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I 16-17 Dec 1803. Lease and Release whereby, having recited: firstly, an 11-12 Nov 1748 marriage settlement wherein, having rehearsed that Thomas Dawes (in 1803 described as formerly of Coventry, surgeon and apothecary but then of Hernhill, Kent, gentleman) was to marry Letitia Sandys (daughter of the widow Susannah Sandys) hence Thomas Dawes entrusted Reverend John Sandys (in 1803 of Eversholt, Bedfordshire, clerk [in Holy Orders]) and Thomas Burgh [surgeon] with a corner messuage and courtyard in Bayley Lane but facing Earl Street (lately occupied by Thomas Gibbard but in 1748 by T. Dawes), to be held to the successive uses of Dawes until the marriage, him for life, his betrothed for life as her jointure, their children equally and his right heirs; secondly, that the marriage was solemnised but that Letitia Dawes had recently died, having borne Charles Dawes (in 1803 of Newman Street, Middlesex, surgeon and apothecary) and Letitia (in 1803 the wife of John Leath of Bow Churchyard, London, gentleman); and thirdly, that T. Dawes, Charles Dawes, that man's wife Mary Dawes and the Leaths had agreed to sell the hereditaments to Jeremiah Wall (of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, gentleman): therefore (in consideration of £357 paid by Jeremiah Wall to those vendors and 10/- by him and his trustee James Wall (of Coventry, grocer) to each of them and Reverend John Sandys) John Sandys, the living Daweses and the Leaths conveyed to Jeremiah Wall (a) the corner messuage in Bayley Lane facing Earl Street (successively occupied by Thomas Gibbard, T. Dawes, James Grant and Joseph Hughes Rann but then vacant) which T. Dawes and Lancelot Dawes (of Seaton, Rutland, esquire) bought from Samuel Fairfax et al under lease and release dated 17-18 Jun 1748 [the lease is PA403/159/1]; and (b) a messuage which lay behind (a) in Bayley Lane (successively held by John Bateman et al, and Edward Gravenor) on ground where had stood an ancient messuage (inhabited by Martha Hewitt) which William Cramp demolished and rebuilt, being in 1803 occupied by James Cramp and which W. Cramp bought from George Arnold, esquire but which had been conveyed to T. Dawes, J. Sandys and T. Dawes' heirs by a lease and release dated 22-23 Dec 1777: to be held by Jeremiah Wall to the successive uses of himself, his appointees, James Wall during Jeremiah's lifetime to bar dower, and Jeremiah; covenant by the Daweses and Leaths to levy a fine as of the previous Michaelmas or following Hilary term.
II 45 George III. Final Concord wherein Jeremiah Wall was plaintiff and Thomas Dawes, Charles Dawes with his wife Mary and John Leath with his wife Letitia were deforciants for four messuages and four curtilages in Saint Michael's and Saint John Baptist's parishes.
III CCA/2/3/20/31-32.
IV,V CCA/2/3/200/33,34.
VI 12 Jul 1843. Release whereby, having recited: firstly, CCA/2/3/200/33,34; secondly, that Jeremiah Wall died in 1828, having appointed John Stephens (in 1843 described as of Boxmore, Hertfordshire, gentleman), Thomas Stephens (in 1843 of Coventry, silversmith) and Edward Stephens executors but that only the first two proved his will in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 25 Sep [1828]; thirdly that, although John Brown had discharged the £750 principal with interest to Jeremiah Wall, the term's residue had not been assigned; fourthly, that John Brown died during May 1840 and was buried in Saint Michael's parish, Coventry, leaving Thomas Brown (in 1843 of Coventry, ribbon-manufacturer) his eldest son and heir at law, having by his 22 Jan 1831 will [catalogued at PA101/9/65] left all property to his wife Frances Brown for life with remainder to his sons Thomas and Henry Brown in order to raise £500 and pay that sum to the testator's friend William Slingsby (in 1843 of Coventry, grocer) on mortgage at £4% per annum interest or by default to mortgage it to provide maintenance of the testator's late daughter Marian Douglas' son Charles Douglas [II] until he was of age in case her [surgeon-]husband Charles Douglas [I] died before then, paying Charles [II] the £500 at 21 with interest, whereas if the boy died under age the testator's sons should divide the £500 as specified by the will, whilst residuary estate would pass after Frances' death to T. and H. Brown equally, those two being appointed executors and William Slingsby the guardian of C. Douglas [II]; fifthly that, by an 11 Apr 1840 codicil, J. Brown appointed Thomas Tann (of Coventry, brush-manufacturer) an additional trustee of the £500 and executor; sixthly, that J. Brown did not revoke the will or codicil; seventhly, that his sons alone proved the testamentary papers at Lichfield on 9 Oct 1840; eighthly, that F. Brown died during Apr [1843] and was buried at Saint Michael's; and ninthly, that the Brown brothers wanted to sell the property: therefore (for £500 paid by the brothers to William Slingsby and Thomas Tann (in 1843 described as late of Coventry, brush-manufacturer but then of Stoke near Coventry, gentleman) and 5/- by Thomas Dewes (of Coventry, gentleman [solicitor]) to the Browns) Thomas Brown, his wife Mary Brown, Henry Brown, his wife Harriett Brown, W. Slingsby and Thomas Tann conveyed to Thomas Dewes (a) CCA/2/3/200/32(a), occupied by T. Brown; (b) CCA/2/3/32(b), used as warehouses by H. Brown; and (c) two messuages which J. Brown built on the ground where lately stood a messuage contiguous to (b) = CCA/2/3/200/48.I(b), then tenanted by Samuel Cheney and Henry Worcester: so that one moiety be held as T. Brown might appoint and the other moiety as H. Brown might do; the Brown brothers declared against dower by their respective wives; also, having recited that the brothers wanted to have the term's residue vested in Henry Dewes (of Coventry, gentleman [solicitor]), therefore, in consideration of the £750 aforesaid and 5/-, John Stephens and Thomas Stephens transferred it to him.
VII,VIII CCA/2/3/200/36,39.
IX 29 Jan 1851. Security whereby, having recited: firstly, irrelevant recitals; secondly, CCA/2/3/200/48.V; thirdly, CCA/2/3/200/36; fourthly, that £500 was still due; fifthly, that Thomas Brown had opened an account with the Coventry & Warwickshire Banking Co. and wished to secure loans of up to £5,000 thereon; and sixthly, that John Ralphs (of Pinley, Warwickshire, esquire [ribbon-manufacturer]) and Josiah Cash (of Coventry, esquire [stuffmerchant]) were the bank's trustees: therefore, as empowered by CCA/2/3/200/48.IV, for 10/- T. Brown stated that fourthly-described premises should be to John Ralphs' and Josiah Cash's use, subject to the £500 mortgage; for another 10/- Joseph Taylor (of Coventry, watchmaker) and Brown consigned to J. Ralphs and J. Cash (d) Brown's moiety of the above abstracted premises and equipment therein with power of sale to discharge the mortgage; Brown also pledged to Ralphs and Cash all potential sale-proceeds.
X CCA/2/3/200/42.
XI 13 Feb 1856. Mortgage Transfer whereby, having recited: firstly and secondly, CCA/2/3/200/36,39; thirdly, that Joseph Cleaver senior had died but been survived by Thomas Clarke; fourthly, that the two £500 sums remained due but that all interest had been discharged; and fifthly, that Alfred Lea (of Coventry, gentleman [solicitor]) had agreed to pay those sums: therefore for £1,000 T. Clarke assigned the premises to Alfred Lea.
XII CCA/2/3/200/45.