Ten English legal documents concerning Shropshire, 1578-[1698?] | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Ten English legal documents concerning Shropshire, 1578-[1698?]

ID: 01/02/01/PRE-1650 MS 0094

Primary Creator: anonymous

Other Creators: Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey (1587/88 - 12 September 1653), Robert Needham, Viscount Kilmorey (ca. 1565-1631)

Extent: 10.0 Items

Arrangement: Chronological

Languages: English, Latin

Two Elizabethan legal documents and eight 17th-century documents, including bonds and indentures, all referring to lands and people in Shropshire, England. Seven refer to Robert Needham, Viscount Kilmorey and his son.

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Acquisition Method: Purchased in 1942 from A. Matthews

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Item 1: Bond of Rowland Tyttley of Drayton in Hales, to Robert Needham of Shavington, referring to the interest of Tyttley and his mother, Anne, in the manor of Hallam, Cheshire, 11 November 1578

Parchment with parchment tags; one complete seal with impression visible

Item 2: Indenture of Thomas Kilvorte of Milneheathe and Robert Kilvorte of Booley, to Richard Cunye and George Kilvorte, to hold land in Hanwoode for the use of Thomas Kilvorte and his wife, Katherin, 6 April 1591

Parchment with parchment tags, two partial seals, endorsements on verso

Item 3: Indenture of George Younge of Ryton Park to Robert Needham, referring to Wigmarshe in Teddesmere, 16 March 1611/12

Parchment chirograph with parchment tags, large capitals

Item 4: Bond of John Fowler, esq. of Bitterley, to Peter Meyricke, gent., referring to the amount of amount of £1600, 19 March 1615

Parchment with parchment tags, intact seal, subscriptions on verso

Item 5: Bond of Sir William Owen of Shrewsbury to Robert Needham of Shavington, esq., 1 July 1626

Parchment with parchment tags, partial seal, verso in Latin, endorsements on verso

Item 6: Bond of Edward Powell, skinner of London, to Robert Viscount of Kilmorey, referring to the amount of £600, 1631

Parchment with parchment tags, verso in Latin, endorsements on verso

Item 7: Indenture of Sir Robert Needham of Kingston upon Thames to Lord Viscount of Kilmorey, referring to the lease of a capital manse in Drayton., 10 May 1632

Parchment with parchment tags, large capitals, endorsements on verso

Item 8: Lease of Lord Kilmorey and his son and heir to Robert Blakeway and his wife Anne, referring to the "Phoenix" in Drayton, 20 July 1641

Parchment chirograph with parchment tags, intact seal with visible impression

Item 9: Sale of Roger Cloverly alias Harrison to Sir Robert Needham, referring to the Tyle House, Woodlands, and Stoke-Upon-Terne, 18 August 1643

Parchment chirograph with parchment tags, partial seal

Item 10: Draft petition on behalf of an unnamed minor [Lord Kilmorey?] to "the Right Honorable John, Lord Somers, Baron of Evesham, Lord High Chancellor of England" challenging the claim of Charles Shrimshaw Boresmore by Shiffard's Grange, 1698?

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