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MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873

1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727

2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744

3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787

4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)

5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762

6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848

7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804

8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873

9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848

1 - Later addition to the records from a private donor - 1806

2 - Later addition to the records from the Science Museum, London - 1747 - 1771

3 - Deeds of the Heathfield estate, Handsworth, Staffordshire - 1683 - 1847

1 - Deeds of the Heathfield estate, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Bundle 1 - 1757 - 1815

2 - Deeds of the Heathfield estate, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Bundle 2 - 1683 - 1820

1 - Copy of Parcels in the will of William Brearley dated 02 May 1683 - nd. 18th cent.

2a-b - Certified copy of entry in the Register of Handsworth Parish Church of the burial of Mr. Charles Lane on 03 February 1761, and copy of entry concerning Charles Lane in the Lane pedigree in Shaw's Staffordshire - 1826

3 - Notes re: title, Lane to Watt - nd. 19th cent.

4 - Abstract of title of Sir Robert Lawley to estates in the Parish of Handsworth and elsewhere, 02 May 1683 - 1797 - nd. 19th cent.

5 - Abstract of title of John Thomas Lane, esquire, to freehold premises at Handsworth, 01 September 1798 - 29 May 1818 - nd. c. 1820

6 - Certificate of the burial of Mrs Esther Barbara Lane aged 76, at the Parish of St. Marylebone, Middlesex, on 04 May 1812 - 01 May 1820

7a-b - Notice to Thomas Birch, esquire, regarding production of Deeds etc. by Sir Robert Lawley - 08 May 1806

9 - Letter. J. G. Murphy (Dublin) to George Barker (Birmingham) - 23 February 1820

10 - Survey by J. E. & C. Robins of land purchased from Messrs. Lane by James Watt in 1819 and 1820 - February 1822

11 - Deed of Covenant by Richard Fryer, esquire, to James Watt, esquire, to produce a reclaim indenture relating to the title of lands in Handsworth - 16 October 1823

12a-b - Lease and release from Thomas Birch, esquire, and the Devises of the late Charles Edward Lane, deceased, to James Watt, esquire, of three pieces of land at Handsworth. - 25 February 1820 - 26 February 1820

13a-b - Lease and release from Thomas Birch and John Thomas Lane to James Watt of three pieces of land at Handsworth. - 22 October 1819 - 23 October 1819

14 - Memorandum of an agreement between John Wilkes Unett on behalf of Thomas Lane and his brother, and James Watt, esquire, for the sale and purchase of three pieces of land at Handsworth - 22 March 1819

15 - Lease from Thomas Birch and William Lane, esquires, executors of the late Reverend Thomas Lane deceased, to James Watt, esquire, for twenty one years, of several pieces of land at Handsworth - 10 August 1803

16 - Copy of the Will of the Reverend Thomas Lane dated 10 February 1802, proved 18 November 1802 - 1802

17a-b - Lease and Release from Messrs. John Holliday and George Lewis by the direction of Sir Robert Lawley of Canwell Hall in the County of Stafford, Baronet, to the Reverend Thomas Lane of several closes of land in the parish of Handsworth - 01 September 1798 - 02 September 1798

18 - Copy of printed Act to confirm and render valid and effectual a partition of divers messuages, cottages, lands tenements and hereditments in the several Counties of Warwick and Stafford, whereof an undivided Moiety was devised by the Will of Anna Maria Sacheverell, widow, and the other undivided Moiety by the Will of Jane Gough, widow, deceased - 1797

19 - Copy of a printed Act for vesting part of the settled estates of Sir Robert Lawley, Baronet, in the Counties of Stafford and Warwick in Trust and for settling other lands in Shropshire - 1798

20 - Articles of Agreement between Sir Robert Lawley, Baronet, and the Reverend Thomas Lane for the sale of several closes of land in the parish of Handsworth - 25 August 1797

21 - Copy of the Will of the late Mrs Anna Maria Sacheverell - 18 November 1786

22 - Summons for Joseph Brearley to appear before the Barons of the Exchequer at Westminster on the seventeenth of April next - 12 February 1782

23 - Copy of the Will of Mrs Jane Gough of Handsworth, deceased - 25 January 1781

24a-b - Attested copy of a Lease for one year from Mrs Jane Clopton to William Bell and Dionysius Bradley, Trustees, of one half part of a dwelling house, outbuildings, barns, stables and gardens in the parish of Handsworth with an attested copy of a Settlement by Mrs Jane Clopton to William Bell and Dionysius Bradley, Trustees, of her half part of several messuages and lands dated 05 July 1758 - 06 July 1758 - 10 December 1798

25 - Copy of an agreement of fine between Stephen Simpson and Jane Clopton - 1757

26 - Attested copy of a Deed of Covenant by Mrs Jane Clopton to levy a fine of her share of divers messuages and lands in the Counties of Stafford and Warwick - 22 January 1757

27 - Copy of an indenture of fine between Richard Simcoe and Anna Maria Brearley of messuages, barns and lands in Handsworth and Smethwick - 1743

28a-b - Attested copy of a lease from Anna Maria Brearley to Walter Gough and Richard Simcoe of messuages and lands for one year with an attested copy of a settlement made on or previous to the marriage of Anna Maria Brearley to Charles Sacheverell, esquire - 14 January 1742 - 15 January 1742

29a-b - Attested copy of Lease from Anna Maria Brearley and Jane Brearley to John Hunt and Thomas Bell of messuages and lands for one year with attested copy of release - 09 May 1737 - 10 May 1737

30 - Certified copy from the register of the Parish Church of Handsworth for the burial of Rebecca Brearley on 10 November 1720 - 14 April 1820

31 - Copy of the will of Thomas Brearley, deceased, dated 29 July 1698 - nd. c. 1820

32 - Copy of the will of William Brearley, deceased, dated 09 March 1716 - nd. c. 1820

33 - Copy of the will of William Brearley, deceased, dated 2 May 1683 - nd. c. 1820

3 - Deeds of the Heathfield estate, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Bundle 3 - 1820 - 1848

4 - Later addition to the the Watt family papers - 1744

5 - Additional records of James Watt and Family purchased in 2003 at a sale at Sotheby's - 1672 - 1848

6 - Drawings with watercolour of patterns, probably for woodwork, furniture and column capitals - nd. c. 1825

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