The following information is taken from Essex County Council Records Achive database SEAX. The images are reproduced by courtesy of Essex Record Office. It is a listing of lands and properties once owned by the Gilbey family of Elsenham Hall which were in Henham parish, including Pledgdon and parts of what is now Elsenham and also Broxted.
| D/DBi The Gilbey family record in this collection begins with Henry Gilbey of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire (1789-1842). He had several children including three sons Henry Parry Gilbey (1824- 1892), Walter Gilbey (1831-1914) of Elsenham Hall, created first baronet in 1893 and Alfred Gilbey (1833-1879) of Wooburn House, Buckinghamshire, who married Agnes Crosbie in 1858. Sir Walter Gilbey of Elsenham Hall in turn had several children including three sons-Sir Henry Walter Gilbey of Elsenham Hall (1859 – 1945), Arthur Nockolds Gilbey (1861-1939) and Guy Gilbey (1868-1930). Sir Henry Walter Gilbey had a son Walter Ewart Gilbey (1886-1941) and his eldest son was Sir Walter Derek Gilbey born in 1913 of Elsenham Hall, later of Wineham, Sussex.
The Gilbey family of Elsenham Hall owned land in Elsenham (see D/DBi T1-27, E1), HENHAM (see D/DBi T28-45), Takeley (see D/DBi T48-53) and elsewhere in Essex and also had estates in Hertfordshire acquired by Henry Gilbey of Bishops Stortford (1789-1842), in Wooburn, Buckinghamshire acquired by his son, Alfred (1833-1879) and in Exeter, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire and London. The brothers Walter (later Sir Walter, 1st Bart.) and Alfred Gilbey established themselves as wine merchants in Oxford Street, London in 1857 and were joined by their brother Henry Gilbey in 1864 (see D/DBi B2). The business was expanded in 1860s to include agencies in Upper Sackville Street, Dublin, the Haymarket, Edinburgh and in Carmarthen, Newport and Swansea as well as London (see D/DBi B6-8, B15). Property in the wine producing region of Medoc, France was purchased before 1900 (see D/DBi T81). Interest in the tobacco trade was acquired with shares in R. and J. Hill Ltd. (see D/Dbi B22, B34). In the 1880s and 1890s, other members of the Gilbey family were brought into the wine and spirit business (see D/DBi B25-33).For news cuttings including portraits and other printed ephemera about the Gilbey family at Elsenham Hall see T/P 68/12/3, T/P 68/4 D/DBi P3 1877 Map – GILBEY FAMILY – Ordnance Survey, First Edition, Sheet XIV.14 , 25 in. to 1mile |
| D/DBi P4 1893 Copy tithe map – GILBEY FAMILY Copy tithe map and extract from confirmed apportionment giving property of Charles Smith. c.25 in to 1mile 59″ x 42″ Whole parish of HENHAM showing Pledgdon Hall, Green End Farm and village of HENHAM. Coloured and annotated. For original tithe map and apportionment of 1840 see D/CT 176 |
| D/DBi T28 1692-1899 Deeds – GILBEY FAMILY Deeds of Pennington Hall Farm, 2 acres land in Catts Lane, 2 1/2 acres called Sloebush in Outfield and part of Sandhill Field, arable land called Saffron Garden, all copyhold of manor of Pledgdon alias Prison Hall, HENHAM and a house, butcher’s shop and yards in Elsenham.
26th Jan 1856 – Will of James Orger who appoints his wife Mary and sons George Orger and William Orger to be executors and trustees. James gives a butcher’s shop, buildings, yards, gardens and a small piece of pasture ground to his eldest son George subject to an annual charge of £26 to be paid to Mary plus a payment of £400 to his executors at the death of Mary. James leaves the rest of his estate to his wife Mary and sons upon trust to farm and cultivate his farm called Pennington Hall during Mary’s life and for the executors to occupy it. Proved 16th June 1802. 11th & 12th Oct 1774 – the sale under the Will of George Warner deceased to George Lambert. Lawrence Warner and Silas Lang, sugar baker – sold by Silas Lang for £949 to Lawrence Warner 10th April 1848 – George Warner mentions his friend and neighbour James Orger and daughter Elizabeth Warner. Proved by James Orger and Elizabeth Warner. |
| D/DBi T29 1798-1821 Deeds – GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM Deeds of messuage and farm called Rolfes in hamlet of Pledgdon, copyhold of manor of Pledgdon alias Prison Hall, HENHAM |
D/DBi T29 part 1 1799 10th May from the Land Tax Redemption Office, Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London – a Certificate of Contract made almost a year earlier on the 10th Dec 1798 whereby Lewis Majendie, esquire and The Reverend William Bradby, clerk, two of the Commissioners for the purposes of the said Acts for the County of Essex certified that they had contracted with John Stock of Pledgdon hamlet, gentleman for the redemption by him of eight pounds and eight shillings Land tax charged upon the messuage or tenement and farm called ‘Rolfes’ and the several close and parcels of arable land, meadow and pasture ground containing together by estimation 30 acres lying and being in the hamlet of Pledgdon, Essex and in the tenure of John Stock and John Causton assessed at £3 4s. 0d. and the messuage or tenement and the several closes and parcels of arable land containing together by estimation 20 acres lying and being in Pledgdon in the several tenures of John Stock, Jos. Wright and Thomas King assessed at £2 4s. 0d and the messuage and several closes and parcels of land containing together by estimation 10 acres lying and being in the hamlet of Pledgdon aforesaid in the tenure of the said John Stock assessed at £0. 10s. 0d. and the several closes and parcels of arable land containing by estimation 7 acres lying and being in Henham in the said county assessed at £0.16s. 0d. and the several closes and parcels of arable and pasture lands (continued) |
D/DBi T29 part 2 containing about 11 acres and being in Elsenham in the said county both in the tenure of the said John Stock assessed at £1.8s.0d. making together £8. 8s.0d the property of the said John Stock.The Consideration was declared to be three hundred and eight pounds consolidated or reduced three per cent Bank Annuities by sixteen instalments. Receipt endorsed thereon 1st May 1799 by W Johnson one of the Cashiers of the Bank of England for £308 reduced three per cent Bank Annuities being the full Consideration. I do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy taken from the Office Registry the 6th day of October 1893. Signed ..Humphney, Deputy Registrar of Land Tax. |
D/DBi T29 part 3 Indenture made the 16th Feb in the second year of our Sovereign Lord George the Fourth…in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty and Between John White of Church Hall in the parish of Broxted in the County of Essex, gentleman and Edward Parris of White Roothing in the said county, gentlman the trustees named in the last Will and testament of John Stork late of Prison Hall in the parish of Henham in the said county gentleman deceased for the sale of amongst other lands and hereditaments the messuages, cottages or easements, lands and hereditaments herein after mentioned and bargained and sold with their appurtenances and also the Executors of the said Will and George Wade of Great Dunmow in the said county, gentleman and Joseph Smith of Shortgrove in the parish of Newport Pond in the said county, esquire of the other part Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the currency of Great Britain to the said John White, Edward Parris and George Wade in hand well and truly paid by the said Joseph Smith at or before the sealing and delivery of those presents The receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They the said John White, Edward Parris and and George Wade have and each and every of them Hath bargained, sold and devised and by those presents Do and each and every of them doth bargain, sell and devise unto the said Joseph Smith, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns All those several closes or enclosed pieces or parcels of freehold land now or late part or parcel of a certain Messuage or Easement and farm called ‘Rolfes’ or otherwise containing by estimation nine acres be the same more or less and called or known by the several names of Upper Rolls, Lower Rolls and Short Croft and now called or known by the several names of Rows Field part of Great Cannons field and Short Croft as the same are situate and being in Henham aforesaid and herein after more particularly mentioned and described that is to say All that piece or parcel of arable land called Rows Field containing by measurement two acre, one rood and thirty perches Be the same more or less Also all that piece or parcel of arable land containing by a measurement three acres, one rood and thirty-six perches be the same more or less as the same is now and and to many years past has been enclosed with copyhold land and ..one close formerly called or known by the name of Great Cannons or otherwise and containing together by measurement eight acres and one rood and thirty-six perches be the same more or less. And also all that piece or parcel of arable land called Short Croft containing by measurement three acres and twenty-nine perches be the same more or less And also all that piece or parcel of freehold land containing by estimation one acre more or less situate and being at or near Pledgdon hamlet in Henham aforesaid as the same is now and for many years past has been enclosed with copyhold land and forming one close commonly called or known by the name of the four acres containing together by measurement three acres, three roods and two perches be the same more or less And also all that close or croft of meadow or pasture ground formerly two closes or parcels of meadow commonly called or known by the name ‘Kangle’ containing by estimation four acres be the same more or less situate lying and being within the said parish of Henham in the hamlet of Pledgdon aforesaid lying next the demenses belonging to Pledgdon Hall called ‘Roodings’ (?) towards the east and north parts and next a close of ground in the parish of Elsenham in the said county of Essex called ..? Croft towards the south and by land formerly of Thomas Stork called ‘Towses’ towards the west formerly the estate of Daniel Willey afterwards of Andrew Willey and since of John Willey and also all that close of land lying and being in Henham aforesaid in a field there called ‘Rafe Field’ containing by estimation five acres and a half be the same more or less And also all that close or parcel of land containing by estimation one acre and a half be the same more or less and which for a long time past has been laid to and occupied with the said field called ‘Rafe Field’ and which said two closes now laid into one do contain together by measureement six acres, three roods and 30 perches or thereabouts as all the said lands and premises were late in the tenure or occupation of the said John Stork, his under-tenants or assigns And all ways, waters, water routes, hedges, ditches, trees, flowers, rights, Common rights of Common members’ privileges and appurtenances whatsoever to the same premises or any of them or any part thereof belonging or in any ways appertaining and the reversion and reversion remainder and remainders thereof To have and to hold the said closes and pieces or parcels of land, meadow and pasture ground, hereditaments and premises herein and hereby bargained and sold or mentioned and intended so to be with their and every of their rights members and appurtennaces unto the said Joseph Smith , his Executors, Administrators and Assigns from the day next before the day of the date of these presents for, during and unto the full end and term of one whole year from the.. next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ..Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said John White, Edward Parris and George Wade their heirs or Assigns the rent of one peppercorn only at the end of the said term if the same shall be lawfully demanded. To the Intent and Purpose that by virtue of these presents and by force of the Stature made for transferring uses into possession he the said Joseph Smith may be in the actual possession of all and singular the premises aforesaid and may be thereby enabled to accept and take, grant and release of the reversion and inheritance thereof and to the use of him and his heirs to, for and upon the several uses, trusts, intents nad purposes and in ….manner and form as are mentioned, expressed and ..of and remaining the same in and by one Indenture of Release of eight parts already prepared and intended to bear date the day next after the day of the date of these presents and to be made btween the said John White and Edward Parris of the first part, the said George Wade of the second part, the said Joseph Smith of the third part, William Hall therein described of the fourth part, Robert Barnard and John Barnard therein severally described of the fifth part, Charles Harvey therein described of the sixth part, Thomas Mumford therein described of the seventh part and the said Charles Harvey of the eighth part In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written |
D/DBi T29 part 4Purchase of the messuages or tenements, lands and hereditaments hereinafter mentioned, bargained and sold. Now this Indenture Witnesseth that in order to marry the said Trusts and the true Intent and meaning of the said Testator intentions as far as in them the said John White and Edward Parris in hand… and truly paid by the said Joseph Smith at or before the sealing and delivering those presents The Receipt thereof for the purposes mentioned in the said Will of the said John Stork they the said John White and Edward Parris do and each of them doth hereby acknowledge and of and from the same and every part thereof do and each of them doth … release and discharge the said Joseph Smith and his Executors, Administrators and Assigns for ever by these presents. They said John White and Edward Parris Have and each of them Hath bargained and sold and by these presents Do and each of them doth bargain and sell unto the said Joseph Smith, his heirs and assigns ALL That customry messuage or tenement commonly called or known by the name of Rolfes with the appurtenances situate and being at Pledgdon Green within the said manor And Also all those seventeen acres more or less of arable land and pasture to the said messuage or tenement belonging situate .. and being in Henham aforesaid at or near Pledgdon Green aforesaid and … oif the said manor by copy of Court Roll And also all those … pieces or parcels of land … in a Common field called Outfield in or near that part thereof which is called Plumbtree Corner containing by estimation three acres more or less with … appurtenances… and being in ……and holden of the manor by copy of Court Roll and .. the said John Stork took to him and his heirs at a Court …in and for the said manor the third day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and ninety five on the Surrender of Mary Groat And also all that customary or Copyhold messuage or tenement called Hubbards And also all those customary or copyhold lands thereunto belonging containg by estimation Ten acres more or less with their appurtenances holden of the said manor by the yearly rent of thirteen shillings and four pence And also all that croft or close of Customary or Copyhold land called A… Croft containing by estimation six acres more or less with their appurtenances holden of the said manor by the yearly rent of five … by apportionment … said last mentioned messuage, lands and premises are situate ..and being in Henham aforesaid and are held of the said manor by Copy of Court Roll and whom the said John Stork took to him and his heirs at the said Court holden in and for the said Manor the said third day of August One Thousand seven hundred and ninety five on the Surrender of John Dixon and Grace his wife And also all that customary croft or parcel of land and pasture commonly called or known by the name of Kangle containing by estimation two acres with the appurtenances being within the said manor And also all that piece of parcel of customary land containing by estimation one acre more or less with the appurtenances ….and being in a certain field called Outfield within the said Manor and which said last mentioned lands the said John Stork took to him and his heirs at a Court holden in and for the said Manor the twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and ninety five under the Will and Surrender to the use thereof of John Willey And all other the customary or Copyhold lands late of the said John Stork holden of the said Manor by Copy of Court Roll and so by his Will directed to be sold as aforesaid and all houses, outhouses,…buildings, barns, stables, yards, gardens, ways, rights, Common rights of Common Members privileges and appurtenances whatsoever to the same premises or any of them or any part or parts thereof belonging or in anywise appertaining and the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders thereof and all the estate, right, title, interest, inheritance, use, trust, profesdsion, property, claim and Demand whatsoever ..at.. and in equity of those the said John White and Edward Parris and each of them of, in and to the same premises and every part thereof To Have and to hold the said messuages or tenements, lands, hereditaments and premises herein and hereby bargained and sold or mentioned and intended so to be with their and every of their Rights, Members and Appurtenances unto the said Joseph Smith, his heirs and Assigns To the proper use and hereof of the said Joseph Smith, his heirs and assigns absolutely and for ever according to the custom of the said Manor and to or for …Use, Interest or purpose whatsoever And the said John White for himself, his heirs, executors and Administrators and for his own Arts and Deeds only and the said Edward Parris for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators and for his own arts and deeds only so and each of them doth by these presents… promise and devise to and with the said Joseph Smith, his heirs and assigns that they the said John White and Edward Parris have not nor hath … of them at any time herefore had made…..or… or willingly suffered any Art, Deed, Matter or Thing whatsoever whereby or by means whereof the said messuages or tenements, lands, hereditaments and premises herein and hereby bargained and sold or mentioned and intended so to be or any part thereof or is ran or may be …..or… in Title, Charge, Estate or otherwise whatsoever In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and .. first before written. |
D/DBi T29 part 5This indenture made the seventeenth day of February in the second year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the fourth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great britain and Ireland King, Defender of the faith and in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and ninety and twenty Between John White of Chnurch Hall in the parish of Broxted in the county of Essex, gentleman and Edward Parris of White Roothing in the said county, gentleman the Trustees named in the Last Will and Testament of John Stork late of Prison Hall in the parish of Henham in the said county, gentleman deceased for the sale amongst other lands and hereditaments the several lands, tenements and hereditaments hereafter bargained and sold with their appurtenances and also the Executors of the said Will of the one part and Joseph Smith of Shortgrove in the parish of Newport Pond in the same county, esquire, the Lord of the Manor of Pledgdon otherwise Ple…. otherwise Prison Hall in the said county of the other part Whereas the said John Stork being in his lifetime and at the time of his decease lawfully seized to him and his heirs according to the custom of the said Manor of a good estate of …….in fee simple to the use of himself and his heirs of and in the Customary or Copyhold Messuages or Tenements, lands and hereditaments hereinafter mentioned, bargained and sold and having duly surrendered the same to the use of and uses to be thereof … in and by his last Will and Testament in writing according to the Custom of the said manor .. .. and publish his last Will and Testament in writing only .. and .. for… which was in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventeen and after giving and devising unto his nephew Daniel Mumford and his heirs a parcel of land containing about seven roods being in .. Common in the parish of Henham aforesaid and to his … Mary Stork and her heirs a freehold cottage or tenement with the appurtenances situate in Henham aforesaid gave and devised all and every other his messuages, lands, grounds hereditaments and ..Estates whatsoever and wheresoever being freehold and not Copyhold unto his nephew the said John White and the said Edward Parris and their heirs and Assigns upon Trust nevertheless that they the said John White and the said Edward Parris or the Survivor of them or the heirs or Assigns of such Survivor should as soon as reasonably might be after his decease .. by public…. or private contract and either together or in parcels as they should .. fit sell and dispose of all the said last devised premises for the best price or prices that could or might reasonably had or obtained for the same and the said Testator did will and direct that the monies arising by the sale of the said premises and the Rents and profits thereof in the meantime until such sale after all charges of selling and disposing thereof and all other individual charges deducted should be taken as part of and .. along with his personal estate, allowing us th esame …., and as to all the rest and residue of his messuages and lands, tenements and … estates being copyhold and not freehold the said Testator did thereby direct, authorise and empower the said John White and Edward Parris or the survivor of them or the executors, administrators or Assigns of such Survivor as soon as reasonably might be after his decease to sell and dispose of the same and every part thereof other together or in parcels and either by private contract or public auction as they should think fit for the best price or prices that could or might be reasonably got for the same and the said Testator did well and direct that the monies to be raised by sale of all the said premises and the rents and profits thereof in the meantime until such sale after all charges of sale, deductions should be taken as part of his personal estate and go according as the same was thereinafter disposed of and the said Testator did thereby will and direct that the Receipt or Receipts of his said trustees or the survivor of them or the heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of such survivor under his or their respective hand or hands should be from time or to time a good and sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the said estates and premises therein before devised and directed to be sold or in any part thereof and his, her or their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns respectively for so much of the said purchase money for whom such receipt or receipts should be given and that after such receipt or receipts should be given .. purchaser or purchasers should be absolutely acquitted and discharged of and from the same and should not be answerable for a chargeable with any loss … application or misappropriation of the said purchase money or any part thereof and the said testator appointed the said John White and Edward Parris executors of his said Will and whereas the said testator afterwards departed this life without having revoked or altered the said Will, Then Whereas the said John White and Edward Parris afterwards duly proved the said Will in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury as by the same on…thereto had will more fully appear And whereas the said John White and Edward Parris in pursuance of the directions of th esaid Will and in part perform…..of the trusts in them ..posed under the same have … and agreed with the said Joseph Smith for the absolute sale and Conveyance to him and his heirs of the Customary or Copyhold messuages or tenements, lands and hereditaments hereinafter auctioned, bargained and sold together with certain other lands and hereditaments being part freehold and part Copyhold late of him the said John Stork and so by his said Willdevised and directed to be sold as aforesaid at and for th eprice or sum of One thousand four hundred pounds and thereupon it it later been agreed that the sum of eight hundred and eighty pounds part thereof shall be apportioned as and for the Consideration Money for the…..      |
D/DBi T30 part 1798-1851 Deeds – GILBEY FAMILY Deeds of Sandpitts Farm comprising 101 acres land and land in Sandhill Common, Outfield Common and Hide Common, HENHAMThis Indenture made the fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen Between Hester Canning widow and relict of Thomas Canning late of Elsenham in the county of Essex, clerk; George Welch of Stansted Mountfitchet in the said county of Essex, surgeon and James Game of Elsenham aforesaid maltster of the one part and William Canning of Quendon in the county of Essex, Esquire of the other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of Great Britain to each of them the said Hester Canning, George Welch and James Game in hand well and truly paid by the said William Canning at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They the said Hester Canning, George Welch and James Game Have bargained and sold and by these presents Do bargain and sell unto the said William Canning, his executors, administrators and assigns All That freehold messuage or tenement situate in the hamlet of Pledgdon in the parish of Henham in the said county of Essex commonly called or known by the name of Sandpitts and also the arable pasture, meadow and hop or marsh ground thereunto belonging hereafter particularly mentioned containing together by measurement One hundred and one acres, two roods and twenty-two perches or thereabouts that is to say the Homestall containing one acre, one rood and sixteen perches pasture land adjoining containing seven acres, one rood and thirty-one perches Dovehouse Field containing two acres, two roods and twenty-nine perches – Middle Field containing three acres, two roods and eight perches – Cottage Field containing five acres, one rood, twenty-eight perches – One piece in Sandhill Common containing eight acres, one rood and three perches – Another piece in the same field containing two roods and twenty-five perches – another piece in the same field containing four acres, two roods and four perches – Another piece in the same field containing two roods and twenty-seven perches – One piece in Outfield Common containing six acres, one rood and seventeen perches – another piece in the same field containing two acres, two roods and thirty-seven perches – another piece in the same field containing seven acres, three roods and nineteen perches – A field called Towses (Towers) Want containing fourteen acres and twelve perches – One piece in Hide Common containing five acres and twenty-six perches – A field called Little Hide containing nine acres, two roods and twenty-six perches – A little piece of land adjoining the same next the road containing twenty-one perches – A field called Mill field containing twelve acres, three roods and twenty perches and two pieces of moor or marsh ground called the Osiers Grounds the one containing two acres, one rood and thirty-seven perches and the other containing five acres, two roods and twenty-six perches be the same quantities more or less which said Lands and Ground are parcel of the lands belonging to and for many years occupied with the said messuage or tenement which were hereforeto described to contain by estimation eighty acres more or less all which said lands and premises are situate in the parish of Henham in the hamlet of Pledgdon aforesaid or in some other parish or parishes near thereto adjoining and were formerly in the tenure of Thomas Warner late of the said Thomas Canning and since his death of his said Trustees Together with all and singular houses, outhouses, edifices, buildings, yards, gardens, backsides, ways, water, watercourses, sewers. ditches, drains, barns, stables, lights, liberties, easements, profits, privileges, commodities, advantages, emoluments, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the said messuage or tenement, lands, hereditaments and all and singular other the premises herein before mentioned to be hereby bargained and sold or any part or parcel thereof belonging or in anywise appertaining or to or with the same or any part or parcel thereof now or at any time hereforeto usually had hold, used, occupied, possessed or enjoyed or accepted, reputed, declined, taken or known to be as part parcel or member thereof or any part thereof and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders yearly and other rents, issues and profits thereof To have and to hold the said messuage or tenement land, hereditaments and all and singular other the premises hereinbefore particularly mentioned and described and hereby bargained and sold or mentioned or intended so to and any part or parcel thereof with their and every of their rights, member and appurtenances unto the said William Canning, his executors, administrators and assigns from the day next before the day of the date of these presents for and |
D/DBi T30 part 2during and unto the full end and term of one whole year from hence next ensuing and full to be complete and ended Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said Hester Canning, George Welch and James Game their heirs and assigns the rent of one peppercorn only at the end and expiration of the said term (if the same shall be lawfully demanded / these presents being made and executed To the intent and purpose that the said William Canning may be in the actual possession of the said premises hereby bargained and sold and every part and parcel thereof with their and every of their appurtenances and by virtue of these presents and by force of the staute made for transferring uses into possession may be enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the reversion and inheritance of the same premises to him, his heirs and assigns To the only proper use and behoof of him the said William Canning, his heirs and assigns for ever In witness thereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written Signed Hester Canning, George Welch, James GameSealed and Delivered (being first duly stamped) in the presence of J.P. Mounsey, Stansted and William Gee, Bishops StortfordThis is a true copy of the original Deed as examined therewith this 2nd day of September 1851 by us – (signed) Thomas Perring and William Paine, Clerks to Messrs Thurgood and Sons, Saffron Walden |
D/DBi T30 part 3This indenture made the fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirteen Between Hester Canning, widow and relict of Thomas Canning late of Henham in the county of Essex, clerk; George Welch of Stansted Mountfitchet in the said county of Essex, surgeon and James Game of Elsenham aforesaid, maltster of the first part, William Canning of Quendon in the county of Essex, esquire, of the second part and Thomas Nottage of Henham in the said county, farmer a Trustee named and appointed by the said William Canning for the purposes hereinafter mentioned of the third part Whereas the said Thomas Canning being seized of and in or otherwise well entitled to the fee simple and inheritance in possession of and in the messuage or tenement farm land and hereditaments hereinafter mentioned and described and intended hereby to be released and also seized of and in or otherwise well entitled to the fee simple or inheritance in possession according to the customs of the Manors of Pledgdon Cannons otherwise the Rectory of Henham and of Henham Hall of and in the Copyhold or customary pieces or parcels of land and hereditaments hereinafter covenanted to be surrendered duly made and published his last Will and Testament in writing bearing date on or about the eighteenth day of February which was in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty and thereby, amongst other things, he directed, authorised and empowered and appointed his wife the said Hester Canning, George Welch and James Game or the survivors or survivor of them or the heirs of such survivor as soon as they conveniently might or could after his decease to make sale of all that his messuage or tenement and farm with the cottage, barns, stables, yards, gardens and orchards, arable lands, meadow pasture and woodgrounds, hereditaments and premises with their and every of their appurtenances called Sandpitt’s Farm situate in the hamlet of Pledgdon in the parish of Henham in the County of Essex aforesaid (being part freehold and part Copyhold) containing together One hundred acres more or less for the best price and prices that could or might be had and gotten for the same (the Copyhold parts whereof he had duly surrendered to the use of his Will) and which said estate he sometime since purchased of Mr John Howard and which was then in the occupation of himself and William Turner and for facilitating the sale thereof he gave and devised all such part and parts of such his aforesaid estate as was or were Freehold unto them the said Hester Canning, George Welch and James Game and their heirs and the money arising from the sale of his said estate so given and directed to be sold as aforesaid and the rents and profits in the meantime until such sale after deducting all costs, charges and expenses attending the same he directed—–to sink into and go along with the residue of his personal estate and his mind and will was that the receipt and receipts of the said Hester Canning, George Welch and James Game or the survivors or survivor of them or the heirs of such survivor should from time to time and at all times be a good and sufficient discharge and discharges to the purchaser of his aforesaid estate and premises and to the tenant and tenants thereof and his heir and their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns for all and so much of the said purchase money and rent for the purchaser and purchases tenant and tenants should be absolutely acquitted and discharged of them and from the same and every part thereof and should not be answerable for or chargeable with any misapplication or nonapplication thereof or of any part thereof. And whereas the said Thomas Canning departed this life without revoking or altering his said Will And the said Hester Canning, George Welch and James Game have been duly admitted tenants to the several Copyhold hereditaments of or belonging to him the said Thomas Canning according to the said recited Will and under and subject to the trusts therein contained. And whereas in pursuance of the trusts and directions of the said recited Will they the said Hester Canning, George Welch and James Game caused the said messuage or tenement, lands and hereditaments hereinafter mentioned and described and intended to be hereby released and covenanted to be surrendered (together with other hereditaments) to be put up for sale by public auction in diverse Lots and |
D/DBi T30 part 4 to D/DBi T30 part 7..the said William Canning being the highest bidder for Lots 1 and 5 in the particulars of the said sale which |
D/DBi T30 part 8 and part 9The Schedule to which the above Indenture refers – 25th & 27th March 1752 – Indentures of Lease and Release of those date respectively made between Thomas Budge of the one part and Robert Howard of the other part 22nd & 23rd Nov 1771 – Indentures of Lease and Release and Settlement of these dates the Release being made between the said Robert Howard and Sarah his wife of the first part Robert Howard the younger of the second part Michael Trott of the third part and William Archer of the fourth part 9 & 10th Jan 1783 – Indentures of Lease and Release (by way of mortgage) of these dates respectively made between the said Robert Howard the younger of the one part and John Semmitt of the other part 2nd & 3rd Jan Jan 1789 – Indentures of Lease and Release and Reconveyance of these dates respectively made between the said John Semmitt of the one part other part and the said Robert Howard of the other part 8th Jan 1789 – Indenture of Demise by way of Mortgage of this date made between the said Robert Howard of the one part and Ann Cook and Thomas Cook of the other part 10th Aug 1801 – Deed ? of this date under the hand and seal of Elizabeth Maria Howard being a discharge of a Legacy 12th Aug 1801 – Indentures of Release of this date made between Elizabeth Howard and John Howard of the one part and Thomas Canning and George Walton of the other part same date – Indenture of Assignment of this date made between the said Ann Cook of the first part, the said John Howard of the second part, the said Thomas Canning of the third part and Joseph Shepherd of the fourth part 14th & 15th Oct 1813 – Indentures of Lease and Release of these date herebefore sealed 15th Oct 1813 – Indenture of Assignment of Term of this date made between the said Joseph Shepherd of the first part, the said Hester Canning, George Welch and James Game of the second part, the said William Canning (the Grandfather) of the third part and James Powell Mounsey of the fourth partOn the reverse – ‘Received on the day and year just written of and from the within named Charles Rider the sum of Forty Pounds being the consideration money within mentioned to be paid by him to me (signed) William Canning’Signed Sealed and Delivered by the within named William Canning and Susannah Canning in the presence of John Canning of Henham          |
| D/DBi T31 1798-1896 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS Deeds of manor of Pledgdon Hall and manor house of Pledgdon alias Prison Hall, HENHAM 241 acres land in Broxted, 33 acres wood in Broxted and HENHAM Abstracts of title, 1817-1892.1. tithe plot 69 which now forms part of tithe plot 206 2. messuage near Prison Green which were conveyed to William Charles Smith by George Ruse on 26th March 1873 and is plot 196 3. part of plot 210 4. part of plot 220 5. part of plot 199 6. toft sometimes parcel of Wickins Croft in Broxted |
D/DBi T32 1819-1873 Deeds – GILBEY FAMILY Deeds of messuages and land at Prison Green inc. field called Herrings and part of Outfield Common, HENHAM – 26th March 1873 – a conveyance by George Ruse to William Charles Smith of two cottages at Henham for £ 50.’That messuage or tenement and for many years past divided into 2 tenements or dwellings with the houses, outhouses, shops, barns, stables, yards, gardens, orchards near a certain place or green called Prison or otherwise Pledgdon Green as the same were formerly in the occupation of Ezekiel Sayer and John Franklin then afterwards of Mary Wright and Jane Mead and then of James Palmer and Samuel Woodcock and now or late were in the occupation of the said James Palmer and Samuel Woodcock.’ |
| D/DBi T33 1821-1892 Deeds – GILBEY FAMILY Deeds of Broom Farm and Pledgdon Hall Farm, copyhold of manor of Pledgdon alias Prison Hall, HENHAM Including map from sale catalogue for Broom Farm and Pledgdon Hall Farm, c.1892
1st Nov 1892 Joseph Charles Thomas to Walter Gilbey of Elsenham Hall. Contract for the sale of Broom Farm and Pledgdon Hall Farm for £11,500. 26th March 1873 – Pledgdon Hall Farm – no. 196 in the Tithe Awards = two cottages and gardens. Mentions a conveyance to William Charles Smith. inc tithe plots (Henham) 180,181, 182, 183, 184, 185 – 197, 199-210, 212-223 (193= cottage and garden; 196= 2 cottages and garden; 200=cottage and garden; 202 Rainbow Field and 2 cottages. inc tithe plots (Broxted) – 198 and 211 which are both fields inc tithe plots (Broom Farm) – 214-223; 231; 224-230; 214 Broom Farm; 221 Butcher; plot 231 in the tenure of representatives of the late Thomas Newport, the remainder is in the tenure of Allen Joyce.   |
| D/DBi T34 1756-1898 Deeds – GILBEY FAMILY Deeds of HENHAM windmill
D/DBi T35 1798-1883 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS Deeds of Little Mill Field, copyhold of manor of Pledgdon Cannons alias Henham Rectory, Henham D/DBi T36 1821 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS D/DBi T37 1885 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Deed of Copperton Field, freehold of manor of Pledgdon Commons alias Henham Rectory, D/DBi T38 1851-1907 – GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS Deeds of cottage at Wood End Green and other copyhold lands of manor of Henham Hall, Henham Including abstract of title, 1851-1907 – ‘John Balaam to a freehold cottage in two tenements and gardens at Wood End Green.’ 18th Feb 1907 / 29 Oct 1854 ? (both dates given) ‘Emma Nottage the late…. of Battersea, spinster, tenant of Henham Manor, in consideration of £ 40 paid by Benjamin North Ward of Henham – messuage, cottage or tenement with the yard and orchards and gardens in Henham with the appurtenances abutting on Wood End Green formerly in the occupation of Susan Cracknell and John Fuller and then…. late of George Gierson(?) or his under-tenant the said Emma Nottage was admitted tenant on or about 17th July 1833 by virtue of a bargain of sale. 27th July 1899 Benjamin North Ward then of Stone House, Henham, retired farmer, appointed his wife Agnes Mary Ward and Bryan(?) Stickland (?) of Bishops Stortford executors and trustees of his Will in which he devises four messuages occupied by himself, William Farrington, James Brooks, William Dennison unto his wife. The property at Wood End Green was a timber and thatched cottage in two tenements and let to William Willett and Charles Warwick |
| D/DBi T39 1862-1899 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS – Deeds of Green End Farm, copyhold of manor of HENHAM Hall, HENHAM including schedule of deeds, 1862-1899. Conveyance from Salisbury Baxendale of Greenend Farm to Sir W. Gilbey dated 24th March 1899.Lots 13,20,23,24,25 & 26
mentioned: Edward Swinbourne Philbuck, absolute surrender to Joseph Baxendale of a plot of land at Wood End Green dated 20th Feb 1862. 21st May 1862 absolute surrender by Samuel Mole to Joseph Baxendale of a messuage or tenement called ‘ Gills’ at Wood End Green in the occupation of James Brand and William Sage, since of William Sage, John Dennis Snow and others to which said messuage or tenement… the said Samuel Mole was admitted tenant on the 26th March 1850 on the surrender of William Sage. 29 May 1862 – John Turner to Joseph Baxendale re a cottage at Wood End Green wherein Mary Dennis formerly dwelt and John Dennis since dwelt and wherein John Rickett doth now dwell and one other tenant wherein Richard Brooks did formerly dwelt and Thomas Dennis since dwelt and which is now uninhabited. 24th March 1886 Tim Bush surrenders to Joseph Baxendale 20th Oct 1887 George Franklin Collin absolute surrender to Salisbury Baxendale wherein dwelt Widow Jaques and John Wilkinson then since dwelt then lately in the occupation of Henry Rice and William Carter then of James Hawkes and William Rice then of Henry Brand and William Markwell and now of the said William Markwell and George Barlthorp. 23rd Oct 1897 tenancy agreement – Lloyd H Baxendale to Harry Greenwood of Green End Farm, 298 acres D/DBi T40 1820 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS – Deeds of three messuages in Pledgdon hamlet, Henham D/DBi T41 1888 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS – Deed of a cottage near the railway, held of the manor of Elsenham Hall, Henham D/DBi T43 1903 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS – Deed of of strip of land in Henham including plan D/DBi T44 1912 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS – Deed of Orchard Cottage, Henham D/DBi T45 1913 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS – Deed of land and cottage in Henham near Woodend Green including plan D/DBi T46 1889 GILBEY FAMILY OF ELSENHAM AND W. AND A. GILBEY, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. |