Thomas Roberts deed of Yardley Mill to James Wanley
Content Description
Parchment deed from Thomas Roberts to James Wanley, for a watermill and mill house in Northamptonshire named Yardley Mill. The property also included an adjoining "meadow ground" known by the name "Millholm." Dated "nine and twentieth date of September, 33 Charles II" (1681). According to A History of the County of Northampton: Volumber 5: The Hundred of Cleley, Yardley Mill and two adjacent mills were sold in 1671 to trustees by Elizabeth Hesilrige, but the history does not mention this transaction. The history further notes that by 1723, John Horton owned Yardley Mill and, by then, the mill, formerly a corn mill, had been converted into a paper mill. The date of conversion was unclear, but the 1683 Quaker record of Wanley's marriage notes he was on Yardley Mill and contemporary records mention a James Wanely (presumably the same individual) who owned a paper mill in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. Handwritten transcription of the first lines of the document laid in with the document.
Dates
- Creation: 1681 September 9-20
Creator
- Roberts, Thomas (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
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Extent
1 item (1 page)
Abstract
Parchment deed from Thomas Roberts to James Wanley, for a watermill and mill house in Northamptonshire named Yardley Mill. The property also included an adjoining "meadow ground" known by the name "Millholm." Dated "nine and twentieth date of September, 33 Charles II" (1681).
Shelving Summary
Box 70, F1006: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.
Processing Information
Processed and encoded by George Apodaca, March 2016.
Subject
- Wanley, James (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for Thomas Roberts deed of Yardley Mill to James Wanley
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2016 March 15
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository