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Bond

Brian Smith, junior, promises to pay Thomas Bishop £50 if his nominee Thomas Grey be deprived of the living, or if he should resign one month at least before he be mortally sick. With seal and two witnesses

Smith, Brian

Notice from Sequestrator

The Bishop has sanctioned the appointment of James T. Plowden-Wardlaw as Priest in charge of St Clement's for three months from 8 May 1931.

Case, Harry L

Covenant to pass a Recovery

John Brown of Leiston, Suffolk, and his wife Agnes (formerly Gardyner) to Peter Golding, Yeoman, and Philp Carne, the lands and Cevnedish Place and the advowson, to the use of John Brown and Agnes for life, and then to the issue of Agnes, and in default to the use of Brian Smith and his heirs. In english

License

The Very Revd Cuthbert Norris, Archdeacon of Norwich, to Edward Harper, apparitor, to induct the Revd Brian Smith, M.A., into the Rectory of Cavendish (in Latin).

Norris, Cuthbert

Letter on possible sale of the Vicarage.

Letter from solicitors Faithfull, Owen, Blair & Wright, in Westminster, to the Master and Fellows, suggesting that the Vicarage of St Clements might come up for sale.

Conveyance by bargain and sale

Edmond Felton of Little Coznard, Suffolk, to George Smyth of Cavendish, conveyance of the Rectory, the parsonage and the Church of Cavendish with the advowson.

Felton, Edmond

Fine

Final concord between (1) John Felton and William Howe, and (2) Sir Edward Clere [or Cleere], concerning the Rectory and a rood of ground. In Latin with the great seal of Elizabeth I, in white wax and fragmentary.

Covenant to levy a fine

George Smith and others covenant to levy a fine of the advowson and other premises, including the newly built house called Cavendish Place, lately occupied by William Howe, and Cavendish Mill and fisheries to the use of John Gardiner and his wife Agnes, sister of George Smith, and their issue, and in default to George Smith for life, then to Thomas Smith for life, then to Bryan his son, and his sons and their respective issue male, in default to the right heirs of Agnes, with power to Agnes to sell the next presentation to the living.

Smith, George

Release

Thomas Smith, of Hempstead, Essex, releases to Brian Smith, clerk, of Bures St Mary, Suffolk, all his rights in the messuage called Cavendish Place and other lands there.

Smith, Thomas

Royal Licence, Charles I

Licence to Brian Smith to convey to his son Brian, on his marriage with Ann Glover, daughter of William Glover, dec'd., the glebe lands and advowson of Cavendish. Latin, with the Great Seal of Charles I, red wax. [In the steel press, shelf 10].

Letter to the Master

Thanks for the information about the presentationto St Clements, hopes that the traditions of the Church will now be maintained.

Spalding, Alex A

Royal confirmation of grant, James I

Confirmation of the presentation of William Feniers, M.A., to the Rectory of Canvendish, by Brian Smith, gent. With Great Seal of James I, white wax. [Not found, August 2012]

List of glebe lands

Certificate made of all the glebe lands belonging to the Rectory of Cavendish, a list of 28 numbered items, with the value of each. Signed by the Churchwardens and the Rector.

Churchwardens of Cavendish

Grant

Grant by Brian Smith, junior, to Thomas Bishop of Thornden, of the next presentation to the living, for a consideration of £50. With four witnesses.

Smith, Brian

Bond

bond for £200 by Brian Smith, junior, to Thomas Bishop, that he will perform the covenants. With four witnesses.

Smith, Brian

Conveyance by Lease and Release

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/3/12/1
  • Item
  • 24 October 1682-25 October 1682

    • Part of College Archives

John Smith to Robert Glover of Frostenden, the advowson and a piece of land; for a consideration of £100 and £20 per annum for life.

Smith, John

Conveyances

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/3/12
  • File
  • 24 October 1682-22 December 1682

    • Part of College Archives

Various conveyances, fines, receipts etc., of land and the advowson from John Smith to Robert Glover and from Glover to Thomas Grey

Receipt

Receipt for the first £100 of the purchase price

Smith, John

Receipt

Receipt by John Glover of Great Yarmouth, merchant, for £500 from Thomas Grey of Cavendish, Clerk. With seal and signatures of witnesses.

Glover, John

Notes on a legal case

Statement by a defendent, claiming that he has been unfairly pursued for years by a claimant, and asking for the case to be dismissed. It seems to relate to tithes. With marginal notes, perhaps by counsel. The document is badly damaged, and has no visible date.

Conveyance by lease and release

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/3/14/2
  • Item
  • 13 May 1708-14 May 1708

    • Part of College Archives

The Revd Henry Grey, son of Thomas Grey, to the Master and Fellows of Jesus College, one rood of ground and the advowson, for £657.10.0

Grey, Henry

Agreement with the college

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/3/14/3
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  • 14 May 1708-18 May 1708

    • Part of College Archives

£50 of the purchase money is to remain in the hands of Gilbert Hook, Fellow of the College, pending the outcome of a suit between Grey and Queen's College. Bonds by Henry Grey and the College

Grey, Henry

Fine

Fine upon the conveyance from Smith to Glover (in Latin)

Agreement on tithes

Articles of Agreement for a composition of tithes, between Thomas Grey, Rector, Sir John Shaw, Bt., and William Peake. With three schedules attached.

Grey, Thomas

Valuation of the tithes

A list of all the tithes due to Cavendish, over the signature of Henry Grey, Rector. The total is £267.13.11, with a deduction of £5.00 owed to Queen's College, which Grey does not acknowledge.

Grey, Henry

Memorandum

Henry Grey relates the decision of the Court of Exchequer, that he should pay £20 to Queen's College in a tithe dispute, and £60.10.0 taxed costs, and empowers Gilbert Hook to pay to Queen's the £50 withheld from the purchase price of the living.

Grey, Henry

Letter to the Master

Letter from Jenkins of New Inn, that he has found the records of a suit in Chancery, relating to Cavendish, some time before 1666. It was referred for arbitration to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Masster of the Rolls, and an award was made, giving money to the Rector in lieu of tithes. A further question was raised by a later incumbent called Smith, and a decree of 1685 ordered the setting up of a commission.

Jenkins, Abel

Conveyance

Conveyance by James Grey, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq., grandson of Thomas Grey, decd., to the college, one rood and the advowson, for £100

Grey, James

Extract from Will

Extract from the Will of Henry Grey, computing the annual value of the living at about £120. No date given.

Grey, Henry

Cavendish Tithes

Correspondence with lawyers and the Rector, about tithes and earlier legal decisions.

Letter to the Master

W.W. Hayward to Dr French, he and Mr Jenkins have been collecting necessary papers to obtain an opinion. Mr Castley has some but declines to furnish them without authority from the College. Please ask him to do so. If the opinion is favourable, should proceedings be taken to prevent the operation of the Act of Parliament?

Hayward, William Woodcock

Cavendish Tithe Commutation

Correspondence, on the working out of the Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales. Disagreement of what tithes are owed on land belonging to Earl Howe. See also file 17, with lengthy opinions of counsel.

Letter to the Bursar

Official letter from the Tithe Commissioners, inviting the College to attend a meeting at the Half Moon Inn in Clare on 23 November, for the purpose of making an award.

Coates, Henry

Resolution of dispute

Letters dealing with attempts to avoid litigation and to settle the disagreement, mainly from lawyers: John Lawrence, G.M.Andrew of Sudbury, H.J. Perry, Metcalfe & Woodhouse, F. Thynne. There is a report by John Lawrence 15 March 1845 of a Tithe Meeting which examined a map of the lands comprized in the agreement of 1690. By January 1845 Earl Howe was not intending to proceed with his action; and the file ends with a letters from the Rector, Thomas Castley, with details of lands and values.

Letter to Master

Has had a conference with Mr Hayward, the College has to decide whether to relinquish the business, or to proceed with filing a Bill in the Rector's name.

Dickes, J

Valuation of the benefice

Several valuations, 1909, 1914, 1920 and discussion (1934) of a loan from Queen Anne's Bounty for installing electricity, and a pump for the water supply. Also letter of 1947 about the price for the sale of the Rectory 1947.

Letter from Solicitors

Letter to John Lawrence, announcing that a writ has been issued against the Rector, for the purpose of disputing the award.

Metcalfe & Woodhouse

Cavendish Tithes

Claims and counter-claims relating to tithes due (or not due) on Earl Howe's estate: lengthy statement of the case and questions to be answered, and summaries of the opinions of four counsel, three of whom concur. These documents relate to the correspondence in file 16.

Rectory house

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/3/18
  • File
  • 29 January 1862-1 December 1868

    • Part of College Archives

Letters from the Rector asking permission to apply to Queen Anne's bounty for a grant towards building a new Rectory house and offices. He has obtained a new site by exchange. Also references to the local school, and in 1868 a dispute with R. Rowe (builder?) about payments.

Peter, R G

Appointment of a lawyer

Statement by the Master and Fellows, over the College seal, that John Lawrence of St Ives is to act for the College in the execution of the Act.

Copy of legal opinion

Is an Assistant Tithe Commiissioner appointed to decide disagreements over Cavendish tithes. Has met all the parties and considers Lord Howe's claim to pay only £14.10.0 per year in lieu of tithes to be invalid.

Martin, Francis Offley

Articles of Agreement

Draft copy of an agreement, in pursuance of the Act fot the Communtation of tithes, made at a meeting in the parish, between the Bishop of Ely, appropriator of the Great Tithes, and James Stephen his Lessee, and the Revd James Fendall, Vicar and owner of the small tithes, and various landwoners etc. in the parish. Details of lands and payments are included in the document.

Letters to the Master

  • JCCA/JCAD/3/2/LIV/4/3/2-5
  • Item
  • 25 November 1876-9 December 1876

    • Part of College Archives

Letters from the Vicar, about the refusal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to make a grant towards "this miserably paid benefice". Thanks for the £60 gift from the College.

Tillbrook, W J

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