Warwickshire County Garage Limited, Stratford-upon-Avon

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Deeds and papers relating to Nos. 1 2 Bridge Street and adjoining warehouse in Waterside. (These deeds are badly damaged but Nos. (i)-(vi) can be reconstructed by reference to No. (vii)): i) release from William Halford of Halford, gent. and William Halford the younger, his son and heir, to John Harrison of Stratford-upon-Avon, wheelwright, of a house in Bridge Street known as the White Bear; 28 September 1685 ii) mortgage from John Harrison, the elder, of Stratford-upon-Avon, wheelwright, and Elizabeth his wife, and John Harrison the younger of Stratford-upon-Avon, woolwinder, his son and heir, at the request of Samuel Harrison of Stratford-upon-Avon, wheelwright, another son of John Harrison the elder, to Robert Stanley of Alveston, yeoman, of the premises described in No. (i), enlarged by John Harrison by the construction of two new bays of building; 26 May 1726 (with bond) iii) assignment of mortgage from Mary Stanley of Alveston, widow of Robert Stanley, with the consent of Elizabeth Harrison, widow, and John Harrison of Combrook, woolwinder, to Joseph Woolmer of Stratford-upon-Avon, gent., 1 November 1739 iv) assignment of mortgage from Shirley Woolmer of Wapping New Crane, London, fishmonger, executor of Joseph Woolmer, late of Stratford-upon-Avon, gent., with the consent of Elizabeth Harrison of Stratford-upon-Avon, widow, and John Harrison of Stratford-upon-Avon, woolwinder, to Ann Tyler, Catherine Tyler and Dorothy Tyler of Stratford-upon-Avon, spinsters, 17 February 1749 v) assignment of term of years from the executors of the will of Dorothy Tyler, spinster (who outlived her sisters, Ann and Catherine Tyler) with the consent of Thomas Harrison of Stratford-upon-Avon, woolcomber (son and heir of Thomas Harrison, brother and heir of John Harrison, woolwinder, known as John Harrison the younger) to a trustee for William York of Tiddington, blacksmith and maltster, 4 October 1782 vi) mortgage from Thomas Harrison to William York, of a messuage in Bridge Street and three cottages (now converted into warehouses), 4 October 1782 vii) abstract of title, c. 1816. (See ER 4/468) viii) declaration of fine between William Harrison and Sarah [his wife] and ---- , May 1816 ix) conveyance from the trustee of William Harrison to Sophia Gray of Welford, spinster, of a house in Bridge Street, 15 June 1849 x) covenant between the parties in No. (ix) for the production of title deeds, 15 June 1849 xi) Order in Chancery concerning the sale of a cottage in Bridge Street and a cottage in Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, and three cottages in Welford, to be sold by the trustees of the marriage settlement of George Lacey and Sophia Gray, 11 July 1849; 5 March 1888 xii) waiver of notice from the said trustees to Sophia Lacey, wife of George Lacey of Warwick, printer, concerning the sale of premises in Bridge Street and Waterside, 7 April 1888 xiii) conveyance from Sophia Lacey to Thomas Sargeson of Stratford-upon-Avon, plumber, of a cottage in Bridge Street and a cottage in Waterside, 25 April 1888 xiv) agreement between Thomas Sargeson of No. 2 Bridge Street, painter and plumber, and Sarah Holtom of Stratford-upon-Avon, spinster (owner of No. 6 Waterside) concerning windows in the former's house overlooking the latter's garden, 12 March 1896 (with photograph) xv) lease from George Harold Hayward and Walter Ball of Stratford-upon-Avon, garage proprietors, to Francis John Hanson of Coventry, wine and spirit merchant, of No. 2b Bridge Street; 14 April 1932 xvi) lease from the same to C. Kunzle Ltd. of Five Ways, Birmingham, of No. 2b Bridge Street, 21 July 1941 xvii) surrender of the same, 25 March 1953 xviii) lease from George Harold Hayward and Walter Ball, both of Stratford-upon-Avon, to H.L. Johnson Ltd., of Birmingham, of No. 2b Bridge Street, 12 August 1953; with associated papers xix) abstract of title (1956) from 1888 (No. (xiii)).