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Description: | Deed of indemnity dated 30th April 1873, between:
1. The Reverend Henry Barrett of The Bailey, Durham, in the County of Durham, Clerk; Joseph Fenton of Langley Lodge, Maidencombe, Torquay, Devon, Esq. and Sarah his wife; and Henry Frederick J?rss of Manchester, Lancashire, Merchant and Emma his wife.
2. George Jones Barker of Albrighton Hall, Salop, Esq.; Thomas Barker of Beacon Hall, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Esq.
Consideration: 500. Refers to four messuages with appurtenances, situated in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, within the manor of Stowheath, on the western side of the lane leading from Wolverhampton to Willenhall. The property was previously used as a flax oven and 'tewtawing'* house, and was erected by John Pountney the Elder, deceased, on part of the waste ground of the Manor.
#2 contracted to purchase the property from #1 for the sum of 500.
Attached is correspondence between Thomas Barker Esq. and the Reverend Henry Barrett, dated December 1872 - April 1873.
*'Tew taw: an implement for breaking hemp or flax; to beat or break' (dictionary definition). | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Temporal: | Dec 1872-Apr 1873 | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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