Land at Edgiock, Near Inkberrow, Worcs., 1610–1922
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1 UNIV ONLINE CATALOGUES UC:E20 Land at Edgiock, near Inkberrow, Worcs., 1610–1922 Edgiock is a hamlet in Worcestershire near Inkberrow, situated just south of Redditch. By the early 18 th century Edgiock was reckoned as a manor, and had gone through several changes of ownership until it was in the possession of the Baber family. Francis Baber died in late 1740 or early 1741 (his will was proved in February 1740/1), and left his property, including Edgiock. to be sold for the benefit of his family. Unfortunately, it seems that Baber died in debt, and his will was disputed. By the late 1740s, however, his estate was being sold off, and in 1749 University College was invited to purchase the land at Edgiock. The conveyance whereby the College purchased the land is now lost (it was presumably passed over to the purchaser when the property was sold in 1920), but the Billa Bursarii for 1751/2 ( UC:BU5/F2/2 fol. 7) and UC:E20/D1/32 below suggest that the purchase was finally agreed in 1751, at a cost to the College of £650. It seems that the Edgiock lands were purchased subject to a life interest in an annuity of £120 on the land (see UC:E20/D2/1 ), and therefore the College seems to have received no income from the land until the lease at UC:E20/D2/1 was drawn up in 1773. The first income from Edgiock was then recorded in the General Accounts for 1775/6 ( UC:BU2/F1/4 fols.203–203v). In 1885 and 1901 the College purchased two small pieces of land adjoining the Edgiock estate (see UC:E20/D4 ). However, it then sold off all its property in Edgiock in 1920–1, at the same time as it was disposing of a great many of its agricultural estates. No extant deeds concerning the sale survive, but the following copies of lost conveyances relating to the sale of the land (and also the purchase by the College of some adjoining land) are preserved: UC:EB1/A1/7 pp. 193–5: Conveyance, dated 14 Aug 1920, of The Court Farm and Gilbert Farm, situated in Inkberrow and Feckenham, Worcs., as shown on an attached map and set out in a schedule, to Harry Richard Broome of Edgiock Manor, near Redditch, Worcs., Farmer, for £4750. This sale covered the greater part of the College’s property at Edgiock. UC:EB1/A1/7 , pp. 338–9: Conveyance, dated 10 Nov 1921, is of some land at Ashwood Bank, Inkberrow, Worcs., as shown on an attached map, to Albert Houghton of Ashwood Bank, Worcs., Market Gardener, for £350. The land brought by Hougton included the land bought by the College in 1901 above. UC:EB1/A1/7 , pp. 339–40: Conveyance, dated 11 Nov 1921, of some land at Ashwood Bank, Inkberrow, Worcs., to Beatrice Mary Kinnett, for £50. In 1897–8 the College had previously sold off a small portion of its land at Edgiock. Papers relating to this transaction may be found at UC:P33/2 . The documents relating to Edgiock are typical of the College’s estate collections, comprising deeds, maps, correspondence and some financial papers. There were all found in the archives in the summer of 1993, except for UC:E20/D4/1–3, which were transferred to the archives from the Estates Bursary in July 2002 as part of Accession no. 378. Catalogued in March 2016. Archivist: Dr Robin Darwall-Smith E: [email protected] T: +44 (0)1865 276 952 2 UNIV ONLINE CATALOGUES UC:E20 Land at Edgiock, near Inkberrow, Worcs., 1610–1922 UC:E20/D1 - DEEDS CONCERNING EDGIOCK BEFORE ITS PURCHASE BY THE COLLEGE UC:E20/D1/1 9 Feb 7 Ja I (1609/10) Bargain and Sale Parties : 1. Sir Francis Egiock of Egyock, Worcs., Kt., one of the Tellers of His Majesty’s Receipt of Exchequer. 2. John Savage of Notbury, Worcs., Esq. Property : A capital messuage known as Egiock in Egiock in the parish of Inckbarrow, Worcs.; a meadow called Selching; a meadow called Brandes; a meadow called Pallmers, a meadow called Neather Bax Furlong; a close of meadow or pasture called the Crofte; a close of pasture called Ridgway Close and Longe Studs; a close of pasture called Pallmersclose; a close of pasture called Over Bax Furlong; a coppice called Digfield coppice; a coppice called Packwood Coppice; a parcel of wood called the Grove; a close of pasture called Mozey Hill; a tenement now or lately occupied by John Ireland; a tenement now or lately occupied by Robert Parker; a tenement now or lately occupied by John Webb; a tenement now or lately occupied by John Packwood; and all buildings in Egiock, Inckarrowe and Feckenham, Worcs., now or lately occupied by John Ireland, Robert Parker, John Webb and George Packwood; lands and tenements known as Lane Stands in Inckbarrowe; lands and tenements known as Oldfields in Egiock and Shirnake. Consideration : £2800. Comments : 1 sells the above property to the King, and then agrees to procure a letter patent of the King to hand the land over to 2. UC:E20/D1/2 10 Feb 7 Ja I (1609/10) Copy of a Bargain and Sale Parties : 1. Sir Francis Egiock of Egyock, Worcs., Kt., one of the Tellers of His Majesty’s Receipt of Exchequer. 2. King James I. Property : All as in UC:E20/D1/1 above. Consideration : None given. Comments : The transaction is made following a decree made in the Court of Exchequer on 24 November 1607 concerning the sale of lands to settle debts owed by 1 to 2. UC:E20/D1/3 20 Feb 7 Ja I (1609/10) Letters Patent Parties : 1. King James I. 2. John Savage of Notbury, Worcs., Esq. Property : As in UC:E20/D1/1 above. Consideration : £100 and an annual rent of 13s 4d. Archivist: Dr Robin Darwall-Smith E: [email protected] T: +44 (0)1865 276 952 3 UNIV ONLINE CATALOGUES UC:E20 Land at Edgiock, near Inkberrow, Worcs., 1610–1922 Comments : 1 grants the above land to 2. The deed bears a fine version of the Great Seal of James I. Language : Latin. UC:E20/D1/4 15 Days from Easter 8 Ja I (23 Apr 1610) Final Concord Parties : 1. John Savage, Gent. 2. Francis Egiock, Kt., and his wife Eleanor. Property : 6 messuages, 1 cottage, 1 dovecot, 6 gardens, 6 orchards, 20 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, 24 acres of woodland, all in \Egioke, Inkbarrow and Feckenham. Consideration : £240. Comment : This and UC:E20/D1/5 below were found pinned to UC:E20/D1/1 above. UC:E20/D1/5 15 Days from Easter 8 Ja I (23 Apr 1610) Counterpart of UC:E20/D1/4 above. UC:E20/D1/6 20 Dec 11 Ja I (1613) Settlement Parties : 1. (a) John Savage of Egoock, Worcs., Esq. (b) John Savage of Elmley Castle, Worcs., Esq., son and heir apparent of William Savage of Elmley Castle, being a relative of 1a. (c) George Savage of Wallton upon the Olds, Leics., Esq., and brother of Anne Savage, decd., late wife of 1a. 2. (a) Sir Thomas Estcourt of Lashborough, Glos., Kt. (b) William Savage of Elmley Castle, Worcs., Esq. Property : A Capital Messuage called Egeock, situated in Egeock, Worcs., with tenements and lands attached; various pieces of arable land in Egeock, Inckbarowe and Feckenham, namely a leasow called Back furlong, a leasow called the Croft, a leasow called Long Lands, a leasow called Oldfields, an enclosure now divided into two parts called the Fower Lengthes, a leasow called Hunts Close, a meadow called Freemans meadow, a close or pasture called The Stripp; a pasture called Upton and Upton Olds in Blockley, Worcs., on the south side of the highway called London Way leading from Brodwey, Worcs., to Burton on the Hill, Glocs. Consideration : See comments below. Comments : Out of 1a’s love for John Savage, George Savage, Robert Savage, and Christopher Savage, his sons by Anne Savage, his second wife, and also to Thomas Savage, 1a’s eldest son and heir apparent by Anne Savage, his first wife (who was the daughter of Richard Daston, Esq., and his wife Anne, the sister of 2b above), 1 grants the above properties to 2 in trusty for 1a for life, and then on his death to John Savage, his second son, and to his heirs. If John the second son has no heirs, the land will descend to the third son, George, and so on to Christopher, if there are no heirs. Archivist: Dr Robin Darwall-Smith E: [email protected] T: +44 (0)1865 276 952 4 UNIV ONLINE CATALOGUES UC:E20 Land at Edgiock, near Inkberrow, Worcs., 1610–1922 UC:E20/D1/7 20 Dec 11 Ja I (1613) Copy of a counterpart of UC:E20/D1/6 above. UC:E20/D1/8 1 Apr 1634 Marriage Settlement Parties : 1. John Savage of Egeocke, Worcs., Esq. 2. Francis Parry and Stephen Johnson of Rowselench, Worcs., Gents. 3. Sir John Rowse of Rowselench, Worcs., Kt. Property : A capital messuage called Egeocke, situated in Egeocke, Worcs., and tenements and messuages there occupied either now or recently by John Ireland, George Packwood, Humfry Ellins, John Webb and John Higgs; also adjoining lands and tenements in Egeocke, Feckenham, and Inkeborrowe all as set out in UC:E20/D1/6 above. Consideration : Comments : 1 has married Marie, daughter of 3, and has received a marriage portion for her of £1600.