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LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 HORNE, ENGALL AND FREEMAN, STAINES {SOLICITORS} ACC/0809 Reference Description Dates Apprenticeship indentures ACC/0809/AI/001 Apprentice Indenture 16 Jun 1809 William Crowley to William Holgate of Staines, Corn Chandler and Coal Merchant. Until Crowley reaches 21 years of age. ACC/0809/AI/002 Apprentice Indenture 27 Jul 1812 George Thomas William Jackson, son of Jane Morecraft wife of Robert Morecraft of Staines, yeoman, to Amos Wheeler of Clewer, Co. Berks., cordwainer. 4 years. £6. ACC/0809/AI/003 Apprentice Indenture 16 Dec 1820 John Stapleton, son of William Stapleton, fishmonger, of Sunbury, to John Farmer of Sunbury, baker. 2 years. £20. ACC/0809/AI/004 Apprentice Indenture 7 Nov 1821 Charles James Edwards, of Kintbury, Berks., to Robert Mann of Staines, clock and watch maker. 7 years. £36.15s. ACC/0809/AI/005 Apprentice Indenture 8 Nov 1823 John Bavin, of Staines, to Edward Pike of Staines, blacksmith. 7 years. 5s. ACC/0809/AI/006 Apprentice Indenture 29 Mar 1825 George Lewington, of Staines, to James Lunn, of Dogmers field, Co. Hants., thatcher, hoop and hurdle maker. 7 years. £5. (Signed with marks only). ACC/0809/AI/007 Apprentice Indenture 18 Jan 1830 Francis Bartholomew, of Egham, Co. Surrey, to Henry Andrews, of Langley, Co. Bucks., grocer and tea dealer. 6 years. £45. ACC/0809/AI/008 Apprentice Indenture 12 Jun 1834 John Smith, of Frimley, Surrey, to Thomas Willoughby, of Staines, butcher. 3 years. £25. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 HORNE, ENGALL AND FREEMAN, STAINES {SOLICITORS} ACC/0809 Reference Description Dates ACC/0809/AI/009 Apprentice Indenture Dec 1838 Richard Thornton, of Staines, to William Cousins, of Staines, carpenter. 5 years. £35. ACC/0809/AI/010 Apprentice Indenture 31 May 1843 George Yates, of Stanwell, to Charles Harrison Buck, of Langley Manisty, Co. Bucks., tailor. 7 years. £10. Staines Bridge ACC/0809/BR/001 1 bound volume of copies of Acts of Parliament. 1808 - 1829 R. H. Horne, Staines. Includes: 1828 Act 1829 Act, with a schedule of property authorised to be purchased 1809 Act, with tables showing annual amount of life annuities and form of certificate to be used, and 1808 Act, with tables and form of certificate to be used for life annuities. Loose in front: a printed copy of the 1869 Act. ACC/0809/BR/002 "Standing Orders of the House of Lords relative 1830 to the bringing in and proceeding on Private Bills." (Printed booklet). Pencil annotation on page 21 re bridges. ACC/0809/BR/003 Manuscript copy of an Act made 1 Henry VIII. 14 Jun 1673 "No. 914". For the maintenance of Staines Bridge. 3 or 4 persons to be appointed to collect Tolls and use these for repairs. Added at the bottom: "Examined ye 14th day of June 1673. Fitz Norris Wood" and "I leave yt blank at ye bottom by reason ye Act is ols and ye words are worne out." LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 HORNE, ENGALL AND FREEMAN, STAINES {SOLICITORS} ACC/0809 Reference Description Dates ACC/0809/BR/004 "An Act for ye better maynetenance and well 39 Eliz (1597) keeping of Staines Bridge and Egham Causey". By statute of 1 Henry VIII. 3 or 4 of inhabitants of Staines were appointed to collect the tolls of the bridge and make repairs out of these. The repairs have not been well done. Now enacted that 4 man be appointed, 2 of Staines and 2 of Egham, to receive tolls and make repairs and to render account yearly. In default of duties, to be fined. ACC/0809/BR/005 2 Acts of Parliament relating to Staines Bridge, 1791 & (1804) Commissioners names are given. One to take effect 20th June 1791. The other is an Act to amend this one. 44 Geo.3. (1804). ACC/0809/BR/006 Printed copy of an Act for building a bridge 31 Geo III across the River Thames from Staines to (1791) Egham. ACC/0809/BR/007 "An Act to amend an Act made in the 31st year 1804 of his present Majesty, for building a Bridge" from Staines to Egham. Authorises the Commissioners to raise a sun not exceeding £6,000 on credit of the Tolls. Tolls to be increased. (details given). Provisions for investment of capital; compensation to property owners. ACC/0809/BR/008 "An Act for Building a Bridge over the River Royal Assent Thames at Staines in the County of Middlesex, 19 Jun 1828 and for making proper Approaches thereto." 14 Commissioners: Sir John Gibbons, Bart; Peter Henderson; Thos. Wood junior; Jeffery Merriweather Shaw; Col. John Carmichael; Rev. James Cowe; Rev. Robt. Govett; Rt. Hon. Sir Willm. Henry Fremantle; Culling Charles Smith; John Stapleton; Willm. Scott; Edgell Wyatt Edgell; Benjamin Torin; and Rev. John Leigh Bennett. 2 copies LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 HORNE, ENGALL AND FREEMAN, STAINES {SOLICITORS} ACC/0809 Reference Description Dates ACC/0809/BR/009 An Act to Amend an Act passed in the Ninth Royal Assent year of His present Majesty King George the 14 May 1829 Fourth, entitled "An Act for Building a Bridge over the River Thames, at Staines, in the County of Middlesex, and for making proper Approaches thereto." Endorsement: Horne & Engall, Staines. 6 copies ACC/0809/BR/010 Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for power to 3 Feb 1834 raise a further sum on the credit of the Tolls. ACC/0809/BR/011 "An Act to Amend Two Acts passed in the Ninth Royal Assent and Tenth years of His late Majesty King 16 Jun 1834 George the Fourth, for building a Bridge over the River Thames, at Staines, in the County of Middlesex; and for making proper Approaches thereto. 12 copies ACC/0809/BR/012 "The Kew and other Bridges Act 1869 Ch. XIX"; 24 Jun 1869 "An Act for making provision for the execution of the London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act 1868, as far as it relates to the freeing from Toll of the following Bridges on the Thames: namely, Kew, Kingston-upon-Thames; Hampton Court; Walton-upon-Thames, and Staines and Chingford Bridge and Tottenham Mills Bridges on the Lee." ACC/0809/BR/013 "A Bill to provide for the throwing open for the 16 Feb 1876 free use of the Public the present Toll Bridges connecting the counties of Middlesex and Surrey across the River Thames. Prepared and brought in by Mr. Alderman M'Arthur, Sir James Clarke Lawrence, Mr. Forsyth, Sir Henry Peek, Sir Trevor Lawrence, and Sir Charles Russell. ACC/0809/BR/014 Receipted Bills (9) for work done on New 1753 - 4 1758 Bridge at Staines inc. Jas White for Bricklayer's work in Building of Brick Bridge, Jn. Richardson for Carpenter's work "In Rebillding a bridge at Steanes, In teaking Done the old Bridges pyling and Planking for the Piers of the nue Bridge" Subject: Old Bridge. Endorsement: J. R. Coust for "Taking a Plan of old Bridge at Stains, making a design for a New One, giving directions for the Execution 1758. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 HORNE, ENGALL AND FREEMAN, STAINES {SOLICITORS} ACC/0809 Reference Description Dates ACC/0809/BR/015 Minute Book. 2 Oct 1804 - Staines Bridge Commissioners. 28 Apr 1828 1 volume ACC/0809/BR/016 Account Sheet. 1799 - 1805 Staines Bridge Commissioners. Written at the bottom: "29 June 1805. This bill having been examined is allowed. Ralph Leycester". Found loose inside the Minute Book (ACC/0809/BR/15) ACC/0809/BR/017 Copy of a Report to the Chancellor. Staines 17 Oct 1803 Bridge Commissioners. Submitting the accounts made up to 30th April 1803. The delay in presenting these was occasioned by the death of Mr. Mackason, the Treasurer, and "the extraordinary perplexity in his accounts". Mr. Mainwaring is the new Treasurer. Also reporting that they require authority to borrow more money. In 1794 a new bridge was built but the piers sank and the bridge became dangerous. Therefore a new bridge was built, completed in 1803, made of iron. But already the cracking of several parts of the iron work has occasioned considerable alarm and has made it necessary for the public safety to shut it up and open the old one again. Found loose inside the Minute Book (ACC/0809/BR/15) ACC/0809/BR/018 An estimate for a bridge at Staines. John 16 Aug 1806 Rennie. Detailed items listed. Including; "To alter and refix the frame and posts for the Toll Gate and rehang the same, and put up the Turnstile." Total for everything including mason work and after deductions made for old materials : £5,215.16.2. Added at the bottom: "London Aug 16th 1806 approved John Rennie". Found loose inside the Minute Book (ACC/0809/BR/15) LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 6 HORNE, ENGALL AND FREEMAN, STAINES {SOLICITORS} ACC/0809 Reference Description Dates ACC/0809/BR/019 Report on the state of Staines Bridge. 28 Nov 1815 1. Hawkins and Barker 2. The Staines Bridge Commissioners. Found loose inside the Minute Book (ACC/0809/BR/15) ACC/0809/BR/020 Report on the state of Staines Bridge, with an 6 Jan 1816 estimate of the repairs necessary to be done, totalling œ329. 1. Hawkins and Barker 2. The Staines Bridge Commissioners. Found loose inside the Minute Book (ACC/0809/BR/15) ACC/0809/BR/021 An Estimate to repair the Bridge. 18 Jul 1827 Henry Clark, for Mrs, Clark. £135.18.9. Excepting the stone mason's work and the Railing on the Bridge. Found loose inside the Minute Book (ACC/0809/BR/15) ACC/0809/BR/022 "An Estimate to Repare Stains Bridge Exclusive 20 Jul 1827 of the Iron Railing, according to the Suvyor Specification".