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THE DUNCOMBE FAMILY, SHERE: RECORDS, SOME RELATING TO THE MANORS OF STANCOME DAUNEY [DOWNEY], DEVON AND DOWNE HILL, SHERE, 1493-1797
Reference Number: G123
Descriptive Information about the Record (click to expand) Provenance Deposited by the Duncombe family of Shere in June 1956.
-The records - Bibliography See Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol. III, pp267-276 for notes on the family and some transcriptions of the documents.
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Feoffment 1) Richard Bele, Lord of Fermesham Manor, gent, and wife A... Title Feoffment 1) Richard Bele, Lord of Fermesham Manor, gent, and wife Alice 2) John Westbrook Senior of Elstead, husbandman. 1 tenement and 1 virgate of land with meadows, pastures, etc in Elstead Westbroke which John's father held in villainage. Rent: 23s.6d per annum Relief: 5 shillings Suit of court once a year Poor seal Reference G123/1 Unit Date 18 Mar 1493 Start Date 14930318 End Date 14930318 Marriage settlement 1) Henry Pollexfen of the Inner Temple, Esq 2) ... Title Marriage settlement 1) Henry Pollexfen of the Inner Temple, Esq 2) George Duncumb of Shalford, Esq, Sir Francis Duncumb of Tangley, Bart, Richard Symes of Cliffords Inn and William Waltham of the same, gents 3) Mary Duncumb, daughter of George Duncumb. Stancomb manor alias Stancomb Dauney [Downey] with all its appurtenances except messuage called Hill, Devon, in consideration of Mary's marriage portion of £1,000 Reference G123/2/1 Unit Date 10 Oct 1664 Start Date 16641010 End Date 16641010 Defeasance of settlement 1) Henry Pollexfen of the Inner Temple, Esq... Title Defeasance of settlement 1) Henry Pollexfen of the Inner Temple, Esq 2) George Duncumb of Shalford, Esq, Sir Francis Duncumb of Tangley, Bart, Richard Symes of Cliffords Inn and William Waltham of the same, gents 3) Mary Duncumb, daughter of George Duncumb. Settlement to be void if Henry Pollexfen at any time hereafter assures £1,500 to the issue of the marriage Reference G123/2/2 Unit Date 10 Oct 1664 Start Date 16641010 End Date 16641010 Bargain and sale, with livery of seisin endorsed 1) Henry, Duke of N... Title Bargain and sale, with livery of seisin endorsed 1) Henry, Duke of Norfolk 2) Arthur Onslow of West Clandon, Esq and Sir William Turner, Alderman of the City of London (the Duke's Trustees) 3) Thomas Duncumb, Rector of Shere. Piece of meadow (3 acres) bounded on the west by a piece of the glebe called the Parsonage Croft, Shere (other bounds given) John Burbury of Albury, gent appointed attorney to deliver seisin £10 15s 3 seals, poor Reference G123/3 Unit Date 2 Jan 1678 Start Date 16780102 End Date 16780102 Lease for 1 year [release missing] 1) Thomas Riley of Dorking, yeoma... Title Lease for 1 year [release missing] 1) Thomas Riley of Dorking, yeoman, and wife Mary 2) Thomas Duncumb of Shere, DD, Rector. Messuage in Shere lately divided into 2 tenements with barn, garden and orchard. Also 3½ acres of meadow (bounds given) Reference G123/4 Unit Date 1 Apr 1679 Start Date 16790401 End Date 16790401 Quitclaim 1) Edward Bray, Esq, Lord of the manors of Shere, Vachery ... Title Quitclaim 1) Edward Bray, Esq, Lord of the manors of Shere, Vachery and Cranleigh 2) Thomas Duncumb of Shere, DD. Heriots due on messuage in Shere called Burdens in return for 5 shillings down, and 2 shillings per annum rent, and on condition of performing suit to the 3 weekly court Reference G123/5 Unit Date 14 Jan 1681 Start Date 16810114 End Date 16810114 Counterparts of bargain and sale (with schedule of deeds annexed) 1) ... Title Counterparts of bargain and sale (with schedule of deeds annexed) 1) Richard Coldham of Downe Farm, Esq 2) John Gore of Godalming, Esq, nephew and executor of the late Gerrard Gore of Shillingley Park, Esq 3) Richard Smith of London, gent (trustee). Manor and capital messuage of Down Place. Also several parcels of land in Worplesdon, Compton, Shalford, Puttenham, St Nicholas, Guildford, Godalming, Ash and Wanborough (names and acreages given), Finches alias Blackwell Farm (40 acres), Mershley (120 acres), messuage called Pitlacks, etc, for £5,500. Schedule of Coldham's mortgages on the property annexed. Livery of seisin endorsed Also refers to lighthouses at Winterton and Orford, Suffolk Reference G123/6a-b Unit Date 28 Mar 1688 Start Date 16880328 End Date 16880328 Marriage settlement 1) Sir Richard Heath of East Clandon and Anne He... Title Marriage settlement 1) Sir Richard Heath of East Clandon and Anne Heath, his daughter 2) Thomas Duncumb, Rector of Shere, and his eldest son, George Duncumb, Rector of Albury 3) William Duncumb of Ashtead, clerk, and William Heath of Shalford, gent, brother of Sir Richard Heath. Advowson of Shere settled on the marriage by Dr T Duncumb (parsonage house, glebe and tithes excepted) in consideration of Anne's portion of £600 Reference G123/7 Unit Date 11 Oct 1694 Start Date 16941011 End Date 16941011 Lease for 21 years 1) Thomas Duncumb, Rector of Shere 2) John Amey ... Title Lease for 21 years 1) Thomas Duncumb, Rector of Shere 2) John Amey the elder and 7 others of Shere (yeoman and 1 husbandman). All tithes of Shere including tithe of bees but excluding parsonage house, tithes on glebe and on other land belonging to Duncumb excepted. £200 per annum. Arrangements about poor rates and King's taxes. Reference G123/8 Unit Date 17 Oct 1698 Start Date 16981017 End Date 16981017 Probate of will (12 Apr 1707) of Antony Duncumb, gent. Legacies and l... Title Probate of will (12 Apr 1707) of Antony Duncumb, gent. Legacies and linen to nieces and nephews [much of will faded and illegible]. The Rev George Duncumb made executor and residuary legate. [Torn in 2 pieces; poor condition] Reference G123/9 Unit Date 12 Apr 1707 Start Date 17070412 End Date 17070412 Probate of will (17 Apr 1712) of Charity Duncumb of Shere, widow (exe... Title Probate of will (17 Apr 1712) of Charity Duncumb of Shere, widow (executor, George Duncumb of Albury). Her lottery tickets to her mother, then to niece Ann Duncumb. Other legacies of money and jewels to parents, brothers, sister, nieces, nephew and the poor Reference G123/10 Unit Date 25 Jun 1712 Start Date 17120625 End Date 17120625 Release (lease for 1 year missing) 1) George Duncumb of Shere, clerk... Title Release (lease for 1 year missing) 1) George Duncumb of Shere, clerk 2) Edward Bray of Shere and George Heath of Cliffords Inn, gent 3) Thomas Duncumb of Baddow (Essex) clerk, son and heir of George. 2 messuages, 'mead plot', orchard called the Mount, 2 acres called Dukesfield, Shere, to the use of George for life, then to Thomas and his heirs, subject to rent charge of £6 per annum, to be paid to the churchwardens and overseers of Shere and Albury and spent on 6d loaves to be distributed to the poor (detailed arrangements) in fulfilment of Charity Duncumb's will Reference G123/11 Unit Date 17 Oct 1729 Start Date 17291017 End Date 17291017 Copy bond (made14 Jun 1750) 1) Catherine Martin of Rusper (Sussex), ... Title Copy bond (made14 Jun 1750) 1) Catherine Martin of Rusper (Sussex), widow of the Rev William Martin of Rusper 2) George Duncumb of Shere, clerk 3) George Heath of Cobham, gent (surviving trustee of Catherine's marriage settlement). To repay Heath £175 10s 9d which he has advanced to Catherine by settling part of the South Sea Stock on the marriage by her father. [Damaged] Reference G123/12 Unit Date 9 Jun 1742 Start Date 17420609 End Date 17420609 Declaration of trust and release 1) Richard Cheslyn of Doctors' Comm... Title Declaration of trust and release 1) Richard Cheslyn of Doctors' Commons, gent 2) George Duncombe of Shere, clerk. £30 rent-charge (issuing out of Wipley Farm, Worplesdon, occupied by Henry Stevens), conveyed to Cheslyn in indentures of 8 Feb last, was held by him in trust for Duncombe and is now released to Duncombe. Rent-charge was sold by a Chancery decree Reference G123/13 Unit Date 28 May 1744 Start Date 17440528 End Date 17440528 Copy of will of Rev George Duncumb, rector of Shere. £1,000 lottery a... Title Copy of will of Rev George Duncumb, rector of Shere. £1,000 lottery annuity to wife Mary, also rent-charge of £30 on an estate belonging to Mr Stevens of Wipley (Worplesdon). Rent charge to son Thomas after wife's death, also £1,000 bank stock. South Sea annuities to 3 children of daughter Katherine Martin and 3 children of daughter of Ann Bray Reference G123/14 Unit Date (2 Sep 1746) Start Date 17460902 End Date 17460902 Bond for £2,000 1) Thomas Duncumb 2) Mary Duncumb (his mother). Bon... Title Bond for £2,000 1) Thomas Duncumb 2) Mary Duncumb (his mother). Bond to make such contribution as he ought in equity towards making up his mother's lottery annuity and meeting the claims of Catherine Martin's children. (The Rev George Martin did not leave sufficient assets to meet the legacies in his will). [Fragile] Reference G123/15 Unit Date 20 Aug 1747 Start Date 17470820 End Date 17470820 Discharge of legacies George Bray of Shere, clerk and Edward Bray of ... Title Discharge of legacies George Bray of Shere, clerk and Edward Bray of Whitechapel, London, surgeon, to Mary Duncumb, widow. Receipt for £30 each paid to them in lieu of their shares in £90 South Sea annuities left to them in the Rev George Duncumb's will Reference G123/16 Unit Date 26 Feb 1752 Start Date 17520226 End Date 17520226 Original will (cancelled by subsequent will) of Mary Duncomb, widow o... Title Original will (cancelled by subsequent will) of Mary Duncomb, widow of Rev George Duncomb of Shere. Legacies similar to those in G123/18 but some differences. [Fragile] Reference G123/17 Unit Date 17 Apr 1758 Start Date 17580417 End Date 17580417 Probate of will (21 Oct 1758) of Mary Duncomb, widow of the Rev Georg... Title Probate of will (21 Oct 1758) of Mary Duncomb, widow of the Rev George Duncomb, Rector of Shere, of St Peter, Cornhill, London. Legacies and rings to nieces, nephew, great-nephews and great-nieces; Indian chest to the wife of Mr Read, general accountant to the South Sea Company. Paper seal. [Poor condition] Reference G123/18 Unit Date 14 May 1759 Start Date 17590514 End Date 17590514 Legal notes a) Abstract of lease made by the Rev George Duncomb in 1... Title Legal notes a) Abstract of lease made by the Rev George Duncomb in 1742 for £250 per annum (apparently a lease of the tithes) b) Copies of a counsel's opinions (1746) on the difficulties created by George Duncomb's assets not being equivalent to bequests made in his will c) Copy of bond, 9 Jun 1742 [G123/12] Reference G123/19 Unit Date 1742-1746 Start Date 17420101 End Date 17461231 Release of discharge of actions 1) The Rev Thomas Duncumb of [torn] ... Title Release of discharge of actions 1) The Rev Thomas Duncumb of [torn] 2) Mary Sharp, Philadelphia Dering, Judith Dering, Heneage Dering, Gregory Elsley, Heneage Elsley, Elizabeth and Betty Elsley and John Thurlow Dering (nephews and nieces or great-nephews and great-nieces of late Mary Duncumb, executrix of the Rev George Duncumb). Arrangements relating to administration of Rev George Duncumb's estate and £30 still standing in South Sea stock which is due to William Bray (youngest son of Ann Bray). [Damaged] Reference G123/20 Unit Date 1 Feb 1796 Start Date 17960201 End Date 17960201 Letter from N Ridgeway [solicitor?] to [? Thomas Duncumb] relating to... Title Letter from N Ridgeway [solicitor?] to [? Thomas Duncumb] relating to unclaimed dividends due on stock [probably the £300 South Sea stock left to William Bray by George Duncumb] Reference G123/21 Unit Date 6 Jul 1797 Start Date 17970706 End Date 17970706
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