Lowndes Roll 2

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This document consists of membranes sewn together to form another roll (see also Lowndes Roll 1). They were compiled by William Lowndes, the builder of Winslow Hall, between 1710 and March 1715 and record total expenditure on buying property of £13,766. Property in Chesham, London and elsewhere is also included. Only the entries relevant to Winslow have been transcribed here. Most of the writing is in English; translated Latin is shown in italics. Other editorial notes are in square brackets.

Rolls of William Lowndes snr part the second

[m.1] It may not be improper in this second part to sett down a short Abstract of the Matters conteyned more at large in the first of my Roll which comprehends a particular of the Estates in my Settlem(en)t of 12th June 1703 made just before the Marriage of my eldest son Robert viz

The Estates at Winslow Greenborough Little Horwood Shipton North Marston and Oving consisting of 115 Acres of Freehold 18 Tenem(en)ts 659 Acres & an half of Copyhold in Winslow and Shipton Com(m)on for 37 Cows in Shipton Cowpasture, the Rectory of Winslow with the Tythes thereof in Winslow and Shipton, the Towne of Winslow with the Mercats and Fairs there and the Mannor of Winslow with its Members in all the said Towns. All which (Excluding a Copyhold Farm consisting of a Messuage and Lands by Estimac(i)on 42 Acres and an half in Shipton and Winslow purchased by Mee from Do(cto)r William Holloway and excepted out of the said Settlement) did cost £16027.1s.11d And in the said former Roll there are sett down particularly how many Acres of Freehold and how many Houses and acres of Copyhold were in each purchase made by Mee what sume I gave for each part of the Premisses, of whome the Same were bought respectively, with references to two Books in folio marked A and B in which several of my Munim(en)ts are entred, setting down also what particular Entailes & Trusts were treated or made by Me of several parts of the Premisses before my said Settlement of 12th June 1703, how the same were bard or revoked, and many other Observac(i)ons are made concerning all or the respective parcels worthy to be remembred as appeares in presses 1. 2. 3. 4. 5

The Estate at Shendley consisting of a Messuage and 53 Acres which cost £850: press 6.

The Substance of my Settlement of 12th June 1703 press 6. 7.

The Cost of the new House at Winslow with the Outhouses Gardens etc. referring to a particular Account amounting to £6585.10s.2¼d press 7.

A Schedule of diverse Copys of Court Roll and other muniments concerning the Copyhold Estates in that first Roll press 8. 9.

A Schedule of the Writings concerning certain Freehold Estates in that Roll viz. The Berry Lands pr. 9 Tucky Mead 10. 11. & Reveham 11.

Concerning a Bundle of Counterparts of Under Leases press 11.

A Schedule of Writings concerning the Mannor Towne & Rectory of Winslow w(i)th the Parsonage Close & 8 Acres laid to the Manor by Mr Goodwyn pr. 11. 12. 13

The like concerning the Estate at Shendley pr. 13. 14.

The porc(i)on of £4000 of Mrs. Margaret Atcherley in Marriage with my eldest Son Robert being agreed to be laid out in purchasing more lands to be Settled to the Uses to which the Manor of Winslow was settled, £2200 thereof since the Marriage was laid out in purchasing Broughton Farm County Bucks the Title to which Farm is derived in press 14. 15. And £1332.5s.0d more thereof in purchasing Pond Close at Stoke Mandeville County Bucks, the Title to w(hi)ch Close is derived in press 15. 16. And  £467.15s.0d (residue of the said Portion) was in the Year 1710 layd out in purchasing from Joseph Dandridge several Copyholds at Winslow as in press 16. 17. of the first part of my Principal Roll

[m.2] A Particular of my Estates not comprehended in my Family Settlement bearing date the 12th of June 1703 whether the same were purchased before or since the said Settlement. Viz.

[signed] Wm Lowndes

The information below concerning William Lowndes' purchase from Joseph Dandridge is also given in Lowndes Roll 1.

For Securing all the said Copyholds (as well those settled by way of Trust as my owne) ag(ainst) the said Legacy of Fifty pounds to William Son of Joseph Elliot and the said five pounds p(er) annu(m) payable to Elizabeth Slade during her life and the said one hundred pounds to her Children (if any) with Interest from her death The said Joseph Daundridg by an Indenture dated the 3rd July 1711 doth demise to mee Three acres of arrable in occupac(i)on of John Jenings Wharfinger in Rotherfield Grays Com(itatus) Oxon and a plot of Meadow or Pasture in Remenham Com(itatus) Berks at the east end of Hendly Bridg (more particularly described in the first part of my Roll) Habend(um) from the feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist then last past for 500 years without Impeachm(en)t of wast, Upon Condition to be voyd If Joseph Daundridg his heires Executo(r)s or Administrato(r)s shall pay to the said William Elliot the Legatee his Executo(rs) Administrato(rs) or Assignes his said Legacy of Fifty poundes when the same shalbe lawfully demanded And shall upon paym(en)t thereof procure from him or his heires such Release as was prescribed by the said Agreem(en)t and deliver the same to mee or my heires, And shall pay to the said Elizabeth Slade the said yearly Sum of Five pounds during her life as the same shall become due, And shall pay to her Child or Children (if she shall dye having such) the said Legacy of One hundred pounds and the Interest thereof as is prescribed by the said Will And shall Indempnifie the Trustees and those for whom they are a Shalbe entrusted as also mee and my heires and all our Lands etc. ag(ainst) the said Legacy of £50 and the said Annuity of £5 and the said Legacy of £100 and all Interest thereof and all demands concerning the same, With general Covenants and a Bond to performe Covenants, And a Receipt is endorsed there upon for the said £50 and £100 so paid being the Remaynder of the whole purchase money of £864.15s.0d above menc(i)oned, Every part whereof (as it was paid) is endorsed on the said Articles which remayne among my Writings, with a Lease and Release from Martha Laine to Joseph Daundridg and his heires (for £60) of the said three acres in Rotherfield Grays and a Lease and Release from Do(ctor) John Cawley to Joseph Daundridg and his heires (for £90) of the said Meadow in Remenham.

[left margin] Cow mead Close conteyning 8 acres in Winslow
£177 :7: 6^d
Robert Sponer et Uxor

William Sponer Sen(io)^r made his Will bearing date 28th Nov(embe)^r 1698 in presence of three Witnesses (whereof the Probate under Seal is among my Writings) and thereby devised to his Son Robert Sponer and his Daughter Elizabeth Tomerlin and their heires this Close to Sell the same and employ the money to pay Such of his Debts as his Personal Estate Should not be Sufficient to pay And out of the Overplus to pay his Daughter Mary Denbarton £5 within a year after his Decease and £10 apiece to the Seaven Children of his Son William Sponer then lately dec(eas)ed as they Severally Shoul attaine 21^ty years  The part of any of them dying Sooner to goe to the Survivors. On the same 28th Nov(embe)^r: 1698 the said W^m Sponer Sen(io)^r Surrendered into the hands of Peter Lowndes and John Shelton two Customary Tenants  the Said Close To the Use of himself for life and after his Decease To the use of his Son Robert Sponer and his Daughter Eliz^a: Tomerlin and their Heires To the Use in his Will, Who were admitted on 24th April 1699. On 22d April 1702 Edward Turnam (who Marryed the said Elizabeth) and his Wife Surrendered their Moyety of the Said Close to the Use of the said Robert Sponer and his heires upon Condic(i)on to pay all the Legacys in the said Will. On 20th Febr(uary) 1710 Robert Sponer entred into Articles with mee That he and Anne his Wife (in consideration of £177. 7. 6.)  would Surrender the Said Close to the use of mee and my heires free of Incumbrances, And I Covenanted to satisfie the Said Purchase mony in manner following viz^t To deliver up a Bond dated 23^d March 1703 upon which he owed mee £27. 7. 6. And to pay James Selby Serjeant at law £40 and to John Foster Carpenter £30 in discharge of So much due to them Severally from the Said Robert Sponer and to Elizabeth the Wife of William Williams and Martha Sponer (two Legatees in the Said Will) ten pounds apiece when they respectively shall attain the age of 21^ty years, but if they or either of them dye sooner To pay her or their Said Legacys equally among Such of the Said Children who Shall Survive And to pay (upon the Said Surrender) to the Said Robert Sponer the remayning Sixty Pounds to his own Use.

It appears that by Acquittance endorsed On the Said Articles that on 19th March 1710 that I paid to the Said John Foster the Said £30. And on 17th April 1711 to Serj^t Selby the Said £40. And on 24th April 1711 I delivered up to Robert Sponer the said Bond for £27. 7. 6. And then paid to him the Said £60. All which Sum(m)s do make £157. 7. 6. part of the Said Purchase money, The remayning £20 to be paid to the Said Elizabeth and Martha as they come of age. Mem^d the rest of the Legacys given by the Said Will were paid by Robert Sponer before he sold the Said Close to mee as appeared by Several Releases among my Writings viz^t on 23^d Xbr 1698 to John Denbarton for the Legacy of his Wife Mary £5. On 26th Xbr 1701 To Thomas Sponer Jun £10. On 11th April 1705 to John Sponer £10. On 21^th July 1706 to Joseph Sponer £10. On 10th August 1708 to Robert Sponer Jun(io)^r £10. And on 6th April 1710 to Francis Sponer £10 in all £55.

On 9th March 1710 The Said Robert Sponer and Anne his Wife Surrendered this Close to the Use of mee and my heires. And the like Surrender was made on 21th Febr 1710 by John Sponer the heir at law. On 5th April 1712 I paid to the Order of William Williams of Bristol (who marryed Elizabeth Sponer above named) her Legacy of ten pounds which makes up £167. 7. 6. (part of £177. 7. 6.) for purchase of Cow mead Close And on 8th Sept 1714 I paid to Martha Sponer her Legacy of ten pounds w^ch makes up the whole £177. 7. 6. for this Close.

Mem^d on 19th August 1712 I and my Wife Rebeccah at Winslow did Surrender out of Court (by the hands of Nicholas Merwyn the Steward) the Two Acres in Coldham Furlong late of Thomas Whiting & Ux. The Mesuage (now Two Tenem(en)^ts) in Sheep street late of Thomas Foster & Uxor, The Messuage in Winslow in occupation of Peter Goldsworth and 40 acres in Winslow and Shipton in occupation of Thomas Hendly which Anno 1710 was purchased from Joseph Dandridge  & Ux, and Cow mead Close late of Robert Sponer  & al To the Uses of my Will.

Exa(m)i(ne)d p(er) W^m: Lowndes Sen^r.

[left margin] A Messuage 2 Closes and 6 acres in Shipton & 3 Com(m)ons 
£364 
Tho Miller & Ux

On 19 May 23^° Car. 2. [1671] Dorothy Millar Surrendered 4 acres arrable in the Comon fields of Shipton & Comon for two Cows in the Cow pasture with two acres there (all particularly described in the Copy) To the use of Hester Millar and her heires, And on 8 January 23^° Car 2. [1672] Francis Dodsworth Surrendered one Mesuage and Orchard half a Close of land and an Orchard adjoyning to the Said Orchard and another Close adjoyning to the Said half Close To the use of Thomas Miller and his heires. On 27 Apr 4^° Jas 2 [1688] Thomas Millar is admitted to Six acres in the death of the Said Hester now called Hester Hendly. On 29 Apr 8^° W.3 [1696] it was found that Thomas Miller dyed Since the last Court and on 16th April preceding had Surrendered into the hands of two Ten(a)nts a Messuage in Shipton with all his Lands in Winslow and Shipton by estimac(i)on twelve acres To the use of Martha his Daughter for Six years Then to the use of Jane his Daughter for Six years Then to the use of Thomas his Son and the heires of his body Then to the use of Francis another Son and his heires And for default of Such heires To the use of Martha Jane and Anne his Daughters and their heires. On 31 March 2^°: Annæ [1703] Jane was admitted for Six years from 16 Apr 1702. On [blank] Apr 7 Annæ [1708] a Recovery was Suffered by Thomas Miller Priscilla his Wife Francis Miller and Jane Miller of one Mesuage one Close conteyning one acre and an half and Lands in the Com(m)on fields of Winslow and Shipton Viz^t in Licehill field a Close called Dean Close, one land at Snout furlong and one land in Langland furlong, In Redfield one acre in Nether Clay Furlong. In Blackgrove field in Hoxton field furlong one Land and one Land in Reedon furlong, two Ridges in Short Blackgrove One Land in the Same and three acres in the Cow pasture. All which are in Shipton and other land in Winslow field To the use of Thomas Miller and his heires. And at the Same Court the Said Thomas Miller and his Wife Surrendered the Said Mesuage and Close of One acre and an half and Dean Close To the use of William Lowndes and his Heires for securing £100 and Interest, And fifty pounds more was lent on the same on 29 Septemb(e)r 1709 On 18 Octob(e)r primo Georg(ii) [1714] Thomas Miller & Ux (pursuant to an Agreem^t dated 12 Octob(e)r 1714) Surrendered

[4b] the said Mesuage and the Close or Garden thereto adjoyning and three acres called Dean Close and six acres more in Shipton field and Common in the Cowpasture for three Cows particularly described and two pieces of a Lott hedg and all other Customary Lands of him and his wife in the Ville and fields of Shipton To the Use of William Lowndes and his heires Who at the same Court is admitted by Peter Lowndes his Attorney, And by the same Attorney then surrendered the Premisses to the use of his Will. And Thomas Miller entred into a Bond dated the said 18th October 1714 of £300 Condicioned that he and his Wife had good right and full power to make the said Surrender

[left margin] A Mesuage in Sheepstreet
£80 0s 0d
Deely & al

On 16^th April 1711 Thomas Deely and Martha his wife surrendred in Court one Mesuage in Sheepstreet at Winslow and four acres of Grasse ground in Oldmill field (One Ley on the south thereof excepted) to the use of William Lowndes Esqr and his heires To be void on payment of forty one pounds on 16^th October 1711 which was not payd. On 30^th August 1714 John and Joseph Deely by Articles Covenant that at next Court they and their Brothers Mathew Anthony and Daniel and Martha their Mother (their Father being dead) will surrender the said Mesuage to the use of the said William Lowndes and his heires absolutely and free of Incumbrances For fourscore pounds (whereof forty pounds was due on the said Mortgage, thirty pounds were paid at sealing the said Articles and the remayning ten pounds at the next Court as per their Receipt). And on 1^st October 1714 the absolute surrender was made accordingly in open Court. And the said Mesuage was soon after taken downe And at the said Court William Lowndes by his Attorney was admitted, and surrendred the said Mesuage to the use of his Will. And the said William Lowndes hath on 18^th February 1714 Out of Court resurrendred the said foure acres onely to the use of the said five Brothers and their Heires according to their Fathers Will.

W^m Lowndes 10^th March 1714/5

[left margin] 11 Acres and half in Blackgrove field
£300 0s 0d
John Henley & ux'

On 3^d January 1711 John Henley and Katherine his Wife William Perkins and Mary his Wife in Court surrender two Closes called the Shade Closes in Shipton conteyning by estimacion eight acres To the use of William Lowndes sen' and his heires On Condition that if one hundred twenty three pounds should be paid on the 4^th of July then next Then that surrender should be to the use of John Henley and his heires, which summe was not payd. And on 16^th February 1714 John Henley articled under his hand to sell to the said William Lowndes not only those two Closes but also one acre of swerd ground with arrable at Lambs leys Furlong, half an acre at Househam Furlong, and two acres of arrable and swerd ground in Newlean Furlong, and all other his Lands in the Blackgrove field of Shipton, For three hundred pounds (whereof One hundred and thirty pounds six shillings is due on the Mortgage, one hundred and ten pounds more is paid to the said John Henley on signing these Articles and the remayning Fifty nine pounds fourteen shillings was paid to his Order on 8^th March 1714/5). And the said John Henley thereby agreed to make a good estate in the premisses to the said William Lowndes and his heires at or before the next Court at Winslow free from all Incumbrances. And on signing these articles the said John Henley (being at Westminster) surrendred into the hands of Merwyn the Steward the premisses accordingly, and afterwards Katherine his Wife Joyned therein And at a Court holden on the [blank] day of [blank] 1715 the said William Lowndes by his Attorney was admitted and then surrendred the same To the use of his Will.

W^m Lowndes 13^th March 1614/5 [sic]

[left margin] 5 acres in Shipton
£46 0s 0d
John Shelton & ux'

On 11^th October 1681 Dorothy Miller Widd' surrendred (inter al') Two acres in the Cowpasture of Shipton vizt One in Cookwell Furlong the other in Trindell To the use of her Daughter Joane Miller and her Heires. On 27^th April 1688 it was found that Dorothy Miller had surrendred into two Tenants hands Lands in Shipton field viz^t One Ley in Newel Dean One Ridg in Newlean One Headland in Long Blackgrove, In the Redfield two Ridges, a Ridg in Briars Furlong and a Ridg in Clay Furlong To the use of her daughter Joan Miller and her heires. On 26^th October 1696 The Homage present (de bene esse) that the said Joan on 4^th June last being the Wife of John Shelton

[4c] surrendred into two Tenants hands seaven acres and an half in Winslow and Shipton To the use of her Husband till her son John should come to age of 21^ty Then to the use of her said son and his Heires, upon Condicion to pay to his three Brothers and sister Ten pounds a piece as they should come to age. On 25^th April 1698 John the son was admitted to the said Lands by the name of eight acres as upon death of his Mother Joan and payd the ten pounds apiece to his Brothers (his Sister dying young) Notwithstanding the Insufficiency of their Mothers surrender. And on 19^th February 1714 the said John the son and Jane his wife surrendred out of Court into the stewards hands, In Blackgrove field One Ley with two Picks at Newl dean, One Ridg in New Lean, the Headland in Long Blackgrove, In the Red field two Butts at Copped Moor furlong, One Ridg in Briars furlong, One ridg in Clay Furlong and the said two acres in the Cowpasture To the use of the said William Lowndes and his heires for forty six pounds then payd him And the said John Shelton and his Father entred into a Bond of Fifty Pounds to secure the Title against the Brothers And at a Court holden on the [blank] day of [blank] 1715 the said William Lowndes by his attorney was admitted and then surrendred these five acres To the use of his Will

W^m Lowndes 15^th March 1714/5

[24] This second part comprehends a particular of the Estates following viz^t

[left margin] These parcels are Copyhold and amount to seaven Mesuages or Tenemts 208 acres or thereabouts & 16 Cows Commons all surrendred to uses of my Will