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E/WAY Reference Description Dates PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS AND WILLS

E/WAY/001 Copy of Will 1692 (1) John Meller citizen draper of London testator (2) John Meller son of (1) and Ellen Shaw sister of (1) (3) Eliz. Wynne d. of (1) beneficiary (4) Anne Yorke d. of (1) beneficiary (5) Aliza Meller d. of (1) (6) Churchwarden of St. Giles-in-the-Fields on behalf of the poor of the parish beneficiaries Little Longstone, Derbyshire; lands in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe: poor of St. Giles -in-the-Fields

E/WAY/002 Lease for a year 1735 (1) Simon York of Erthig Denbigh esq neph and devisee of John Meller late of Erthig (2) Hon William King of Grosvenor Sq. esq (3) Vigerus Edwards of the Inner Temple esq (4) Lewis Way of Richmond esq (5) John Way of Lyons Inn gent. Messuage called High Elmes and lands in Debtford Strande, Peckham; fields called Brookeshill, Brewers Grove and Barbers Meadow in Rotherhithe, and other lands in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey

E/WAY/003 Copy of Will and probate 1769-1771 (1) Lewis Way of Richmond, Surrey, testator (2) Sarah Way wife of (1) beneficiary (3) Gregory Lewis Way nephew of (1) beneficiary (4) Abigail Holroyd d. of (1) beneficiary (5) John Holroyd s. in law of (1) beneficiary (6) Sir Gregory Page beneficiary (7) Martha Way sister of (1) beneficiary (8) Lewis Way nephew of (1) beneficiary (9) Elizabeth Way niece of (1) beneficiary (10) Martha niece of (1) beneficiary (11) Casandra, Sophia, Philadelphia nieces of (1) beneficiaries (12) Mary Watts "an old servant" beneficiary (13) Widow Bond beneficiary LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 WAY FAMILY

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E/WAY/004 'Case for the opinion of Mr. Capron' n.d. Re will of John Way and of his executors 1801 -1802 PLANS, SURVEYS AND SALE PARTICULARS

E/WAY/005 Plan 1809 with tenants and field names by R. Cooper: separate table of references. Estate of Benjamin Way esq in St. Mary Rotherhithe and St. Giles Camberwell

E/WAY/006 Plan 1809 With tenants and field names by R. Cooper: Separate table of references. Estate of Benjamin Way

E/WAY/007 plans 1809 Various lands in Rotherhithe, Deptford and Camberwell

E/WAY/008 Plan 1809 Various lands in Rotherhithe, Deptford Camberwell

E/WAY/009 Plan 1809 Various lands in Rotherhithe, Deptford Camberwell

E/WAY/010 Survey and Valuation of Estate, with a plan 1810 The property of Benjamin Way of Denham Place, Bucks. Surveyed by William Pethman

E/WAY/011 Letter concerning the proposed purchase of 1826 land, with a sketch plan The Kentish Railway Company to the Solicitors of Benjamin Way

E/WAY/012 Letter concerning the proposed purchase of 1826 land The Kentish Railway Company to the Solicitors of Benjamin Way LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 WAY FAMILY

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E/WAY/013 Draft deed relating to the investment of 1827 purchase money in Exchequer bills (1) Benjamin Way of Denham Place, Bucks. gent (2) John Wood of Kent Road St. Giles Camberwell Henry Brookman of Bromley, Middx. - Baxter

E/WAY/014 Letter concerning the value of land with a list of 1827 areas and values Layton Cooke to Colonel Way of Denham Place near Uxbridge

E/WAY/015 Particulars of sale (with plan) 1827 Benj. Way. 90 acres of garden and meadow and The Turks Head Inn, at Camberwell and Rotherhithe

E/WAY/016 Draft 1827 90 acres of garden and meadow and The Turks Head Inn, at Camberwell and Rotherhithe PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

E/WAY/017 Draft deed of Release 1828 (1) Benjamin Way the elder of Denham Place Bucks Benjamin Way the younger of the same (2) Executors of the will of the late Benjamin Way (3) Legatees under the same will (4) William Shenton of the Turks Head Inn, St. Giles Camberwell (5) John Shenton of Green St Grosvenor Square Middx. The Turk's Head Inn or Half Way House in the Kent Road St. Giles Camberwell

E/WAY/018 Draft bond of indemnity in the penal sum of 1828 £5800 to save John Wood harmless in carrying out trusts under the Will of Benjamin Way deceased 1. Benjamin Way the Elder of Denham Place, Denham, Bucks; and Benjamin Way the younger of the same; 2. John Wood of the Kent Road, St. Giles Camberwell. Property in St. Giles Camberwell CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE HISTORY OF DEPTFORD LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 WAY FAMILY

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E/WAY/019 Letter asking for information on the history of an 1855 estate in Deptford William Henry Hart of New Cross, Deptford to - Way of Denham Place Bucks. Manor of Deptford Strand COURT ROLLS

E/WAY/020 Copy of Court Roll 1767 John Kentish of Cornhill, goldsmith, admitted upon the surrender of Abigail Lewis of Putney, wid. of Perceval Lewis, and Thomas, her younger son. Land in the Manor of Merton, Surrey

E/WAY/021 Copy of Court Roll 1780 James Green of Fenchurch St, gent; and Dorothy Addison of St. Michael Cornhill, spinster, admitted according to trusts under will of the late John Kentish