Held at: | Private Collection |
Reference: | JJC |
Source: | Guest contribution; original documents |
Title: | Digital Archive: Jess Jones Collection - Index of Documents relating to Crossway, Sitcombe and Clay Pitts in the Parish of Dorstone |
Place name: | Golden Valley |
Date: | 1847 - 1997 |
Description:
We are grateful to Jess Jones for her permission to photograph this collection of documents in her possession and publish them in our digital archive.
Ewyas Lacy Study Group
The Jess Jones Collection is a set of documents that in the days before the Land Registry would have been held by a property owner as the ‘Title Deeds’ and used by solicitors as evidence of legal ownership when the property was to be bought or sold or mortgaged. The collection relates to properties in the Golden Valley, principally Crossway [also referred to as Crossways, Crossway Farm, Crossway House, Upper Crossway] and Sitcombe [also referred to as Sitcwm, Little Sitcwm, Sidcombe, Lower Sidcombe. Lower Sitcombe] in the parish of Dorstone, and land in the parishes of Dorstone and Clifford known as Clay Pitts [also referred to as Clay Pitts Farm, Clay Pits].
A full index of the collection is given below. Photographs of the individual documents grouped by date can be viewed by downloading them as PDF files using the following links:
Jess Jones Collection: ELSG Register of documents
| No. | Date |
| Description |
| 1 | 26 Jun | 1847 | Administration [Grant of Probate] to John Jones of the effects of his wife Ann Jones of Dorstone who died intestate on 2 December 1846, under the seal of the Bishop of Hereford. Valued at under £1500 |
| 2 | 16 Mar | 1861 | Inland Revenue assessment and receipt of payment of 1st & 2nd instalments of Succession duty on Crossway [Upper Crossway] in the occupation of William Watkin and Little Sitcwm [sic] in the occupation of Thomas Davies, by William Rees, on the death of Eleanor Jones his predecessor by descent on 30 July 1859 |
| 3 | 17 Aug | 1861 | Inland Revenue assessment and receipt of payment of 3rd & 4th instalments of Succession duty on Crossway and Little Sitcwm [sic] by William Rees [ref 2] |
| 4 | 4 Apr | 1862 | Inland Revenue assessment and receipt of payment of 5th & 6th instalments of Succession duty on Crossway and Little Sitcwm [sic] by William Rees [ref 2] |
| 5 | 4 Jul | 1863 | Letter of Administration [probate documents] with the attached will dated 17 Jan 1854 of Mr John Jones, leaving to his wife Eleanor Upper Crossway and Little Sitcwm, and other property called Dias Cwm in the parish of Clodock |
| 6 | 18 Sep | 1865 | Mortgage: Mr William Rees to Mr Philip Vaughan - Messuages and premises called Crossways and Sidcombe; £600 |
| 7 | 18 Mar | 1867 | Certified copies of register of marriages for Richard Rees and Jane Morris 30 Jan 1807; Register of Baptisms for their son William 15 Dec 1807; Register of Burials Richard Rees10 Mar 1824; Marriage certificate for John Jones and Eleanor Rees 23 Oct 1849 |
| 8 | 5 Jun | 1867 | Inland Revenue assessment and receipt of payment of 7th & 8th instalments of Succession duty on Crossway and Little Sitcwm [sic] by William Rees [ref 2] |
| 9 | 19 Feb | 1868 | Conveyance of Upper Crossway and Sitcombe from Mrs Beck and Mr William Rees to Mr Richard Williams |
| 10 | 5 Aug | 1875 | Mortgage: Mr Richard Williams to Charles Trokes Esq; £500 and interest; Crossways otherwise Upper Crossways and Sitcombe otherwise Lower Sitcombe |
| 11 | 5 Jul | 1881 | Solicitors letter to Mr Richard Williams of Crossway giving notice of requirement to repay Mr Charles Trokes £500 secured by an indenture of mortgage dated 5 August 1875 |
| 12 | 4 Apr | 1882 | Transfer of Mortgage: Charles Trokes Esq to Mr PR Spencer; written on same parchment as [10] & relating to same properties |
| 13 | 15 Apr | 1882 | Letter appended to [10] from Philip Russell Spencer regarding payment of the £500 principal on behalf of James Corner |
| 14 | 24 Nov | 1883 | Transfer of Mortgage: Mr PR Spencer and Mr Richard Williams to Mr James Corner - Messuage, land and hereditaments called ‘Sitcombe’ otherwise ‘Lower Sitcombe’; including schedule of lands and map |
| 15 | 26 Jan | 1893 | Indenture of Mortgage on Crossway farm between Richard Williams and Edmund Cheese |
| 16 | 28 Jan | 1893 | Solicitors letter attached to [15] advising Mr Cheese that Mr James Corner already holds a mortgage on Crossway and his advance is a second charge on the property |
| 17 | 14 Apr | 1894 | Further charge [mortgage] on Crossway Farm; Richard Williams to Edmund H Cheese |
| 18 | 18 Jul | 1894 | Indenture of Mortgage of Upper Crossway between Richard Williams and Elizabeth Medlicott; noting that the property is already subject to mortgages to James Corner and Edmund Cheese and that a life assurance policy on Richard Williams is assigned to Elizabeth Medlicott. |
| 19 | 26 Jul | 1894 | Transfer of Mortgages on Crossway from Edmund Hall Cheese to Elizabeth Ann Medlicott |
| 20 | 28 Jul | 1894 | Indenture of Transfer of Mortgage on Crossways, otherwise Upper Crossways, and Sitcombe, otherwise Lower Sitcombe from James Corner to Robert T Griffiths; annotated 28 July 1894 to the effect that Sitcombe had been erroneously included, having been sold by Richard Williams to James Williams by deed dated 5 December 1872 |
| 21 | 28 Jul | 1894 | Conveyance of Crossway, otherwise Upper Crossway, by Richard Williams and his mortgagees to Mr Thomas Evans Williams |
| 22 | 3 Feb | 1895 | Conveyance: Mr Thomas Evans Williams to Mr Andrew Andrews; messuage , lands and hereditaments called ‘Upper Crossway’; £925 |
| 23 | 24 Oct | 1911 | Abstract of the title of the mortgagees of Mr William Holl relating to Peny Moor Farm and Clay Pitts Farm in the parish of Dorstone |
| 24 | 31 Jan | 1912 | Conveyance of pasture land called Clay Pitts from EH Greenly and WJ Humfrys to Mr Andrew Andrews |
| 25 | 3 Dec | 1913 | Conveyance of land: Mr Thomas Davies to Mr Andrew Andrews; 1 acre 1 rood and 13 perches near Crossways for £30 |
| 26 | 3 Dec | 1913 | Conveyance of land and wayleave at Crossway from Andrew Andrews to Thomas Davies |
| 27 | 10 Dec | 1913 | Solicitors letter enclosing conveyance of land from Thomas Davies to Mr A Andrews |
| 28 | 31 Jan | 1914 | Valuation by the Inland Revenue of 1 acre and 24 perches of land at Dorstone for A Andrews of Crossways Farm. |
| 29 | 3 Feb | 1922 | Tenancy agreement: Mr William Farr and Mr John Morgan; Land at Upper Crossway |
| 30 | 14 Feb | 1922 | Certificate of insurance for Crossway and Upper Crossway in the name of William Farr |
| 31 | 22 Aug | 1923 | Conveyance from the trustees of Andrew Andrews deceased to Mr. William Farr of Crossway House, Upper Crossway cottage and parcels of land including Clay Pitts [map included] |
| 32 | 25 Sep | 1923 | Certificate of insurance for contents of Crossway House in the name of William Farr, with solicitors endorsement |
| 33 | 2 Mar | 1933 | Vesting Assent by Edith Farr and others relating to Crossway House, Upper Crossway cottage and parcels of land including Clay Pitts |
| 34 | 23 Jul | 1957 | Abstract of Title of AW Farr and others to Crossway House, Upper Crossway cottage and several parcels of land called the Clay Pitts |
| 35 | 26 Aug | 1957 | Vesting Assent relating to Crossway House, Upper Crossway, and parcels of land including Clay Pitts in favour of the heirs of William Farr [d. 29 May 1932] following the death of Edith Farr on 21 Feb 1956 |
| 36 | 21 Sep | 1957 | Conveyance by AW Farr and others to RT Breese Esq of Crossway House |
| 37 | 1 Jan | 1960 | Agreement for supply of water to Crossway House, between Capt. DT Wilding Davies and Mr RT Breese |
| 38 | 1 Jan | 1960 | Copy of [37] |
| 39 | 22 Sep | 1972 | Epitome of Title ; proof and Registry of Probate of the will of Richard Thomas Breese of Crossway House, died 29 August 1972 |
| 40 | 29 Jan | 1973 | Conveyance of Crossway House from Arthur Samuel Pierson Jones to David Edward Hodson and Christina Ruth Hodson, further to the will of Richard Thomas Breese late of Crossway House |
| 41 | 23 Mar | 1973 | Legal Charge [Mortgage] between David E Hodson and Christina R Hodson of Crossway House and the Guardian Building Society and release dated 29 Nov 1985 |
| 42 | 18 Apr | 1974 | Second mortgage between David E Hodson and Christina R Hodson of Crossway House and Lloyds Bank Limited; and release dated 19 Aug 1977 |
| 43 | 29 Jul | 1977 | Mortgage between David E Hodson and Christina R Hodson of The Breese House [formerly Crossways House] and the National Westminster Bank |
| 44 | 15 Jul | 1986 | Conveyance between David and Christina Hodson and Richard Prince and Gillian Curtin of Breese House formerly Crossway House [map included] |
| 45 | 15 Jul | 1986 | Conveyance between David and Christina Hodson and Prince Landscapes Ltd for 2.5 acres of land at OS 811 [map included] |
| 46 | 10 Feb | 1997 | Correspondence regarding the Breese Barns [map included] |
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| 47 | No date |
| Schedule of deeds and documents relating to Crossway House and land at Dorstone |
| 48 | No date |
| HM Land Registry List of Documents lodged |
| 49 | No date |
| Schedule of deeds and documents relating to land retained at Breese House Dorstone |
Observations:
None
Ref: rs_gdv_0176