that man; residuary estate passed to the wife Margaret.
22 Apr 1725. Probate.
VIII 30-31 Dec 1724. Lease and Release whereby, having recited: firstly, II,IV; and secondly, that William White (of Coventry, gentleman) and his wife Susannah (executrix of Samuel [II] Collins of Coventry, gentleman [clothier], deceased, who was sole executor of his uncle Samuel [I] Collins of Coventry, gentleman) had received £160 for principal and interest: therefore (in consideration of 5/- paid by Margaret Hopkins to the Whites) John Collins [clothier] and the Whites transferred the premises to M. Hopkins.
IX 20 Aug 1725. Attested Copy of the Will of Margaret Hopkins (widow of Horatio) which left her nephew Humphrey Lowe (of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, esq.), Thomas Bailey (of Derby, esq.) and Edmund Chambers (of Chadwick, Worcestershire, esq.) the premises for the life of her niece Katherine Colley alias Staples (wife of Hugh Colley, merchant), then to sell it to pay the testatrix' niece and god-daughter Margaret Lowe £100 and her niece Frances Lowe £100, dividing the residue equally between the said three trustees or by default the respective issue.
N.B. Edmund Chambers the last surviving trustee died during Aug 1753, having made a will on 11 Jan 1739 which did not mention the trust and was not proved.
X 25-26 May 1769. Lease and Release whereby, having recited: firstly, IX; secondly, that Katherine Lowe predeceased Margaret Hopkins; thirdly, (a) that Thomas Bailey died before Katherine Colley alias Staples, leaving as issue Woolston Bailey (of Nottingham, surgeon), Bridget Bailey (of Derby, spinster), Mary the wife of Richard Bowater (of Hampton Court, Middlesex, gentleman), Rebecca Calvert (of London, widow), Dame Arabella Blackiston (wife of Sir Matthew Blackiston of London, baronet) and Barbara the wife of William Deane (of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, musician); (b) that Edmund Chanbers also died before Katherine Colley, leaving Thomas Chambers (of Studley, Warwickshire, esq.) as his son and heir and a daughter named Katherine; (c) that Margaret Lowe narried Otho Philpot (of Pedimore or Clent, Worcestershire, clerk [in Holy Orders]) and that both of them were still alive; (d) that Frances Lowe predeceased K. Colley and had no children; fourthly, that Colley died on 1 May 1767; and fifthly, that Samuel [I] Oldham (of Coventry, silkman) had bought the property for £587: therefore for that sum Thomas Chambers conveyed to him the premises and covenanted to pay legacies under IX's terms within six months.
XI 9 Mar 1771. Attested Copy of the Will of Samuel [I] Oldham whereby, having stated that he had bought the premises from Thomas Chambers and built there warehouses, etc. for pursuance of his trade with his sister-in-law Katherine the widow of his brother Thomas [I], therefore he left his share therein (except the warehouse, etc. and with right of passage) to his nephew Thomas [II] Oldham (eldest aon of Thomas [I] and Katherine) - if that man were to die under 24, the premises should go to the testator's other nephews Samuel [II] and Nathaniel Oldham similarly, but the warehouses and right of way immediately to Thomas [II] and Samuel [II].
26 Jun 1771. Probate.
XII 10 Jan 1780. Quitclaim whereby, having recited: firstly, XI; and secondly, that both Samuel [II] Oldham (of Coventry [tanner]) and Thomas [II] Oldham (late of Coventry, silkman; then of Birmingham, Warwickshire, merchant) had attained the age of 24: therefore for 10/- Catherine Oldham (of Coventry, widow) and Samuel [II] Oldham released to Thomas [I] Oldham the premises (including warehouses) [cf. PA56/46/1.III].
XIII 19 Dec 1782. Will of Thomas [II] Oldham (of Coventry, merchant) which left all to the testator's brothers Samuel [II] and Nathaniel and his brothers-in-law John Wilson and Stephen Wilson so that they might hold a Much Park Street freehold (occupied by Abraham Awson, esq.) successively on behalf of his youngest son Stephen, his eldest son Thomas [III], brother Nathaniel, Samuel [II] and his brother-in-law Samuel Wilson.
XIV 25-26 Jan 1810. Lease and Deed to Make a Tenant to the Precipe whereby, having recited: firstly, XIII; secondly, that Samuel [II] Oldham (in 1810 described as of Coundon, Warwickshire, gentleman) and Nathaniel Oldham proved that will on 11 Oct 1793 (the brothers-in-laws did not), but that Nathaniel had recently died; and thirdly, that the executor-brothers had discharged all expenses: therefore for 10/- Stephen Oldham (of Coundon, gentleman) and Samuel [II] Oldham entrusted Robert Long (of Holborn Court, Grays Inn, Middlesex, gentleman [lawyer]) with all which Thomas [II] Oldham had left to Stephen Oldham as that man might appoint, with Bryan Troughton (of Coventry, gentleman) as trustee.
XV Hilary Term, 50 George III. Exemplification of Common Recovery wherein Bryan Troughton was demandant, Robert Long tenant and Stephen Oldham vouchee for five messuages, seven gardens and 2a. land in Saint Michael's and Holy Trinity parishes, Coventry.
XVI 26-27 Mar 1810. Lease and Release whereby, in consideration of £1,140 paid by Thomas Hookham (of Coventry, silkman) and 10/- by his trustee Henry Lea (of Coventry, gentleman [solicitor]), Stephen Oldham conveyed to them the premises as two messuages with gardens, etc. on the eastern side of Much Park Street (Ann Olives' messuage lately occupied by John Jordan [silkman], Winifred Gravenor's at that time by Ann Wilson and no longer known as Rayes Inn) successively tenanted by (1) Reverend Mr. [Joseph] Rann [cf. PA491/97/14-15] and Mrs. Deane, (2) Samuel [II] Oldham and Joseph Barr, (3) the late Abraham Awson and then (4) Thomas Hookham and Thomas Hawkes, with warehouses.
XVII 30 Mar 1810. Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years whereby, in consideration of £700 and 5/- paid respectively to Thomas Hookham and Henry Lea, they charged to John Hobley (of Stretton-under-Fosse, Warwickshire, farmer and grazier) XVI's property for redemption with interest on 30 Sep 1810].
XVIII 14-15 Dec 1810. Lease and Release by way of Security whereby, in order to secure a maximum of £500, Thomas Hookham and Henry Lea charged to Joseph Troughton, Charles Newcomb, James Troughton and Bryan Troughton (of Coventry, bankers) the premises in order successively to pay John Hobley his £700, discharge the bankers' expenses, pay off T. Hookham's debts up to £500 and leave him any surplus, with two months' notice of sale.
XIX 2 Feb 1811. Probate Copy of the Will of John Hobley which appointed Thomas Arnold (of Hopsford Mill [,Withybrook parish], Warwickshire, gentleman [miller]) and his own sons Joseph and William his executors.
11 Oct 1811. Proved at Lichfield.
14 Jul 1813. Proved at Doctors' Commons [the buildings where worked those doctors of the common law who were responsible for probate, divorce and admiralty cases referred to them from lower courts; they stayed together as a division of the High Court which was set up in 1875] .
XX 29 Sep 1812. Assignment of Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years whereby, having recited: firstly, XVII and payment-default; secondly, that John Hobley had died; thirdly, XIX; and fourthly, that the £700 was due with a little interest: therefore for £700 Thomas Arnold (of Hopsford Mill, Warwickshire, gentleman), Joseph Hobley (of Stretton-under-Fosse, Warwickshire, farmer and grazier) and William Hobley (of Stretton-under-Fosse, gentleman) transferred the premises to Edward Lea (of Coventry, gentleman [tailor]).
XXI 30 Sep 1812. Assignment of Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years whereby, having recited: firstly, XVII, XX; and secondly, that the principal was due with interest: therefore, in consideration of £700 paid to Edward Lea and 10/- to Thomas Hookham, they transferred to William Hobley the premises and the small amount of interest already due, for redemption of the principal at £5% per annum interest on 30 Mar [1813].
XXII 8 Jan 1813. Security whereby, having recited: firstly, that Thomas Parsley (of King's Weston, Henbury parish, Gloucestershire, yeoman) was in the practice of drawing bills of exchange and promissory notes for Thomas Hookham so needed a bond from him in order to indemnify himself to an amount of £600; secondly that, by a bond of even date, T. Hookham was bound to Thomas Parsley in £1,200 for payment of at most £600; and thirdly, that Hookham had agreed to grant T. Parsley power over the hereditaments: therefore for 10/- Hookham consigned to Parsley (a) the messuage on the eastern side of Much Park Street which he inhabited and (b) the adjacent one occupied by Widow Hawkes.
XXIII 24 Mar 1813. Assignment for Benefit of Creditors whereby, having recited: firstly, that on 4 Feb [1813] a bankruptcy commission was awarded against Thomas Hookham, directed to Richard Gresley and Shirley Farmer Steele Perkins (esqs.) and to Mark Pearman, John Woodcock junior and Thomas Minster (gentlemen); secondly, that a majority of the commissioners had found that T. Hookham had traded as a ribbon-manufacturer but owed John Hodgetts and William Lees (of "Pater N[oster]" Row, Cheapside, London and Coventry, silkmen) over £100, so they made out a notice for the "London Gazette" about a meeting of his creditors, which was held at the "George", Coventry on 24 Mar [1813], whereupon Joseph Smith (of Newhouse, Keresley hamlet, Coventry county, esq. [silk-dyer]) and Charles Harris (of Coventry, shag-manufacturer [shag was a shaggy sort of cloth]) were chosen assignees; thirdly, that Hookham's personalty was thereby assigned; and fourthly, that he possessed property as described thereafter: therefore for 5/- Richard Gresley, Mark Pearman and John Woodcock junior transferred to Joseph Smith and Charles Harris all which Hookham owed when he became bankrupt, subject to mortgages.
XXIV 29-30 Sep 1813. Lease and Release with Assignment of Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years in Trust to Attend the Inheritance whereby, having recited: firstly, XVII, XVIII, XX-XXIII; secondly, default in payment of the £700 with interest; thirdly that, as Thomas Hookham's assignees, Joseph Smith and Charles Harris acknowledged that therefore William Hobley was owed £738/5/-; fourthly that, at the time when he went bankrupt, T. Hookham owed Joseph Troughton, Charles Newcomb, James Troughton and Bryan Troughton £500 for principal, plus interest; fifthly, that Thomas Parsley was liable to pay £600 on Hookham's behalf; and sixrhly, that Joseph Smith and Charles Harris had had the premises auctioned at the "George", Coventry on 31 May [1813], whereupon William Buck (of Coventry, silkman) had bid highest at £1,310, out of which the £738/5/- and £500 were to be successively discharged: therefore (in consideration of £738/5/- paid to W. Hobley, £500 to Joseph Troughton et al and £61/15/- balance to T. Parsley (all by William Buck), and of 10/- between J. Smith, C. Harris, Hookham, Joseph Troughton et al, Samuel [II] Oldham (late of Coventry; then of Coundon, Warwickshire, gentleman) and Parsley by Buck with his trustee Richard Bury (of Coventry, shag-manufacturer)) Smith, Harris, Joseph Troughton et al, Samuel [II] Oldham, Parsley and Hookham sold Buck and Richard Bury the two messuages (that on one side now inhabited by Richard Burbury [ribbon-manufacturer], the other by William Grove, the two messuages themselve by Hookham with successively Thomas Hawkes, Widow Hawkes and then - Slingsby) with the warehouses, etc. which Samuel [I] Oldham had built there; moreover for 10/- Hobley transferred the term to Thomas Morris (of Coventry, silkman; another trustee for Buck).
XXV 31 Jul 1816. Probate Copy of the Will of William Buck which left his wife Ann, brother-in-law Thomas Morris senior (of Coventry, silkman), Thomas Morris junior [marginaton: his proper name is Thomas Schumann Morris] his son and the testator's sons-in-law Joseph Cattell and Joseph Collins the premises for sale one month after an appraisal whose resultant valuation would enable any of the testator's daughters to purchase within one month of receiving the valuation but with preference given to the oldest one interested.
3 Apr 1823. Will proved.
XXVI 21-22 Jul 1823. Lease and Release whereby, having recited: firstly, XXV; and secondly, that William Buck died during Jan [1823], that the will was proved on 3 Apr [1823] and that Richard Booth senior and Richard Booth junior (of Coventry, builders) appraised the property which (on 7 Jul [1823]) was valued at £1,300: therefore for that sum Ann Buck (of Coventry, widow), Thomas Morris (of Coventry, gentleman [silkman]), Thomas Schumann Morris (of Coventry, gentleman [ribbon-manufacturer]), Joseph Cattell (of London, silkman) and Joseph Collins (of Coventry, surgeon) conveyed the premises to Mary Buck (of Coventry, spinster; a daughter of William).
XXVII 10-11 Sep 1823. Lease and Release whereby, having recited: firstly, XXVI; and secondly, that John Dickison (of Coventry, auctioneer) had agreed to buy the property for £1,300: therefore Mary Buck conveyed the premises to him with Samuel Carter (of Coventry, gentleman [baker]) as his trustee.
XXVIII 11 Sep 1823. Assignment of Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years whereby, having recited: firstly, XVII, XXIV, XXVI, XXVII; and secondly, that Mary Buck and John Dickison wanted the term transferred to Thomas Hine junior (of Coventry, scrivener): therefore for 5/- Thomas Morris (of Coventry, silkman) transferred it to him for the residue of the 1,000 years.