Williamson and Company of Retford, Solicitors

This collection, received from A.P. Williamson & Co., The Square, Retford, & including documents from 3 earlier Retford solicitors, Bescoby, Marshall & Mee consists chiefly of deeds to properties in the north & east of the county (Retford, Tuxford, Worksop & area), with some items from neighbouring counties. The largest group consists of the papers of the Hunt family of Weston. Personal papers are few, but one might mention one or two letters from Australia among the Foster of E. Retford papers.

Contents.

Families.

DD/WM/1. Hunt of Weston. Notts. & Lincs.

DD/WM/2. Bescoby. Notts. & Lincs.

DD/WM/3. Forshaw (Buckby & Shacklock). Notts.

DD/WM/4. Foster. Notts., Lincs., Lancs. & Australia.

DD/WM/5. Frow. Notts.

DD/WM/6. Nuttall (Housley). Notts.

DD/WM/7. Pennell. Notts.

DD/WM/8. Tattersall. Notts.

Notts. places.

DD/WM/9. Askham. Haslam; Rennie; Bellamy.

DD/WM/10. Blyth.

DD/WM/11. Clarborough. Kippax & others.

DD/WM/12. Clayworth.

DD/WM/13. Egmanton.

DD/WM/14. Hayton. Ramsker.

DD/WM/15. Laneham.

DD/WM/16. Leverton, S.

DD/WM/17. Mattersey.

DD/WM/18. Ollerton.

DD/WM/19. Ordsall.

DD/WM/20. Rampton.

DD/WM/21. Retford, E.

DD/WM/22. Retford, W.

DD/WM/23. Sturton.

DD/WM/24. Treswell.

DD/WM/25. Tuxford. Baines, Pearce, Ellis & others.

DD/WM/26. Walesby.

DD/WM/27. Weston.

DD/WM/28. Worksop.

Other counties.

DD/WM/29. Derbyshire. Clown; Chesterfield & area; Newton on Trent.

DD/WM/30. Lincolnshire. Hardwick; Saxelby; Lincoln; Nettleham.

DD/WM/31. Yorkshire. Doncaster.

Miscellanea.

DD/WM/32. Notts. Jury lists.

DD/WM/33. Notts. formulary.

DD/WM/34. Notts. Sale catalogues.

DD/WM/35. Hants. & Yorks. sale catalogues.

DD/WM/36. Warton estates, Yorks., Lincs., Mx. & London.

Summary of Contents.

HUNT OF WESTON

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE DEEDS OF TITLE

Weston; also Collingham, Grassthorpe, Kersall, Kneesall & Normanton on Trent.

DD/WM/1/1-17 Tompkin-Atkin-Slater-Hunt. Messuage & maltkiln etc. 1735-1828

DD/WM/1/18-23 Atkin-Hunt. Arable. 1781-1782

DD/WM/1/24-25 Harpham-Hunt. Closes. 1849-1855

DD/WM/1/26-34 (Chrispin-)-Harpham-Pinder-Hunt. Messuage etc. 1849-1857

Normanton on Trent.

DD/WM/1/35 Chambers-Hunt. Beastgates. 1723

DD/WM/1/36-39 Cartwright-Hunt. Meadow. 1776

DD/WM/1/40-44 Farmery-Lee-Hunt. Beastgates. 1785-1790

DD/WM/1/45-52 Rimington-Skelton-Hall-Hunt. Beastgates. 1815-1839

DD/WM/1/53-54 Bennett-Hunt. Beastgates. 1848

Ossington.

DD/WM/1/55-56 Thorpe-Hunt. Arable. 1695

DD/WM/1/57-72 Greenwood-Atkin -

Roos - Brandrith-Lesiter-Hunt Arable. 1722-1777

DD/WM/1/73-75 Rees-Hunt. Arable. 1837

Grassthorpe; also Blidworth, Langford & Weston.

DD/WM/1/76-92 Litchfield-Doncaster-Ringrose-Smith-Hunt. Closes. 1801-1863

DD/WM/1/93-104 Litchfield-Doncaster-Billiat-Hunt. 1803-1824

DD/WM/1/105-109 Doncaster-Taylor-Wallace-Hunt. Messuage etc. 1803-1858

DD/WM/1/110-115 Pinder-Heath-Hunt. Beastgates. 1817-1838

Sutton on Trent.

DD/WM/1/116-118 Volckers-Hunt. Beastgate etc. 1839 & 1851

DD/WM/1/119 Esam-Hunt. Beastgates. 1857

Normanton on Trent, Grassthorpe & Weston.

DD/WM/1/120-124 Roper-Hunt. Lands. 1786

Weston, Tuxford, Ossington, Normanton & Sutton on Trent.

DD/WM/1/125-139 Kirkland-Doncaster-Hunt. Leasehold of Chapter of Lincoln. 1831-1856

Norwell; also as Weston above.

DD/WM/1/140-141 Hopkinson - - - - Hunt. 1714; 1869

Scredington; also Gainsborough & Leasingham.

DD/WM/1/142-151 Yorke-Watson-Clarke. Closes. 1735-1802

DD/WM/1/152 Warwick-Clark. Messuages etc. 1781

DD/WM/1/153-162 Brown-Burkitt-Clarke. House & closes. 1838-1864

DD/WM/1/163-168 Wells-Spencer-Clarke. Messuage & closes. 1841-1866

Gainsborough.

DD/WM/1/169-174 (Turner) -Hunt-Phillips. Houses. 1896-1900

Scredington, Aswarby & Barrowby.

DD/WM/1/175-190 Clarke mortgages & sale to railway. 1866-1894

Scredington; also testamentary.

DD/WM/1/191-203 Clarke wills-Hunt-Sale. 1799-1946

Estate papers.

DD/WM/1/204-210 Maps etc. 19th-20th cent.

HUNT WILLS, SETTLEMENTS AND PAPERS ETC.

DD/WM/1/211-232 Wills & testamentary items. 1703-1931

DD/WM/1/233-246 Hunt-Hunt & Axe; deeds & settlements etc. 1796-1912

DD/WM/1/247-253 Hunt-Axe-Hunt; deeds with mortgages. 1869-1923

Hunt mortgages.

DD/WM/1/254-258 Hunt-Jackson & others. 1858-1922

DD/WM/1/259-263 Hunt-Hurt & others. 1863-1923

DD/WM/1/264-265 Hunt-Mettam-Whittingham. 1884-1913

DD/WM/1/266 Hunt-Daunt-Frost. 1895-1930

DD/WM/1/267-274 Securities to Hunt. 1781-1814

DD/WM/1/275-294 Surveys, rents & taxes etc. 1793-1930

DD/WM/1/295-302 Opinions, insurance & misc. accounts & papers. 1824-1930

DD/WM/1/303-305 Weston; parish affairs. 1736-1790

DD/WM/1/306-307 Hunt connections; account & deed. 1775; 1930

OTHERS WITH PROPERTY IN MORE THAN ONE PARISH. (alphabetically by name).

BESCOBY.

Nottinghamshire; Cottam; also S. Leverton, Rampton & Treswell.

DD/WM/2/1-26 Broomhead; Sampson - Oxley-Futtit-Bescoby.

Taylor - Oxley-Futtit-Bescoby. 1739-1888

Dickinson - Oxley-Futtit-Bescoby.

Messuage & closes.

Lincolnshire; West Ashby.

DD/WM/2/27-50 Calder - Harrison-Clark-Bescoby

Elmhirst - Harrison-Clark-Bescoby 1863-1893

Green Dragon.

FORSHAW (Buckby & Shacklock).

Sutton on Trent; also E. Retford & Newark.

DD/WM/3/1-17 Sikes-Collingham-Fox-Birch-Newboult-Whitlam-Edmonds-Oldham-Shacklock-Buckby (-Forshaw).

Barrell Hill close etc. 1804-1876

Sutton on Trent.

DD/WM/3/18-29 Richmand-Wainwright-Simpson-Pinnington-Atkinson- Atkinson-

Bingham- Atkinson-

Forshaw.

Cherry Holt & Barrel Hill closes. 1817-1902

Tuxford.

DD/WM/3/30-34 Herrington .... Cougill-Shacklock-Buckby. 2 messuages. 1821-1870

FOSTER. (See also DD/WM/3/19 below).

Deeds & cognate papers.

E. Retford & Clarborough; also Hablesthorpe, N. & S. Leverton, Dunham & Lincs.

DD/WM/4/1-9 Parker-Bryan-Atkinson; Taylor-Moseley-Hall.

(Deeds & wills re. premises later Foster's). 1734-1801

Clarborough; Little Gringley.

DD/WM/4/10-16 Eyre-Foster-Hopkinson. Maltkiln & right of way. Deeds & papers. 1828-1839

Clarborough.

DD/WM/4/17 Foster-Hutchinson. Close. 1838

E. Retford.

DD/WM/4/18-33 Corporation-Foster-Cross. Watermill. Leases & papers. 1836-1853

E. Retford.

DD/WM/4/34-39 Foster-Hawksley. Bridgegate & Union St. Messuage, pew & Maltkiln. Deeds & leases. 1827-1889

Dunham. (found with Foster papers.)

DD/WM/4/40-42 Taylor-Stoakes. Messuage & close. 1825-1850

Wills, trust deeds, securities, sales, accounts & correspondence.

DD/WM/4/43-56 Wills & testamentary papers (including Toynbee). 1838-1872

DD/WM/4/57-70 Trust deeds & papers re. securities. 1838-1889

Deeds & papers re. premises mortgaged to Foster.

DD/WM/4/71-72 Clarborough; Spittle Hill. 1850

DD/WM/4/73-76 Lincolnshire; N. Kyme & Pinchbeck. 1864-1865

DD/WM/4/77-82 Lancashire; Liverpool. 1869-1885

DD/WM/4/83-97 Sale particulars & accounts. 1838-1888

DD/WM/4/98-131 Miscellaneous accounts & papers. (Including re. Angel Inn, E. Retford). 1838-1889

Correspondence.

DD/WM/4/132-145 Miscellaneous. 1839; 1882-1888

DD/WM/4/146-162 Re. H.P. Foster; including letters from Australia. 1888-1893

FROW.

DD/WM/5/1-16 Clarborough, Moorgate; also Mattersey. Hall-Wright-Frow (-Mettham). Messuage etc. 1768-1928

DD/WM/5/17-31 Mattersey Thorpe. Closes. 1827-1881

Bingley-Wainwright-Frow.

NUTTALL (Housley).

Wellow.

DD/WM/6/1-35 Camm heirs-Cougill-Walker-Housley. Messuage & Primitive Methodist chapel. 1706-1885

Wellow & Ollerton; also Selston.

Bacon-Woombell - Cougill-Walker-Housley-Nuttall. 1714-1904

Flower - Cougill-Walker-Housley-Nuttall.

DD/WM/6/36-61 Messuage & lands.

Boughton; also Wellow, Ollerton & Ompton.

DD/WM/6/62-71 Howard-Housley-Nuttall. Closes. 1825-1889

PARNELL.

DD/WM/7/1-12 Darlton; also N. Collingham. Oldings closes. Calvert-Whitaker-Palmer-Birkett. 1793-1889

Darlton. Oldings closes. 1796-1799

DD/WM/7/13-16 Markham-Birkett.

Darlton & Laneham; also Dunham & Ragnall. 1830-1850

DD/WM/7/17-28 Birkett-Parnell. Closes etc.

Darlton.

DD/WM/7/29-33 (Brown-) Watmough-Parnell. 1858

DD/WM/7/34-53 Fledborough, Woodcoats; also Dunham, Kilvington, Marnham, Newark, Normanton, Normanton on Trent, Skegby, S. Clifton, Spalford, Sturton, Sutton on T. & Upton; Li., Hu. & Y. 1772-1830

Cartwright-Parnell. Hopyards etc.

TATTERSALL.

DD/WM/8/1-2 Clarborough, Little Gringley. 1871

Wilkinson-Lakeland-Tattersall. Close.

DD/WM/8/3-12 Ordsall (Thrumpton); also E. Retford. Hudson-Plant-Bingham-Tattersall. Messuages etc. 1847-1909

SMALL PROPERTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS.

(Alphabetically by parish; Notts.)

ASKHAM; also Headon cum Upton & Stokeham.

Haslam

DD/WM/9/1-15 Various-Ibberson-Mee-North-Haslam. Hopyard etc. 1818-1907

DD/WM/9/16-20 Staniland-Wire-Smith-North-Haslam. Ashholts. 1829-1907

Rennie.

DD/WM/9/21-34 Talbot-Bailey-Millns-Hoole-Rennie. Hawkesley close. 1826-1891

DD/WM/9/35-39 Clarke-White. Closes. 1850-1874

DD/WM/9/40-42 Hutchinson-White. Closes. 1886

DD/WM/9/43-55 White-Rennie-Clarke-various. Closes (as above.) 1888-1920

DD/WM/9/56 Bellamy; will. 1819-20

BLYTH; also Torworth & Ranskill.

DD/WM/10/1 Fox & Brewerton. Messuages etc. 1677

CLARBOROUGH; also Alverton, Blyth, Hayton, S. Clifton, & Y.

Kippax.

DD/WM/11/1-26 Garlicke-Harrison-Tayler-Holmes-Bankes-Calvart-Hurst-Fox-Archer-Allen-Holmes. Messuages etc. 1638-1716

DD/WM/11/27 Kirke & others - Holmes. Messuages etc. 1712

DD/WM/11/28-34 Holmes-Dixon-Kippax. Close etc. 1788-1795

DD/WM/11/35-40 Thorp - Otter-Kirke-Haworth 1722-1759

Millns - Otter-Kirke-Haworth

Bollam Flats.

DD/WM/11/41-42 Rose-Hayworth. Closes. 1758

DD/WM/11/43-48 Haworth-Kippax. Close. 1785-1787

DD/WM/11/49-57 Haworth-Rollitt-Kippax. Bollam Flats. 1787-1801

DD/WM/11/58-60 Devonshire-Kippax (-Nervall). Closes. 1814-1855

DD/WM/11/61-62 Hutchinson-Kippax. Close 1821

DD/WM/11/63-64 Storrs-Kippax. 1832

DD/WM/11/65 Gace mortgage-Kippax. 1814

DD/WM/11/66-69 Tayler-Kippax & Ashmore-Baxter. Arable. 1649-1673

DD/WM/11/70-73 Walker-Kippax-Baxter. Messuage etc. 1647-1676

DD/WM/11/74 Label found with above. "W.D. Stone deceased. Old deeds."

Others.

DD/WM/11/75-76 Jessoppe-Otter-Brunts. Messuage etc. 1616-1672

DD/WM/11/77-80 Copeland - Atkin. Cottage etc. 1668-1699

Gandy - Atkin.

DD/WM/11/81 Rose-Moody. Messuage. 1695

CLAYWORTH, also Clarborough, E. Retford & Wiseton.

DD/WM/12/1 Walker & others - Johnson & others. Manor etc. 1699

EGMANTON

DD/WM/13/1 Gill lands; partition. 1614

HAYTON; also Clarborough, Laneham & N. Wheatley.

Ramsker.

DD/WM/14/1-9 Bett-Cobb-Mellers-Ogle-Gilbert-Holberry. Close. 1748-1789

DD/WM/14/10-12 Snelson - Holberry.

Atkinson - Holberry. Messuage etc. 1780-1786

DD/WM/14/13-16 Holberry-Ramsker. Closes etc. 1805-1837

DD/WM/14/17-24 Cobb-House-Ramsker. Messuage etc. 1754-1856

DD/WM/14/25 Beeley-Ramsker. Close. 1837

DD/WM/14/26-31 Barber-Ramsker. Closes. 1843

DD/WM/14/32-35 Chambers-Ramsker. Close. 1855

DD/WM/14/36-37 Smith & Peck-Ramsker. Close. 1866

DD/WM/14/38-39 Ramsker & Stephenson. Mortgages. 1880-1896

LANEHAM.

DD/WM/15/1 Batchelour-Mastin. Cottage. 1712

DD/WM/15/2-29 Pinder-Warriner-(Fisher-) Newton-(Terry). Messuage & closes etc. (cp. also DD/CL/117 etc.). 1802-1854

S. LEVERTON.

DD/WM/16/1 Johnson-trustees. Site for Methodist chapel. 1807

MATTERSEY. 1773-1882

DD/WM/17/1-16 Acklom-Morley-Shacklock - Hodgkinson-Cartwright.

Wainwright - Hodgkinson-Cartwright.

Messuages etc.

OLLERTON; also Mansfield & Wellow. 1780-1842

DD/WM/18/1-29 Barthrop - Holt-Ogle-Hall-Ogle.

Barthrop - Moss.

Messuages & pew etc.

ORDSALL; also Clarborough.

DD/WM/19/1 Mason-Barker; 1726

DD/WM/19/2-21 Parker - Ridway-Roberts-Foster-Cottam-Fowe-Simpson-Morgan. 1790-1905

Chappell - Ridgway-Roberts-Foster-Cottam-Fowe-Simpson-Morgan.

Kennels close (formerly hopyard).

(See also DD/WM/19/4/1 etc. above.)

DD/WM/19/22 Dawson mortgage - Watkins & Hase. 1846

RAMPTON.

DD/WM/20/1 Marshall. 1830

E. RETFORD; also Clarborough & Ordsall.

Carrolgate;

DD/WM/21/1-2 Spencer-Mellish. Messuages. 1741

DD/WM/21/3-16 Johnson-Whitham-Hewitt-Hartshorne-Sugden. Messuage etc. 1783-1811

DD/WM/21/17-33 Swan Inn etc.

Middleton-White-Manton-Clayton-Brumby-Cottam. (See also Hunt of Weston- re. mortgage). 1769-1823

Churchgate

DD/WM/21/34-36 Bellamy-Ridgell. Messuages. 1721-1734

Newgate

DD/WM/21/37-48 Rose-Bingley-Fisher. Messuage etc. 1818-1803

DD/WM/21/49 Walker-Tomlinson. Messuage & factory. 1824

Miscellaneous.

DD/WM/21/50 Baker will. 1753

DD/WM/21/51 Sutton mortgage. 1811

DD/WM/21/52 Retford Cinema & Motors Co. Articles. 1925

W. RETFORD.

DD/WM/22/1 Larte & others - Kirke. Arable. 1632

STURTON.

DD/WM/23/1-3 Creswell-Chambers-Wright. Close. 1829-1884

TRESWELL.

DD/WM/24/1 Quibell will. 1723

TUXFORD; also Normanton on Trent.

Baines & Pearce.

DD/WM/25/1-31 Greensmith-Taylor-Oldham-Hardy-Stanniland-Hunt-Brown-Shelton-Hewitt- Cowlishaw-Baines. Messuage etc. (See also Hunt of Weston). 1730-1853

DD/WM/25/32-37 Burton-Dexter-Cotton-Baines. Messuage etc., Egmanton St. 1812-1869

DD/WM/25/38-48 Unwin-Rawson-Blenkhorne-Johnson-Pearce. Snape close. 1811-1888

DD/WM/25/49-118 Baines-Pearce & Pearce deeds & papers, with copy wills of Watmough, Ellis, Martin & Whitington. 1888-1924

Ellis.

DD/WM/25/119-124 (Hardy-) Walters-Wilson-Buxton-Ellis. Cottages, Egmanton St. 1786-1812

DD/WM/25/125-128 Read-Ellis. (Normanton on Trent). 1781-1837

Reindeer Inn.

DD/WM/25/129-137 Clayton-Herrington-Laughton-Taylor. 1791-1874

Gas Works.

DD/WM/25/138-147 Gas Co.-Moore. 1896

Miscellaneous.

DD/WM/25/148 Sellers recovery. 1742

DD/WM/25/149 Taylor will. 1799

WALESBY.

DD/WM/26/1 Harrison-Wombell. Messuage. 1774

WESTON

DD/WM/27/1-25 Horner-Slater-Gibson-Johnson. 1718-1816

Windmill. (See also Hunt of Weston above, re. mortgage).

WORKSOP; also Sheffield Yorks.

Bannister.

DD/WM/28/1-10 Hyde-Bannister-(Worksop & Retford Brewery Co.) Coney, later Park St. 1807-1935

DD/WM/28/11-18 Taylor-Bannister. 1855-1925

Gateford Rd.

DD/WM/28/19-22 Mill St. Purcell-Rawson (-Pepper) (cp. also Hunt of Weston above). 1905-1925

DD/WM/28/23-37 Radford & Low Town.

Wood-Leevers-Holliday - Marsh. 1731-1891

Norfolk - Marsh.

DERBYSHIRE.

DD/WM/29/1 Clown. Skinner will. 1802

DD/WM/29/2 Chesterfield, Hasland, Ashover, Brampton. Hopkinson. (Rooth's trust). 1887

DD/WM/29/3 Newton on Trent. Skelton. 1917

LINCOLNSHIRE.

DD/WM/30/1-4 Hardwick & Saxelby. Micklethwaite-Wetherall. Manor etc. 1670-1682

DD/WM/30/5 Lincoln, Nettleham & Hardwick. Ayscough will. 1716

YORKSHIRE.

Doncaster; Fisher Gate etc.

DD/WM/31/1-14 Robinson & others. Ridgill-Littlewood. 1819-1865

MISCELLANEA.

DD/WM/32/1 Notts.; Sheriffs' Jury lists. 1820-1823

DD/WM/33/1-2 (Notts.) Formulary. c. 1810

DD/WM/34/1-11 Notts.; Sale catalogues. 1888-1938

Ranskill, Ordsall, E. Retford, Morton & Ranby area, Clarborough, Cromwell, Eaton, Blyth & Rufford.

DD/WM/35/1-4 Hants. & Yorks. Sale catalogues. 1892-1935

DD/WM/36/1 Yorks, Lincs, Middlesex & London.

Warton estates Act. 1775

Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated

Acc 201 was deposited by Messrs AP Williamson and Co. on 1st February 1955