1860 Victorian Vellum Indenture Throwbridge England Heritage Sainsbury Wax Seal For Sale

1860 Victorian Vellum Assignment Brick Platt Trowbridge Wiltshire John Heritage John Sainsbury Messuages Cottages Wax Seal Antique Deed

Approximately 23\" by 29”

1860 Victorian Assignment of Messuages, Cottages & Land — “The Brick Platt,” Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Mr. John Heritage to Mr. John Sainsbury | Dated 29th September 1860 | Consideration: £200

A substantial and richly detailed multi-sheet vellum indenture dated 29th September 1860, assigning messuages, cottages, tenements, and land situated in “The Brick Platt” in the Parish of Trowbridge, County of Wiltshire, from Mr. John Heritage to Mr. John Sainsbury for the consideration of £200, for two several terms of One Thousand Years each.

The Brick Platt — Property Described:

The Brick Platt was a recognized locality within the parish of Trowbridge, and this document conveys a significant collection of properties there including multiple cottages and tenements, plots of ground, messuages, and all houses, ways, passages, watercourses, easements, and appurtenances. The document names numerous prior occupants, providing an exceptional snapshot of working-class Trowbridge residential history spanning 60+ years:

Prior and current occupants include: Ephraim Bowen, George Woods, Thomas Sheppard, Henry Jones, James Brooks, Andrew Jones, Samuel Alderhouse, Rebecca Trollop, Widow Mitchell, Widow Elfand, Widow Fisher, Richard Hale, Samuel Stokes, and Edward Sichman — a remarkable social history record of Trowbridge families.

Prior Title — Abstract of Deeds Referenced:

— 20th December 1800: Indenture of Feoffment — Nathaniel Fraley purchases from John Reynolds, Richard Reynolds, and Frederick Reynolds a piece of ground in the Brick Platt, being part of a close of pasture ground formerly called The Four Acres

— 17th March [c.1800s]: Indenture of Feoffment — conveyance to John Bridge his heirs and assigns

— Prior Indenture of Mortgage bearing date the 20th May 1835 — Frederick Parker of Trowbridge (Draper) of the 3rd part; James Kemp of Trowbridge — references the same hereditaments

— The document traces a complex chain including prior Indentures of Mortgage and prior leasehold terms of one thousand years

Memorandum (Endorsed):

A handwritten memorandum records that by a subsequent Indenture dated 6th February 1872, John Sainsbury granted, released, and conveyed four of the messuages, tenements, or dwellinghouses particularly described herein to The Reverend Charles William Sackville Daunton, Thomas Clark Esquire, and Henry Clark Esquire — with a covenant that the within written Indenture should be produced. This memorandum adds significant genealogical and ecclesiastical interest, connecting the property to a named Victorian clergyman.

Significant Parties:

∙ John Heritage — grantor and vendor; Trowbridge Victualler; the Heritage family were established tradespeople in Victorian Trowbridge; Heritage signs in full with a clear, educated hand and separately receipts for £200 witnessed by Wm. J. Edwards and Jasper Hayward

∙ John Sainsbury — purchaser; acquires a substantial portfolio of Brick Platt cottages and tenements; the 1872 memorandum shows he subsequently conveyed four of them to a clergyman and two esquires, suggesting ongoing investment and development activity

∙ The Reverend Charles William Sackville Daunton — named in the 1872 memorandum endorsement; a Victorian clergyman acquiring Trowbridge property interests

∙ Thomas Clark Esquire and Henry Clark Esquire — co-purchasers in the 1872 transaction; the Clark family were significant Wiltshire gentry and professional figures

∙ Nathaniel Fraley — key earlier landowner in the abstract of title; his purchase of the Four Acres ground from the Reynolds family in 1800 forms the root of title for these properties

∙ Frederick Parker of Trowbridge, Draper — prior mortgage party; the Parker family were established Trowbridge drapers whose name appears across multiple documents in this archive

∙ James Kemp of Trowbridge, Draper — also referenced in the prior title; previously appeared as purchaser in the 1852 Coleman conveyance in this same collection, confirming these documents form a continuous title archive