Catalogue description Messrs Phelps & Savage, solicitors, of Evesham

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Reference: MS 3192
Title: Messrs Phelps & Savage, solicitors, of Evesham
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Correspondence and papers of Messrs. Phelps & Savage of Evesham, solicitors, 1807-27, including a few Worcestershire deeds, 1544-1831; part of the account roll of Walter Pardoe as sheriff of Worcester, 1688/9; part of the account roll of the sheriff of Worcestershire, c.1750; partnership agreement of William Law Phelps and Charles Best of Evesham, solicitors, 1831; plans of roads and footpaths at North Littleton and Church Honeybourne, 1798-1803; grant of rents in Middle Littleton, 1557; abstract of title to an estate at Bretforton, 1602-1799; letters from Samuel Taylor of London to Messrs Phelps and Savage concerning various legal cases, c1813-14; letters to W.L. Phelps of Evesham, solicitor, 1807-27; miscellaneous legal papers including a brief for Thomas Rose, accused of assault and robbery at Badsey (Worcs), 1778; a brief in a case concerning the settlement of William Harris, pauper, between Willersey (Glos) and Burford (Oxon), 1784; executors accounts of Mary Lisle, 1746-53, 1807 to 1827

 

Draft deeds etc. relating to property in Badsey, Bengeworth, Birlingham, Bredon, Evesham, Fladbury, Great & Little Hampton, Harvington, North and South Littleton, Offenham, Pendock, Powick, and Worcester (all Worcestershire); Alderton, Aston Underhill, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Childswickham, Cow Honeybourne, Deerhurst, Dymock, Long Marston, Pebworth, Tewkesbury, Twyning, Winchcombe and Woodmancote (all then Gloucestershire, some now Worcestershire and Warwickshire), c1764-1832; leases of tolls on the turnpike roads from Evesham-Worcester and Overbury to the Evesham-Pershore road, 1823-29; award in bankruptcy against Charles Harris of Alcester, with related papers, 1829; legal papers concerning the tithes of Salford Priors (Warks), (1607)-1832; auctioneers advertisements and conditions of sale of property in Badsey, Bewdley, Evesham, Great Hampton, Littleton, Offenham and Overbury (all Worcs), Cheltenham (Glos) and Childswickham (Glos), 1824-34; legal papers concerning disputes involving William Law Phelps, solicitor, of Evesham, mostly concerning a case brought by Betsy Oliver of Puckrup (Glos). All from the Phillipps Collection, and apparently originally from the office of Blayney & Phelps/ Phelps and Savage in Evesham

 

Papers from the office of W.L. Phelps, solicitor, of Evesham, comprising draft deeds, leases and abstracts of title concerning property at Abbots Salford (Warks), Badsey (Worcs), Bengeworth (Worcs), Bishampton (Worcs), Bretforton (Worcs), Broadway (Worcs), Childswickham (Glos), Chipping Campden (Glos), Church Lench (Worcs), Cropthorne (Worcs), Ebrington (Glos), Evesham (Worcs), Feckenham (Worcs), Fladbury (Worcs), Grafton Flyford (Worcs), Great and Little Hampton (Worcs), Harvington (Worcs), Ilmington (Warks), Inkberrow (Worcs), Mickleton (Glos), North and South Littleton (Worcs), Offenham (Worcs), Pebworth (Glos), Pinvin, Salford Priors (Warks), Stanton (Glos), Studley (Warks), Temple Grafton (Warks), and Winchcombe (Glos), (1625)-1801; court rolls of the manor of Berrington (Warks), 1788 and Ilmington (Warks), 1763; draft inclosure Bills for Gretton (Glos), c1805 and Overbury (Worcs), c1811; copy will of Jarritt Smith of Evesham (Worcs), 1697; poor rate for Overbury, c1811; legal papers relating to settlement and property matters, 1807-15; documents concerning the sale of property in Tardebigge (Worcs), 1731-1811; tax schedules for Blackenhurst Hundred (Worcs), 1797/98

 

Additional miscellaneous papers from the office of Blayney and Phelps, solicitors, of Evesham, mainly relating to legal cases concerning property and trespass in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire, 1790-1832, but including papers relating to road-making in the Evesham and Chipping Campden area, 1822-23; settlement examination of Thomas Osborn alias Adams at Bengeworth (Worcs), 1828; a voting paper for Evesham Borough Council election, 1841; an office post book, 1813-15 and miscellaneous memoranda

 

Additional papers of Messrs. Blayney & Phelps of Evesham, solicitors, including copy deeds and related papers concerning property in Aldington, Alstone, Badsey, Bengeworth, Bredon, Bretforton, Broadway, Charlton, Church Lench, Cropthorne, Eckington, Evesham, Fordingbridge, Great and Little Comberton, Hill, North and South Littleton, Norton, Offenham, Overbury, Pershore and Wick (all Worcs), (1651)-1835; Alderton, Aston Blank, Chaceley, Cheltenham, Childswickham, Cow Honeybourne, Long Marston, Tewkesbury, Tirley, and Twyning (all Gloucs), 1596-1818; Bidford-on-Avon (Warks), Ilmington (Warks), Birmingham, Perry Barr and Moseley, 1741-1835; copy wills of Richard Russell of Broadway, 1722, Ann Haydon of Charlton (Worcs), 1800 and Samuel Dingley of Charlton (Worcs), 1801; copy survey of the rectory of Lenchwick and Norton (Worcs), 1649; accounts of Leverington (Cambs) tithes, 1813-16; and legal papers concerning property, bankruptcy and distraint cases, c1766-1835; papers of S.W. Darke, solicitor, of London, 1820-30

 

Legal letters and papers from the office of Messrs. Blayney & Phelps, later Phelps & Savage, of Evesham, solicitors, 1700-1872; papers relating to inclosure at Badsey (Worcs), 1811-17

 

Letters to William Law Phelps of Evesham, solicitor, and related papers, 1684-1827

 

Miscellaneous papers collected by E.A.B. Barnard, including some with an obvious archival integrity; the provenance of all the material is not clear but much of it came from the offices of Messrs. Blayney & Phelps of Evesham. The collection comprises specifications for the construction of the Birmingham to Bromsgrove road, 1832; commonplace books and papers about construction works on the Birmingham Canal, 1824-44; a volume of proposals and estimates for work on the Rochdale Canal, c1794-1801; account book of the daymen in Heath Yard, Birmingham, 1826-27; specifications, plans and drawings relating to the construction of part of the Liverpool to Birmingham railway, 1834, and the London to Birmingham railway, n.d. [mid 19th cent]; timetable of coaches at the Saracens Head Inn, Birmingham, 1825; deeds of Northfield, 1605-1848, Hawarden (Flints), 1740-1868, Bromsberrow (Glos), 1745-91, Dymock (Glos), 1731-1801, Honington (Warks), 1809-42, London, 1688-1882, and Norwich (Norf), 1780-1855; poor rate for Tedstone Delamere (Herefs), 1739; chiefly medieval deeds of Oswestry, Shrewsbury and other places in Shropshire, n.d. [early 13th cent] - 1780; inquisition on estate of Humphry Sandford of Shrewsbury, 1596; prospectus of new buildings for Stratford-on-Avon Grammar School, 1919; deeds of Abberley, Aldington, Bengeworth, Bretforton, Broadway, Bromsgrove, Croome, Dodderhill, Evesham, Leigh, North and Middle Littleton, Offenham (all Worcs) and Evenlode (Glos), n.d. [early 13th cent]-1841; Bengeworth parish overseers' minutes, 1783-99; Bengeworth poor rate, 1832; Bengeworth workhouse accounts, 1812-26; Deal's Charity, Bengeworth, accounts, 1798-1843; Bengeworth charity school accounts, 1749-94; Bromsgrove and Kings Norton compotus roll, 1384; copies of Evesham borough charters, (1605), (1688); Evesham borough poll books, 1818, 1826, 1841; letters and papers of Messrs. Blayney & Phelps, solicitors, of Evesham, c1770-1823; Severn Stoke (Worcs) manorial rental, 1648; apprenticeship indenture, Shipston-on-Stour (Warks), 1747; specifications for Stourbridge canal extension, c1800; plan of waste lands adjoining the turnpike road between Honington Gate and Tredington village, n.d. [19th cent]; appointment of Thomas Turvey as sheriff of Worcestershire, 1666; duplicate tax assessments for certain Worcestershire hundreds, 1689; Quarter Sessions order for the repair of highways in Offenham etc., 1790; personal papers including copy will of John Baskerville of Birmingham, 1773; probate copy will of Elean Dalton of Beckford (Glos, now Worcs), 1818; copy will of Thomas Fisher of London, 1676; probate copy will of Anne Gearing of Stratford-le-Bow (Middx), 1834; correspondence and papers of Glover family, 1773-1816, including papers concerning Abercarn Mills (Monmouthshire), 1806-09; copy will of Peter Bown of Budock (Cornw), 1792; marriage settlements of various members of the Glover family, 1763-1806; correspondence and papers of P.F. Robinson, architect, 1824-37; apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Stirling as a chimney sweep, 1827; correspondence of Swale family, 1817-27; correspondence and papers of the Townsend family, 1801-70; correspondence and papers of the Yate family of Bromsberrow (Glos), 1780-1848; notes and pedigrees of the Dobyns, Dunne, Gorges, Honywood and Yate families, 19th cent.; papers concerning the management of the Bromsberrow estate, 1780-1836, including plans and elevations of new rectory, c1807; copy petition for charter of incorporation for Warmley Brass & Copper Manufactory (Glos), 1768; account book of a member of the Archer family, 1779-1815; miscellaneous docquets from the Privy Seal Office, 1742-1830

Date: 1243 - 1918
Held by: Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
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Phelps and Savage, Evesham, Worcestershire, solicitors

Physical description: 8 series
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