LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 WATERHOUSE AND COMPANY {SOLICITORS} ACC/0963 Reference Description Dates Property within the Manor of Edgware and Kingsbury ACC/0963/001 Abstract of title; Trustees of Edward Hill, esq., 1675 - 1791 to 3 closes in Broadfields, Edgware. Recites: (i) Lease and release 5th and 6th May 1675; 1) Robert Barker of Upper Hale, Hendon, gent., Joseph Clarke of Cliffords Inn, gent., Peter Nicoll of Upper Hale, Hendon, yeoman, Wm. Hutchinson of Clements Inn, esq., and wife Margery (formerly wife of Randall Nicoll of Nether Hale, Hendon, gent. deceased). 2) Edward Nicoll of Grays Inn, gent., eldest son of Peter Nicoll of Rowley Green, Shenley, Hertfordshire; which recites Marriage settlement, 11th December 1654, between 1) Randall Nicoll of Nether Hale, Hendon; 2) John Jesson of Lincoln's Inn, esq., and Margery Jesson, his sister; And Will of Randall Nicoll, 3rd September 1657; And Case in Chancery, 7th July 1674. (ii) Marriage settlement, 19th and 20th March 1732 (lease and release): 1) Edward Nicoll 2) Jane Norwich, daughter of Sir Erasmus Norwich, bart. 3) Sir Wm. Norwich, bart., and Thos. Nicoll, gent. (iii) Recovery, 26th October 1732 1) Edward Nicoll, gent., son and heir of Edward Nicoll, who was son of Peter Nicoll 2) Brightwell Smith, gent. 3) John Nicoll, gent. (iv) Will of Edward Nicoll, 21st May 1750 (v) Lease and release, 9th and 10th October 1789 1) Christopher Hill 2) Edward Hill (vi) Common recovery, November 1789. (vii) Marriage settlement, 5th February 1790 1) Edward Hill of Lower Hale, Hendon, esq. 2) Nancy Nicoll of the Hyde, Hendon, spinster 3) John Nicoll of the Hyde, esq. Christopher Hill, junior, of Lower Hale, gent. (viii) Release, 26th December 1791 1) Christopher Hill, late of Lower Hale, Hendon, now of Finchley, esq. 2) Edward Hill, of Lower Hale, eldest son of Christopher Hill and wife Jenny (nee Nicoll). 18 mm. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 WATERHOUSE AND COMPANY {SOLICITORS} ACC/0963 Reference Description Dates ACC/0963/002 Abstract of title; Edward Hill to 2 roods in 1733 - 1799 Broadfield, Edgware Recites: (i) Common recovery 1733. (ii) Will of Edward Nicoll, 21st May 1750. Probate 26th March 1751. (iii) Admission of Edward Nicoll, 1st May 1751 (Jane Nicoll his mother and guardian). (iv) Surrender by Edward Nicoll to ust of his will, 1st May 1771. (v) Death of Edward Nicoll presented, at court held 1st May 1776. (vi) Admission of Jenny Hill, wife of Christopher Hill and sister of Edward Nicoll, 1st May 1778. (vii) Death of Jenny Hill presented at court held 1st May 1782. (viii) Admission of Edward Hill, eldest son of Jenny Hill, 1st May 1786. (ix) Common recovery, 1799. 5 mm. ACC/0963/003 Copy of court roll 1 May 1752 Surrender by John Shipton of Watford, Herts., leatherdresser, Isaac Hughes of Crutched Friars, London, merchant, Esther Halford of Uxbridge, widow, and Wm. Pocock of Newgate Street Street, London, leatherseller (by their attorney Robert Vansittart of Inner Temple, esq. ) Admission of Wm. Hughes (aged 3) via Mary Hughes, his mother (by attorney Joseph Lawrence of Edgwarebury, yeoman). Close of land (8 acres) called Great Milses, abutting north upon Little Milses, and south upon land of Israel Kentish, widow. [Shipton, etc., admitted in 1742]. Steward: Wm. Blackstone, esq. ACC/0963/004 Copy of court roll 1 May 1766 Admission of John Weeden of Edgware, yeoman, on surrender of James Praed the younger. Two undivided third parts of a close behind the George inn, Edgware. Steward: Alexander Popham, esq. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 WATERHOUSE AND COMPANY {SOLICITORS} ACC/0963 Reference Description Dates ACC/0963/005 Copy of court roll 1 May 1766 Admission of John Lea (aged 19) via his mother, Hannah Lea, on death of his brother George Lea. Close called Little Millses (7 acres). Steward: Alexander Popham, esq. ACC/0963/006 Copy of court roll 2 May 1768 Admission of John Weeden of Edgware, yeoman, on surrender of John Lea. Little Mileses. Steward: Alexander Popham, esq. ACC/0963/007 Copy of court roll 1 May 1773 Admission of John Weeden on surrender of Wm. Hughes and Mary his wife. Great Miles's (10 acres). Steward: Alexander Popham, esq. ACC/0963/008 Office copy of codicil to will of John Franklin of 22 Nov 1775 Hendon (Extracted P.C.C.); concerns copyhold field (8 acres) with barn, near Rowley Green, Shenley, Herts., within the Manor of Shenley Bury, bequeathed to cousin, Thomas Hearn of Hendon, victualler, and copyhold field called Loanfield (7 acres), held of the Manor of Edgware and Kingsbury, bequeathed to Wm. Marsh of Hendon, yeoman. Will proved 19th May 1783. (see also ACC/0963/15). ACC/0963/009 Copy of court roll 1 May 1780 Admission of Susannah Weeden on death of John Weeden, her son. Great Mileses, and close behind George inn, Edgware. Steward: Alexander Popham, esq. ACC/0963/010 Copy of court roll 1 May 1784 Admission of James Weeden on death of Susan Weeden, his sister. Two third parts of close behind George inn, Edgware, Great Mileses and Little Mileses. Steward: Alexander Popham, esq. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 WATERHOUSE AND COMPANY {SOLICITORS} ACC/0963 Reference Description Dates ACC/0963/011 Copy of court roll 1 May 1786 Admission of Joseph Stone of Pinner, son of Ann Stone (dec.) and Mary, wife of Thomas Stone of Edgware, yeoman, (Ann and Mary being the nieces of James Weeden) on the death of James Weeden. Surrender by Mary Stone, to use of Thomas Stone. Moiety each, of close of land behind the George inn, Edgware, Great Miles's and Little Miles's. Steward: Alexander Popham, esq. ACC/0963/012 Lease 27 Sep 1794 1) Edward Hill, esq., of Lower Hale, Hendon 2) Thomas Lyne of Edgware, victualler. Broadfields, Edgware, for 21 years. Endorsed: assignment of lease, 1 May 1804 1) Thomas Lyne 2) Samuel Stone of Edgware, innholder. ACC/0963/013 Lease counterpart 27 Sep 1794 1) Edward Hill, esq., of Lower Hale, Hendon 2) Thomas Lyne of Edgware, victualler. Broadfields, Edgware, for 21 years. Endorsed: assignment of lease, 1 May 1804 1) Thomas Lyne 2) Samuel Stone of Edgware, innholder. ACC/0963/014 Copy of court roll 1 May 1797 Admission of Joseph Stone of Pinner, on death of his aunt, Mary Stone, widow of Thomas Stone. Moiety of close behind George inn, Edgware, "once parcel of Hitchcocks"; moiety of Great Miles's; moiety of Little Miles's. Steward: Clement Cartwright. ACC/0963/015 Copy of court roll 6 Jul 1804 Admission of Wm. Marsh of Hendon, farmer, after death of John Franklin, whose death was presented at court held 1st May 1786 (Wm. Marsh neglected to be admitted at that time). Wm. Marsh surrenders to use of his will. Lonefield, otherwise Lewis Long Croft. (Quotes will of John Franklin). Deputy Steward: Thomas Milles, esq. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 WATERHOUSE AND COMPANY {SOLICITORS} ACC/0963 Reference Description Dates ACC/0963/016 Abstract of title of Joseph Stone to copyhold 1752 - 1805 and leasehold estates Great Miles's, Little Miles's, the George inn, Edgware, and land behind. Recites: (i) Admission of Wm. Hughes (aged 3) son and heir of Thomas Hughes of Oxford, Doctor of Physic (dec.), to Great Miles's, 1 May 1752. (see ACC/0963/3). (ii) Admission of George Lea (aged 11) great nephew and heir of George Lea (dec.) to Little Miles's, 1 May 1755. (iii) Admission of John Lea (aged 19) brother and heir of George Lea (dec.), 1 May 1766. (see ACC/0963/5). (iv) Admission of John Weeden of Edgware, yeoman, to Little Miles's, 2 May 1768. (see ACC/0963/6). (v) Admission of John Weeden to Great Miles's on surrender of Wm. and Mary Hughes, 1 May 1773. (see ACC/0963/7). (vi) Admission of Susannah Weeden, mother of John Weeden, to Great Miles's and close behind the George inn, Edgware, 1 May 1780. (see ACC/0963/9). (vii) Admission of James Weeden, brother of Susannah Weeden, to same, 1 May 1784. (see ACC/0963/10). (viii) Admission of Joseph Stone and Mary Stone, nephew and sister of James Weeden, to same, 1 May 1786. (see ACC/0963/11). (ix) Admission of Joseph Stone and Mary Stone, nephew of Mary Stone, to copyhold property, 1 May 1797 (see ACC/0963/14). (x) Will of James Weeden quoted Dated 24 March 1784 Died 16 July 1785 pr. 29 July 1785. (xi) Conveyance, James Dunton Stone of Croxley Green Rickmansworth, to Joseph Stone, of Pinner yeoman, 6 May 1788, reciting, inter alia, lease of George inn, Edgware, "with all Houses, Stables, Forms Bedsteads and Chests .... and also one new house with a great Copper Marsh Fate and Yields Fate* and all Gardens, Lands and Meadows and pastures thereunto belonging", and also 12 acres of wood ground, parcel of the George Farm in Edgware, late in the occupation of Humphrey Bates and since of Isaac Morgan, demised 2 Nov. 1786, by All Souls College to Joseph Stone and James Dunton Stone as tenants in common. Field names. * brewing vessels. (xii) Lease, Warden and College of All Souls to Joseph Stone and James Dunton Stone, of land behind George inn, 23 Oct. 1800. (xiii) Mortgage, 12 Nov. 1801 1) Joseph Stone and James Dunton Stone 2) Thomas Withers, senior, of Kensal Green, Willesden, gent. (xiv) Will of Thomas Withers quoted, 7 July 1805. (Property to Wm. How of Kingsbury, yeoman, and James How of Edgware, yeoman). "Said Wm. How departed his life the [blank] day of May last leaving said James How him surviving. It may be proper to observe that Mr.