A As to the Brewery with manager's house and "Barley Mow" [,Leicester Street], Coventry; "New Inn" and cottage, Exhall; "Old Dun Cow", Southam; "Royal George", Grandborough; "Bell" and adjacent messuage, Keresley; "Britannia", Emscote; and "George and Dragon", Atherstone [all Warwickshire].
I 1 Mar 1873. Mortgage whereby, having recited: firstly, that William Ratliff (of Coventry, brewer) was seised of the premises and was entitled to a public house according to the custom of Atherstone manor; secondly, that William Ratliff was entitled to land at Emscote for the residue of a 99-year term, created on 22 June 1823, at £6/5/- per annum; and thirdly,that William Thompson and Daniel John Evans (of Stamford, Lincolnshire, gentlemen) had agreed to lend him £3,000: therefore W. Ratliff charged to William Thompson and Daniel John Evans (a) a messuage with brewery at Leicester Row near the top of Bishop Street, Coventry (bounded for 180 feet on the west or north-west by the turnpike to Foleshill and Bedworth, on the north or north-west for 170 feet by two messuages then divided into three cottages (formerly [the brewer] Henry Phillips', then Ratliff's), on the east for 200 feet by a garden (successively Mary, Maria and Joseph Wastinage's, latterly Henry Phillips', then Ratliff's) and messuages (lately Joseph Corbett's), south for 175 feet 6 inches by the former Dog Lane which was by then known as Leicester Street, and west for 144 feet by a messuage lately the widow Mary Shirley's), successively occupied by [the maltsters] Joseph Phillips senior and Joseph Phillips junior, Henry Phillips and Ratliff; (b) the "Barley Mow" which the Phillipses built on the Leicester Street frontage (lately occupied by John Jordan but then by John Harris); (c) equipment; (d) the "New Inn", Exhall parish, successively tenanted by Sarah and John Holland, William Randle, Ann Wood and then Joseph Woodhouse; (e) a cottage newly-erected upon (d)'s garden (lately inhabited by Edward Cartwright but then by Joseph Woodhouse); (f) the "Old Dun Cow", Southam, successively occupied by Thomas Edwards, Richard Harper, William Winkley, Elizabeth Mason (widow), George Clarke, John Martin, John Belgrave, William Bradford and then Henry Butlin; (g) the "Barley Mow", Stockton, Warwickshire with a butcher's shop, successively occupied by Anna Cooper, Thomas Cooper, his widow Jenny, William Cooper and then Richard Church; (h) the "Royal George", Grandborough, with an orchard, once divided into two tenements, successively occupied by Widow Marriott with Peter Grant, Margaret Marriott, Thomas Ellard, George "Rathboen", Henry Sawbridge and then Edmund Wood; (i) the "Bell", Keresley, successively occupied by John Goode, William Goode and then John Neale; (j) a dwelling adjacent to (i) and inhabited by John Neale; and (k) ground adjoining (i) and (j) above Keresley Heath, together bounded south and east by [the solicitor] Thomas Ball Troughton's and Daniel Stoney's land, west and north by Thomas Ball Troughton's and the Chapel Society's - all for redemption of £4,000 due under a 27 Aug 1850 indenture made by John and Cleophas [ribbon-manufacturers], and William, Ratliff with Joseph, John and Edward Phillips [as maltsters] and Richard Thompson; (l) existing equipment at the brewery; and (m) new equipment - for a like redemption; and (n) land at Emscote, described in a 22 June 1833 indenture, together with the former "Hop Pole", then "Britannia", thereon, for the remainder of a 99-year term [all places being in Warwickshire]: all the above were to be held subject to both the prior mortgage and redemption of the £3,000 the following 1 Sep at £4/10/-% per annum interest, until when William Ratliff should still enjoy the equity of redemption: furthermore, W. Ratliff covenanted to surrender at the following Atherstone manorial court a messuage which was part of a larger copyhold estate there, lying between a house and land lately James Budworth's and Nancy Perry's, being half of a burgage (successively occupied by Richard Cluely, John Poultney and then "Theo. Watts" [appears in White's directory for 1874 as Theophilus Matts, landlord of the "George and Dragon"]), then the property of Jonathan Hudson (of Atherstone, mealman), subject to right of passage to the other part of Jonathan Hudson's burgage and use of a pump (paying half of the upkeep), enabling the mortgagees to timber the walls; to be held subject to the prior mortgage.
II 1 Mar 1870. Memorandum (endorsed upon the 1850 prior mortgage) whereby, having recited: firstly, Edward Phillips' death on 18 Mar 1859 and Joseph Phillips' on 21 Sep 1865; secondly that, before Aug 1855, the Ratliffs had discharged £2,400 of the mortgage, which had been originally for £10,000; thirdly, that William Ratliff thereafter became owner of the equity of redemption; fourthly, that Cleophas Ratliff died on 27 Sep 1857 and John Ratliff during Jan 1865; and fifthly, that W. Ratliff discharged thereafter a further £3,600, so only £4,000 remained due: therefore it was stated that the £4,000 remaining should only be payable after Henry Phillips' death and then either by instalments or within six months of W. Ratliff having learnt of the death; the interest-rate would be reduced to £4% p.a. from 1 Mar 1870.
III 1 Sep 1878. Reconveyance (endorsed on the 1850 mortgage) whereby, having recited: firstly, that the Ratliffs had discharged the £2,400; secondly, Edward Phillips' death at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Joseph Phillips' in St. Martin's parish, Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire [in Northamptonshire rather than Lincolnshire since it lies south of the River Welland; Stamford Baron the manorial equivalent of the ecclesiastical St. Martin's parish belonged to William Cecil, Baron Burghley, Elizabeth I's chief minister who built Burghley House nearby] and John Phillips' on 29 Sep 1871 at Royston, Hertfordshire; thirdly, that, under the 1850 indenture and one which John and Cleophas Ratliff made on 2 Aug 1855 with W. Ratliff, the latter became entitled to all the freehold, copyhold and personalty, subject to the £7,600 remaining from the £10,000 mortgage; fourthly, that, by the 1855 deed's terms, the 1833 lease's property become vested in W. Ratliff for the term's residue; fifthly, that £3,600 of the £7,600 had been paid, so £4,000 was still due to Thomas Mawe (of Sibsey, Lincolnshire, gentleman), Samuel Jebb (of Boston, Lincolnshire, gentleman) and Henry Parsons (of Boston, surgeon) under the terms of a 30 Apr 1828 settlement made upon the marriage of Henry Phillips with Mary Ann Physick [sic] as shown on that deed's 27 Aug 1850 endorsement; sixthly, that Henry Parsons died in Bracebridge Lunatic Asylum, Lincoln[shire] in 1842; seventhly, that Thomas Mawer died on 24 Sep 1847 at Skirbeck, Lincolnshire; eighthly, that Samuel Henry Jebb's 5 Jan 1874 will had appointed his sons Reverend Henry Gladwin Jebb (in 1878 of Firbeck Hall, Yorkshire, clerk in Holy Orders) and John Joshua Jebb (in 1878 of Boston, gentleman) his executors; ninthly, that Samuel H. Jebb had died on 7 Feb 1875 and that his will had been proved on 2 Mar 1875; and tenthly, that W. Ratliff wanted to discharge the mortgage: therefore (in consideration of £4,000 paid by W. Ratliff to Reverend Henry Gladwin Jebb and John Joshua Jebb, and of the £6,000 already paid) the Jebb sons and Richard Thompson returned the premises to Ratliff for the 99-year term's residue.
IV 21 Dec 1886. Reconveyance (endorsed on I's original) by William Thompson and Daniel John Evans to William Ratliff of the premises, subject to the 99-year term.
B As to Three Messuages and a Close of Land at Leicester Row, Coventry.
V 6 Jan 1858. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, a 13 June 1850 statutory release whereby Henry Phillips (of Coventry, common brewer) granted to James George Desborough (in 1858 described as of Stamford, Lincolnshire, gentleman) certain premises for sale; and secondly, that James George Desborough had contracted thereunder to sell land to William Ratliff: therefore for £1,400 James G. Desborough sold to W. Ratliff (a) two messuages (formerly three) near the end of Bishop Street, Coventry, on the south-eastern side of the Bedworth road to which it had a 48-foot frontage (bounded east by Leicester Row, north by a messuage, etc. (once William Payton Summerfield et al's, afterwards Mary Wastinage et al's, then - Perkins'), west by (b), south by a dwelling which Henry Perkins had sold to the brewery), successively occupied by (1) Thomas Owen and William Murrell, (2) John Carpenter and James Fenton, (3) James Thornicroft and James Fenton, and then (4) John Russell, Mary Ann Vann and Widow Brown; and (b) Doctor's Quarry (2 acres 0 roods 2 perches) alias Coalhouse Close, "outside Bishop Gate street", used as a garden, severally occupied successively by (1) Mary Wastinage, William Payton Summerfield, William Thompson et al, (2) Henry Phillips and then (3) John Goode (bounded north by Lammas Lands [shared with the townspeople from 1 Aug to 2 Feb yearly - see BA/A/B/31/1. See Freemanship or Enclosure in the subject-index as appropriate], south by premises belonging to Wall, Connop, Clarke et al, east by Mill Road or Waterworks Road, west by the brewery's dwelling and by cottages, - Picken's estate, the "Hop Pole", [William] Newark's premises and a road leading to Leicester Row).
C The "Old Star" inn and adjoining premises, Earl Street, Coventry.
VI 23 June 1894. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that Robert Arnold Dalton (of Coventry, esquire [ribbon-manufacturer]) by his will (9 Sep 1892) appointed his nephews Charles Edward Barton (since deceased) and Walter [according to Kelly's 1896 directory of 4, Lansdowne Place, Warwick Road] and Charles Dalton Turrall [ribbon-]manufacturers and his friend John Platts Hughes (wine-and-spirit merchant), all of Coventry, his executors, specifically devising a house in The Quadrant but leaving residuary estate in trust for sale; secondly, that Charles Edward Barton died on 18 Dec 1892; and thirdly, that Robert Arnold Dalton died on 10 Jan 1893, probate being granted (no date) of the will and an irrelevant codicil (dated 31 Dec 1892): therefore for £2,050 Walter and Charles Dalton Turrall and John Platts Hughes sold to William Ratliff (a) the "Old Star" on the southern side of Earl Street; (b) three messuages which formed 12-14, Old Star Yard; (c) the cottages' garden; and (d) the yard's watercloset - altogether covering 420 square yards with a frontage of 25 feet 7 inches, all once inhabited by Henry Hands, - Leathley, - Abery [sic] and - Hayes but then by W. Ratliff or his undertenants; to be held with use of the yard in common with Mrs. Wyatt and of carrriageway into the yard from Much Park Street.
D The "Coombe Abbey" and a messuage adjoining in Craven Street, Chapelfields, Coventry.
VII 6 Aug 1874. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly that on 30 Dec 1871 Charlotte Holt conveyed the premises to Charles Holt [accountant]; secondly, that on 19 July 1872 Charles Holt deposited the deeds with the Coventry Union Banking Company; thirdly, that on 21 Feb [1874] Charles Holt petitioned for bankruptcy; fourthly, that on 11 Mar [1874} his creditors decided (at 27, Trinity Churchyard [the solicitor Oliver Minster's office]) rather that his affairs should be liquidated, for which purpose they appointed as trustee Edward Thomas Peirson (of Coventry, accountant); fifthly that a certificate made the following day under [the solicitor] Thomas Hurlston Kirby's hand as registrar of the County Court corroborated that appointment; sixthly, that Edward Thomas Peirson had had the hereditaments sold on 13 May 1874, William Ratliff buying them (as the thirteenth of fourteen lots) for £445; and seventhly, that more than £445 was owed to the Coventry Union Banking Co. upon Charles Holt's account: therefore (in consideration of £445 paid by W. Ratliff on Edward T. Peirson's behalf to the company) E.T. Peirson and Samuel Vale [solicitor], Francis Wyley [chemist], William Lynes [ribbon-manufacturer] and John Wyley [chemist] (all of Coventry, esqs. and Coventry Union Banking Co. directors) conveyed to Ratliff 286 square yards, i.e. lots 63 & 64 fronting the eastern side of Craven Street, being part of an estate which Sir Thomas White's Charity trustees had sold to William Henry Hill [watch maker], James Marriott [builder] and Joseph Olorenshaw [cf. PA56/130/13.IX] (successively occupied by Joseph Grooms, Jonathan Holt and Charles Holt senior) with two messuages which J. Grooms had built thereon (one lately occupied by him, then becoming the "Coombe Abbey" (held by Ratliff or his undertenants), the other lately inhabited by Joseph Brown).
E "A Piece of Land adjoining the 'Coombe Abbey' [inn]; situate in Common [Hearsall] Lane, Hearsall, Coventry."
VIII 24 June 1876. Conveyance by way of Appointment whereby, for £19, William Reed (watch-manufacturer), William Taunton (auctioneer), Charles Flint (watch-manufacturer), William Howard Mercer (ribbon-manufacturer), John Stean (weaver [recte butcher]), Nathaniel Poole (weaver), Frederick Bird (chemist and druggist), Daniel [Hunt] Clare (shoe-manufacturer), Eli Green (ribbon-manufacturer), George Lloyd (haberdasher), Charles Hubert Pattison (ribbon-manufacturer), William Pitman Collingbourne (clother), Joseph Clayton Brown (watch-manufacturer), Henry Hedger (china-dealer) and William Laxon (wholesale provision-dealer), all of Coventry, Freemen's Trustees under the award made by Edmund James Smith, esq. (valuer) on 18 June 1875 as confirmed by the enclosure commissioners on 23 June 1875, conveyed to William Ratliff 75 square yards with a frontage of 39 feet to Common Lane, Hearsall (bounded north-west by the ["Coombe Abbey"], south-east by the lane, south-west by the Freemen's Trustees' land), being part of 1a. 0r. 27p. which formed allotment number 31 under the award; covenants that W. Ratliff would set back prospective buildingwork 10 feet from the lane and that he would raise a four-foot high fence along the south-western side of the ground.
F "Leicester Inn", Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry.
IX 5 Apr 1872. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that, by appointment, on 26 Oct 1854 William Howe [brickmaker] mortgaged premises as below to John Ralphs and Joseph Cash (both since deceased [ribbon-manufacturers]); secondly, that John Ralphs died on 21 Mar 1863; and thirdly, that Joseph Cash [senior] died on 3 Jan 1870, by his will (13 Dec 1866) having appointed his sons John and Joseph and his wife Sarah his executors, vesting mortgaged estates in them who secured probate on 29 Mar 1870: therefore for £375 John and Joseph Cash (of Coventry, ribbon-manufacturers) conveyed to William Ratliff (a) 207 square yards fronting the Coventry - Stoney Stanton turnpike in Holy Trinity parish for 26 feet 4 inches (bounded south-east by the turnpike, north-east by Stanton Street and south-west by a plot formerly William Howes'); (b) a plot fronting Stanton Street for 18 feet 3 inches, being 161 square yards (bounded north-east by that street, south-east partly by (a) [nothing else shown] and north-west by James Brown's plot) - both those plots were successively owned by W. Howe himself, him with Richard Hands [silkdyer] and then Thomas Cockerill; and (c) the messuage which Howe built upon (a), viz. the "Leicester Inn", tenanted by Thomas Cockerill.
G "Three Tuns" [,Warwick Row], Coventry.
X 27 Dec 1882. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that, at the time when he made his will, the Coventry attorney Henry Lea was seised of the premises; secondly that his will (2 Jan 1853), having left a Warwick Row messuage to Ann Tatlock for life, devised all else there (and that one on her death) to his sisters Mary and Sarah [and Elizabeth] Lea as joint tenants; thirdly, that Henry Lea made an irrelevant codicil on 24 Nov 1853; fourthly, that H. Lea died on 31 Dec 1854, his probate being granted on 11 May 1855; fifthly, that Sarah Lea died on 17 Feb 1873 and was buried in St. Michael's churchyard, Coventry; sixthly, similarly for Mary Lea (17 Aug 1876); seventhly, that, by her 20 Dec 1869 will, Elizabeth Lea left her estate to her sisters with remainder to William Frederick Pridmore (in 1882 described as of Wyken House, Coventry, gentleman and farmer) and Thomas Hurlston Kirby (in 1882 described as of Allesley, Warwickshire, gentleman [solicitor]) for sale; eighthly, that E. Lea made irrelevant codicils on 20 July 1872 and 20 Nov 1873; ninthly, that E. Lea died on 30 July, 1882 and that her probate was granted on 9 Oct 1882; and tenthly, that William Frederick Pridmore and Thomas Hurlston Kirby auctioned the premises (as lot 6) on 23 Oct [1882] at the "Craven Arms" Hotel, Coventry to William Ratliff for £1,700: therefore, for that sum aforesaid, William F. Pridmore and Thomas H. Kirby conveyed to Ratliff the "Three Tuns", 1, Warwick Row (western side), in lease to him for a term expiring on 29 Sep 1874, occupied by J[onas] Keartland and covering 917 square yards, subject to use of an occupation road through the inn's yard to a messuage to the south until 29 Sep 1883, whereupon the purchaser of that lot (7) would stop up the entry, as would W. Ratliff openings in lot 6's stabling which overlooked lot 7's yard.
H "Coachmakers' Arms", Thomas Street [,Butts], Coventry.
XI 15 Oct 1881. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that on 19 Oct 1835 John Elliott [beer-retailer] the father of John Elliott (in 1881 described as of Foleshill, Warwickshire, watchmaker) mortgaged to Daniel Brown [ribbon-manufacturer] the hereditaments for £350 (as empowered by a 12 Dec 1834 deed wherein Anthony Cheeper [ribbon-manufacturer] was of the first part, John Elliott [senior] of the second and Joseph Harris [watchmaker] of the third) at £4% per annum interest; secondly, that John Elliott [senior]'s will (16 Feb 1836) left his father-in-law [the aforesaid] Joseph Hands and also James Healey (of Coventry, watchcasemakers) inter alia five newly-erected messuages at Thomas Street, St..Michael's parish, Coventry suburbs (occupied by Henry Collingbourne et al) on behalf of his wife Sarah for life, then to his children equally but allowing Sarah power of sale; thirdly, that John Elliott senior died during Apr 1836 and that his will had been proved; fourthly, that Daniel Brown died during June 1849, having by his will (17 Apr 1845) left mortgaged estates to his executors Joseph Taylor [grocer] and William Keatley [watch-manufacturer]; fifthly, that Daniel Brown's will was proved on 14 July 1849; sixthly, that on 16 July 1849 Joseph Taylor and William Keatley assigned to Robert Vernon Masters the money; seventhly, that on 28 Nov 1854 Robert V. Masters assigned the mortgage to Jonathan Bray, Joseph Harris also participating as surviving trustee for sale and as executor of Joseph Elliott senior; eighthly, a similar assignment on 18 Jan 1862 by Jonathan Bray to James Wall (in 1881 described as late of Coventry, ribbon-manufacturer; then of Leamington [Spa], Warwickshire, gentleman); ninthly, a 11 Nov 1854 conveyance whereby (having rehearsed: (1) John Elliott senior's will, death, widow and children (Charles, Joseph Harris and John junior); and (2) that, when John Elliott senior died, several houses were charged with £950, whereas Sarah Elliott had married Joseph Harris [of Burley near Atherstone, Warwickshire, according to CCA/2/3/909/7]) C. Elliott relinquished to his brothers his share of the estate subject to their mother's life-interest and that to the mortgage; tenthly, that £600 was due of £950 charged upon a mortgage of seven messuages in "Butts Lane", Coventry which were sold in 1866 to Timothy Bennett [baker] but that the £600 had been paid out of the purchase-money; eleventhly, that, for £75, on 30 Sep 1880 John Elliott junior mortgaged to Thomas Hughes [solicitor] his interest, subject to the remaining £350, for redemption at £5% per annum; twelfthly, that on 28 Apr 1881 John Elliott junior made a further charge with Thomas Hughes for £25; thirteenthly, that Sarah Hands died on 10 Feb 1881 and was buried in Coventry cemetery; fourteenthly, that John Elliott (junior) and Joseph Harris Elliott (in 1881 of London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada [sic], "merchant") had agreed to sell the hereditaments to William Ratliff for £700; fifteenthly, that the £350 principal alone was still due; sixteenthly, that the £75 and £25 principals were likewise due without interest; and seventeenthly, that the principals were to be paid out of the purchase-money: therefore (in consideration of £350 paid by W. Ratliff to James Wall (in 1881 described as late of Coventry, ribbon-manufacturer; then of Leamington [Spa], Warwickshire, gentleman), £100 by Ratliff to Thomas Hughes (of Coventry, gentleman [solicitor]), £175 (as a moiety of the residuary purchase-money) by Ratliff to Joseph Harris Elliott and £75 (being with the £100 equivalent to the other moiety) by Ratliff to John Elliott (junior)) James Wall, Thomas Hughes, J. Elliott junior and Joseph H. Elliott conveyed to Ratliff inter alia the "Coachmakers' Arms", Thomas Street (occupied by Richard Matthews); J. and J.H. Elliott and T. Hughes covenanted to produce the 11 Nov 1854 conveyance, and J. Elliott junior and Hughes the 30 Sep 1880 and 28 Apr 1881 indentures.
XII 14 Nov 1881. Conveyance (endorsed on XI's original) by William Ratliff to Joseph James Bromfield (of Coventry, watchfinisher) of 62 & 63, Thomas Street,and 1 & 2, Court 7, Thomas Street with joint use of access and sanitation.
I "Fox Inn" and adjacent messuage in College Square, Cook Street, Coventry.
XIII 3 Mar 1896. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that on 28 Mar 1893 Joseph Cotton [publican] conveyed the premises to Joseph Dewes (of Foleshill, Warwickshire, licensed victualler, since deceased) and Joseph Ashley (in 1896 described as of Coventry, auctioneer); secondly, that the 8 May 1890 will of Joseph Dewis (shown as of the "William IV", Bacon's Yard, [,Little Heath], Foleshill, beerhouse-keeper and farmer) left realty to his wife Mary Ann (in 1896 described as of Foleshill, widow) and his children Joseph John [one person] and Eliza so that the widow might enjoy it for life, it then being divided as the will detailed, appointing them his executors; thirdly, that Joseph Dewis died on 15 July 1895 and that his will was proved on 22 Nov 1895; fourthly that, under a Chancery order mentioned below, the will had no trustees for the purposes of the Settled Land Acts (1882-90); fifthly, that a 14 Jan 1896 order in Chancery concerning the "William IV" plus three cottages and a moiety of the "Fox" appointed William Edward Thomas (of Little Heath, Foleshill, relieving officer) and Thomas Taylor (of "Elm Cottage", Little Heath, gentleman [no trade shown in Kelly's 1896 directory]) trustees; and sixthly, that Mary Ann Dewis and William Edward Thomas and Thomas Taylor had agreed to sell all to William Ratliff: therefore (for £550 paid to William E. Thomas and T. Taylor and a like sum to Joseph Ashley) Mary A. Dewis, W.E. Thomas, Taylor and J. Ashley conveyed to W. Ratliff (a) the "Fox" inn at 4, College Square (once tenanted by Joseph Cotton and John Iliffe [wheelwright], then by William Rawson Taylor and J. Iliffe); and (b) 3, College Square (once inhabited by Henry Hands [victualler, "Old Star", Earl Street according to White's 1874 directory] but then by Albert Wallen) - (a), (b) together had a frontage of 34 feet 3 inches to the square, covering 644 square yards; to be held subject to access to waterclosets and an ashpit in the Fox Yard thereby conveyed.
J "The Criterion", Cross Cheaping, Coventry.
XIV 13 Oct 1897. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, the 29 Apr 1885 marriage settlement of William Henry Hyde and Mary Elizabeth Howe Morris (spinster) whereby hereditaments were settled upon William Ratliff and Richard Hyde (since deceased) successively to the bride for life, her betrothed, their children, her appointee and her heirs; secondly, that William H. Hyde died on 6 Nov 1891; thirdly, that they had had no children; fourthly, that Richard Hyde died on 15 Oct 1895, was cremated at Woking, Surrey and was interred in that place on 19 Oct 1895; and fifthly, that the legal estate would be deemed at the time of her death vested in Mary Elizabeth Howe Hyde (in 1897 described as of St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Sussex, widow): therefore for £1,400 Mary Elizabeth Howe Hyde conveyed to W. Ratliff "The Criterion" inn on the eastern side of Cross Cheaping, tenanted by William King.
K "Swanswell", Swanswell Street, Coventry.
XV 5 Oct 1881. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that, at the time of making his will, Richard Makepeace (of 8, Swanswell Street, Coventry [in White's 1850 directory shown as publican at the "Reindeer", Harnall Terrace]) possessed the premises; secondly, that Richard Makepeace's 27 Jan 1870 will appointed Mark William Makepeace (in 1881 described as of Coventry, maltster) executor and manager of his property during the testator's wife "Susan"'s lifetime, paying her 15/- per week for life (if she predeceased the testator, the executor should have the estate valued and sold, paying each of the testator's daughters Mary the wife of John Kelly [victualler] and Eliza the wife of William Swain [victualler] (or their legal heirs) one third of the proceeds, whilst Mark William Makepeace should take the remaining third and reimburse himself for having lent the testator 10/- per week from the will's date); thirdly, that R. Makepeace died on 7 Apr 1870 and that his will was proved on 31 Aug [1870], Mark W. Makepeace being heir at law who was born on 15 May 1835 and baptised ten days later at St. Osburg 's [this predates the present church's opening by a decade, but St. Mary's mission was operating on the same Hill Street site from 1807 - see Victoria County History of Warwickshire Vol. VIII, p.368], his parents having married on 2 Oct 1828 at Holy Trinity; fourthly, that "Susanna" Makepeace died during Dec [1880] and was buried at Coventry cemetery; fifthly, that the testator's estate comprised only the hereditaments conveyed by the present indenture; and sixthly, that on 4 Aug [1881] Loveitt & Kay, auctioneers, valued the property at £850: therefore for that sum M.W. Makepeace conveyed to William Ratliff the "Swanswell" inn with appurtenances, being 9, Swanswell Street, along with the adjacent no. 8 and also 2, Queen Street nearby, respectively inhabited by Benjamin Walker, Joseph Clifford and Eliza Walton, all built by R. Makepeace upon 267 square yards which he bought from [the builder] James Marriott on 25 Mar 1851 [hence not the side of the road where the "Swanswell" is now (1998)].
XVI 5 Oct 1881. Acknowledgement (original attached to XV's original) of XV by William and Mary Ann Eccles and Benjamin and Eliza Walker.
XVII 8 May 1882. Memorandum (original endorsed on XV's) that William Ratliff conveyed the non-inn property, with access, to Daniel Moore (of Coventry, butcher).
L "Cottage", Mill End, Kenilworth.
XVIII 26 June 1889. Conveyance, in consideration of £495, by William Green (of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, beerhouse-keeper) to William Ratliff of the "Cottage" inn, Mill End, Kenilworth, with a frontage of 40 feet 9 inches and covering 396 square yards (bounded north-west by Mill End, north-east by John Phillips' property, south-west by an occupation road and south-east by Mrs. Dawes' land), along with use of an occupation road.
M "Anchor", Hurley, Kingsbury [parish], Warwickshire.
XIX 25 June 1888. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that on 25 Oct 1872 Dennis Mulroney (in 1888 described as late of Hurley, Kingsbury parish, grocer and farm labourer, but then of Bourton[-on-Dunsmore] near Rugby, farmer [both Warwickshire]) mortgaged the premises to John Norman (in 1888 described as of Cliff, Kingsbury parish, gentleman) for £150, as empowered by a 28 July 1865 indenture (wherein John Hollick was of the first part, Dennis Mulroney of the second and John Salt of the third), for redemption with £5% per annum interest on 25 Apr [1873]; secondly, that on 25 Apr 1878 he had made a further charge for £250 at a similar repayment-rate; thirdly, that D. Mulroney had agreed to sell William Ratliff the property for £480; and fourthly, that the aggregate principal of £400 remained due: therefore, for payment of that sum to John Norman and of £80 to Mulroney, they conveyed to W. Ratliff 800 square yards at Hurley which were formerly part of Dent's Green (bounded north by another part of that close, south by Colonel Clarke's hereditaments and Mrs. Terry's, east by Hurley Brook, west by the Kingsbury-Atherstone road) with the "Anchor" inn thereon (once occupied by Mulroney but then by William Henry Hollister [of the Manor House, Cliff, Kingsbury according to Kelly's 1896 directory] or his undertenant Thomas Chetwynd).
N "King William", Hartshill, Warwickshire.
XX 25 May 1880. Conveyance whereby, having recited that on 31 Dec 1844 Ann Willkinson, Mark John Wilkinson and Isaac Swinnerton [of Weddington, Warwickshire, farmer] sold Thomas Eales (in 1880 described as of Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire; late victualler but then gentleman) the premises with George William Craddock as trustee: therefore for £300 Thomas Eales sold to William Ratliff a messuage with plot, Chapel End, Hartshill hamlet, altogether 370 square yards (being part of a former close (1a. 1r. 1p.) which John Bindley bought from John Johnson), once occupied by Edward Allen but then by John Cant, used as a retail beershop (bounded in front by the Nuneaton-Arley turnpike, elsewhere by land belonging to the widowed Ann Haukson, by the late John Tanser's personal representatives' house and premises and at the back by the rest of the former close).
O "Boot", Ansley parish, Warwickshire.
XXI 24 Jan 1890. Conveyance for £1,320 by John Newdigate Francis Ludford-Astley (formerly of Ansley Hall, Ansley parish but then of the Manor House, Ansley, Warwickshire, esq.; a bachelor) to William Ratliff of (a) a messuage with appurtenances, long known as the "Boot", Ansley, fronting the Nuneaton-Coleshill road and occupied by W. Ratliff or his undertenant Charles Pearson; (b) an adjacent messuage; and (c) a garden to the south of (a) but held with (b) by Charles Baxter; allowing access along land to the north to the road and making a covenant to produce scheduled deeds. Schedule of 17 deeds (1854-90).
P "King's Arms" with land, Stockton, Warwickshire.
XXII 5 Apr 1883. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that Esther Sharman (of Stockton, Warwickshire, spinster) by her will (6 Oct 1851) had left residuary estate to Reverend Charles Pilkington of Stockton and George Witherington (of Long Itchington, Warwickshire, wharfinger) as trustees to pay the rents to Jane the wife of William Warner (of Napton[-on-the-Hill], Warwickshire, farmer) for life with remainder to her husband to benefit minor children amongst whom it would be held as tenants in common when all were of age; secondly, that Esther Sharman died on 5 Aug 1853 and that her will was proved on 4 Sep 1853; thirdly, that Jane Warner died on 25 Feb 1871; fourthly, that, Reverend Charles Pilkington having died on 10 Sep 1870, as did George Witherington on 2 Aug 1872, the latter by his 22 Jan 1853 will having left his son William Witherington (in 1882 described as junior and of Long Itchington, farmer) and Richard Masters (also of Long Itchington, farmer) as his mortgagees [sic] (who proved it on 28 Oct 1872), on 16 Dec 1872 George Creed (in 1883 described as of Stockton, farmer) and Edward Warner (in 1883 described as of Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire, farmer) succeeded G. Witherington as trustees; fifthly, that Jane Warner's children were Leonard Charles and Walter John, who had both died under age, and William Edward Sharman Warner (of Stockton, innkeeper), Harry Alfred Sharman Warner (of Stockton, quarryman) and Clement Arthur Warner (of Stockton, labourer), who were all infants when she died, Clement Arthur Warner being the last to attain his majority (on 9 Feb 1883); sixthly, that William Edward Sharman Warner et al had agreed to sell the property to William Ratliff for £520: and seventhly, that George Creed and Edward Warner had agreed to the sale: therefore (for £520 paid by W. Ratliff to William Edward S. Warner et al) G. Creed, E. Warner and William E.S. Warner et al conveyed to Ratliff the "King's Arms", Stockton with a 557 square yard plot in front of the inn, successively occupied by Thomas Marson, Edwin Horley and then W.E.S. Warner.
XXIII 21 Aug 1885. Conveyance for £20 by Isaac Lovell (late of "Dunchurch Lodge", Warwickshire, esq. but then of "Nortoft House", Guilsborough, Northamptonshire) to William Ratliff of (a) 148 square yards (part of Bottom Close (1r. 35p.), bounded south-east by the Southam-Napton road, north-east by Thomas Sharman's land, north-west by (b) and south-west by W. Ratliff's property); (b) 226 square yards of Bottom Close (bounded south-east by (a) and Ratliff's property, north-east by T. Sharman's land, north-west by the rest of what remained Isaac Lovell's); and (c) 26 square yards on which stood a shop (bounded south-east by the Southam-Napton road, north-east by Ratliff's property and (b), elsewhere by I. Lovell's land): covenant to produce a 1 Nov 1855 deed which Thomas and William Nicks made with Lovell.
Q "Malt Shovel", Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire.
XXIV 5 Apr 1872. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that on 19 June 1857 Thomas Elton charged to Isaac Atkins (of Street Aston, Warwickshire, gentleman) for £300 hereditaments as below for redemption at £5% per annum interest the following 19 Dec but with six months' notice for sale; secondly that, by his 15 Jan 1869 will, Isaac Atkins left his mortgaged estates to his executors John Atkins (in 1872 described as of Barnacle, Warwickshire, gentleman, and his nephew) and Richard Bliss Burbidge (in 1872 described as of Coventry, grocer); and thirdly, that I. Atkins died on 11 Mar 1871, his will being proved on 19 Apr [1871]: therefore for £270 John Atkins and Richard Bliss Burbidge conveyed to William Ratliff the "Malt Shovel" inn with a maltkiln and orchard, successively occupied by Moses Ward, Thomas Elton and then George Field, subject to a right of road from three cottages nearby through the orchard.
R "New Bull and Butcher" and cottage, Ryton-on-Dunsmore.
XXV 27 Sep 1897. Conveyance by way of Appointment whereby, having recited: firstly, that on 10 Oct 1672 John Randal alias Randle demised hereditaments, except certain allotments since laid out, to Thomas Matthews from 29 Sep [1672] for two thousand years; secondly, that, through various assignments, the property became in 28 Sep 1866 vested by William Dafforn Evarard [sic] in John Nicks for the term's residue; thirdly, that J. Nicks' will (3 Aug 1893) appointed Brabazon Campbell (in 1897 described as of Warwick, gentleman [solicitor]) trustee to sell his property; fourthly, that Nicks died on 31 May 1894 and that his will was proved on 27 July 1894; and fifthly, that Brabazon Campbell offered the premises for sale at the "Craven Arms", Coventry on 20 July 1897), whereupon William Ratliff bought them for £1,900 plus £38 for timber: therefore for £1,936 B. Campbell conveyed to W. Ratliff (a) a cottage successively inhabited by Charles Turner, Job Leeson and then Richard Clarke; and (b) the "Bull and Butcher" with appurtenances and three closes, estimated at 13.5 a. but in fact 14a. 0r. 12p., once occupied by James Masters but then by Ratliff and J[esse] Poulter, all at Ryton-on-Dunsmore on the Coventry-Southam turnpike.
XXVI 21 Oct 1897. Declaration that William Ratliff was beneficially entitled to the term's residue.
S "Shoulder of Mutton", Walsgrave-on-Sowe, Warwickshire.
XXVII 6 Jan 1877. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that on 23 Mar 1866 Richard Jackson (in 1877 described as late of [Walsgrave-on-]Sowe, Warwickshire, miller; but then of 13, Arnyard Terrace, Twickenham, Middlesex, carpenter) mortgaged the premises to John Dickenson (in 1877 described as of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, gentleman [tailor]) for £160, as empowered by 26 Aug 1864 and 22 Mar 1866 indentures; secondly, that John Brown (of [Walsgrave], carrier) had agreed to buy the premises from Richard Jackson for £250 but that William Ratliff had since contracted with the former for purchase; and thirdly, that £189/11/3 was due to John Dickenson: therefore ( in consideration of payment of that sum to him and of £60/8/9 to R. Jackson, both by W. Ratliff) J. Dickenson, Jackson and John Brown conveyed to Ratliff the "Shoulder of Mutton" inn with appurtenances, at Walsgrave, being 145 feet on the south side, 39 feet on the east and west (bounded north and west by Thomas Palmer's premises, east by [George Grimston, third] Earl of Craven's, south by the "town street of Walsgrave"), successively occupied by Henry Adcock, Mary Adcock and then Thomas Parrish.
T "Craven Arms" and adjacent land, Walsgrave.
XXVIII 15 Aug 1879. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that, at the time of making his will, Joseph Barnett (of Walsgrave, farmer and victualler) possessed the property; secondly, that by the said 16 May 1862 instrument he left his realty to his wife Hannah for life with remainder of all to John Brown Izon (in 1879 described as of Walsgrave-on-Sowe, Warwickshire, gentleman) and William Watson (of Walsgrave, farmer and grazier) (John Brown Izon just being called John Izon in the will) for sale, those three being named executors; thirdly, that Joseph Barnett died on 28 Aug 1864 and that his will was proved on 19 Oct 1864; fourthly, that Hannah Barnett died on 30 May [1879] and was buried at Walsgrave; and fifthly, that the property was sold at the "Red Lion", Walsgrave on 3 July 1879, the inn as lot 1 going to William Ratliff for £480: therefore for that sum John B. Izon and William Watson conveyed to W. Ratliff the "Craven Arms" inn (which John Dunkley had rebuilt on the site of a tenement once occupied by Jeremiah Lamb or his undertenants), Walsgrave, successively occupied after J. Dunkley by Samuel Smart, Richard Hewitt, Richard Barnett and then William Jones.
XXIX 19 Jan 1883. Conveyance whereby, having recited that John [Newman] Clarke (of Coventry; late ribbon-manufacturer, then gentleman) had sold the premises by auction on 22 Sep [1882] at the "King's Head", Coventry, William Ratliff being declared purchaser of lot 3 for £110: therefore for that sum John Clarke conveyed to W. Ratliff a cottage [margin that it had since been demolished] and garden covering 1,534 square yards at [Walsgrave], occupied by William Richardson (bounded by the Coventry-Bedworth road on the east [sic; this is from the viewpoint of somebody living at Walsgrave, for the inn is rather on Woodway Lane, which leads from Walsgrave via Potters Green and then would have to reach Bedworth by way of Bulkington], south by the "Craven Arms", elsewhere mostly by land which J. Clarke had sold to James Warden).
XXX 4 Oct 1866. Receipt for 15/- for purchase of the Earl of Craven's rights over a small triangular piece of ground which he [either George Grimston, who acceded to the title during 1866 or else the second Earl, William] had enclosed, near a cottage inhabited lately by "Liggins" but then by William Eaton, near [Walsgrave].
U "Half Moon", Withybrook, Warwickshire (four-ninths).
XXXI 23 Feb 1894. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, the 23 Apr 1859 marriage settlement whereby the "Half Moon" (occupied by George Smith) was granted to Richard Porter and the aforesaid G. Smith in trust (after her marriage to Jesse Dunning) successively for Hannah Reynolds, her issue, her appointee, her betrothed, and her nephews and nieces; secondly, that the marriage took place on 4 May 1859 at Bulkington, Warwickshire but that there were no children thereof; thirdly that, at the time of the settlement, H. Reynolds' only siblings were Ann the wife of R. Porter and Jane the wife of G. Smith, and that neither of them, since deceased, had children in 1894 surviving; fourthly, that, of A. Porter's seven children, two had died before the settlement was made but that the rest (William Wilson (Porter), George, Henry, Edmund and James) had reached 21; fifthly, that, of J. Smith's five children, William had died a minor prior to the settlement, the rest being Ellen (who married George French on 18 Apr 1866 at Withybrook in the name of Helen Smith), Ann (who married Joseph Bond Lillicrap on 29 Dec 1856 at Withybrook; he was buried on 16 Oct 1871 at St. Mary's, Islington, Mddlesex), Mary Jane Wilson (Smith) (who died unmarried at Withybrook on 13 Nov 1866) and Ann (who married, in the name of Hannah Smith, John Haycock on 10 Mar 1868 at Withybrook); sixthly, that Ellen French died on 25 Apr 1869, hence her widower was entitled to her share; seventhly, that letters of administration of her effects were granted to George French on 20 Feb 1890; eighthly, that Mary Jane Wilson died intestate so her share fell to her father George; ninthly, that George Smith's 23 Oct 1877 will left all to his executors, who were his daughter Ann Lillicrap and Joseph [marginal query: John] Birch, for sale for the benefit of her and his other daughter Hannah Haycock and of his grand-daughter "Eda" (Jane) Smith equally; tenthly, that G. Smith died on 29 Nov 1877 and that his probate was granted on 31 Dec [1877]; eleventhly, that Hannah Dunning died on 22 Jan 1878 and was buried at Shilton, Warwickshire; twelfthly, that on 11 Dec 1880 Ann Lillicrap and John Haycock with his wife Ann (alias Hannah) conveyed their shares to Maria Hayes, subject to Jesse Dunning's life-interest; thirteenthly, that on 17 Oct 1889 Maria Hayes transferred those shares to Thomas Phillips Evans (in 1894 described as of Richmond, Surrey, "agent"); fourteenthly, that on 30 Mar 1890 G. French transferred his share to Thomas Phillips Evans, subject to Jesse Dunning's life-interest; fifteenthly, that Ann Lillicrap died on 28 Oct 1884 without having proved G. Smith's will; sixteenthly, that "Ada" Jane Smith married George Robinson on 4 Feb 1889 at the Register Office, Market Harborough, Leicestershire; seventeenthly, that Mary Jane W. Smith's administration was granted on 14 Apr 1890 to Joseph Birch, her father George having died without taking out such letters; eighteenthly, that all of Mary J.W. Smith's and G. Smith's debts had been paid; and nineteenthly, that on 22 Aug 1890 J. Birch and "Eda" Jane Robinson (wife of George) transferred their interest in M.J.W. Smith's ninth, as did he those once Ann Lillicraps's and the Haycocks', to Thomas P. Evans: therefore for £870 T.P. Evans conveyed to William Ratliff four-ninths of the "Half Moon" (successively occupied by William Wilson, his widow Matilda, George Smith aforesaid, Ann Lillicrap and then James Porter).
V "Half Moon", Withybrook (one-ninth).
XXXII 24 Apr 1894. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that there had been no issue from Hannah Reynolds' 23 Apr 1859 marriage; secondly, H. Reynolds' two sisters (only); and thirdly, Ann Porter's and Jane Smith's children, and H. Dunning's death (leaving J. Dunning and James Porter): therefore for £50 James Porter (of Withybrook, innkeeper) sold to William Ratliff his share expectant upon J. Dunning's death.
W "Half Moon", Withybrook (four-ninths).
XXXIII 11 Apr 1896. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, the 23 Apr 1859 settlement; secondly, Hannah Reynolds' marriage, her having had no children, her sisters, their issue, and the fact that William Porter (of Malvern, Worcestershire, builder), George Porter (of Weston Road, The Wyche, Malvern, blacksmith), Edmund Porter (of 71, Dawlish Road, Bournbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire, builder) and Henry Porter (of Garrison Lane, Birmingham bricklayer) had not exercised power of appointment; and thirdly, that Jesse Dunning had died on 9 Dec 1895: therefore for £52/10/- apiece the Porters conveyed to William Ratliff their shares.
X "Odd Fellows' Arms", Higham-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire.
XXXIV 19 July 1881. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that on 26 Nov 1875 George Edward Gillman and Thomas Francis Gillman, and Thomas Busby, assured the premises to William Hicken Webb; secondly, that William H. Webb had deposited the deeds on account with the Worcester City and County Banking Co. Ltd.; however, thirdly, that on 6 Sep 1877 W.H. Webb had filed for bankruptcy; fourthly that on 28 Sep 1877 his creditors, meeting at the "Newdegate Arms", Nuneaton, had appointed Charles Parsons (of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, ironmonger) as trustee; fifthly that their resolution to that effect was registered at County Court, Coventry on 1 Oct 1877; sixthly, that the same day the registrar Thomas Hurlston Kirby had issued a certificate to that effect; and seventhly, that W. Webb then owed the bank over £400: therefore (in consideration of £380 paid to the bank and 5/- to Charles Parsons) C. Parsons and the bank conveyed to William Ratliff the "Odd Fellows' Arms", Higham-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire (occupied by Thomas Busby), along with an adjacent messuage which was formerly a butcher's shop (lately inhabited by Mrs. Smith but then untenanted), altogether covering 604 square yards with a 48-yard frontage along the Atherstone-Market Bosworth road (bounded east by hereditaments purchased by John Patterson, at the rear by Ravenstone Hospital trustees' land, west by John Benn's property).
Y "Royal Oak"[,New] Bilton, near Rugby, Warwickshire.
XXXV 2 Mar 1858. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, the 27 June 1854 conveyance by Henry Bridgeman Simpson to William Harris (in 1858 described as of Rugby, gentleman [solicitor]) of inter alia The Meadow (6a. 2r. 15p.), formerly successively occupied by Thomas and Fanny Jackson; secondly, that on 13 May 1857 William Harris granted the land to Robert Cleaver (in 1858 described as of New Bilton near Rugby, innkeeper); thirdly, that on 14 May 1857 Robert Cleaver mortgaged the land to W. Harris for £150; fourthly, that William Ratliff (trading as Messrs. William Ratliff & Co.) had agreed to buy the messuage, etc. as below for £325; fifthly, that the principal alone was due; sixthly, that £150 of the [£325] was to be discharged; and seventhly, that Harris had agreed to join in the conveyance: therefore (in consideration of £150 paid to Harris and £175 to R. Cleaver) Harris and Cleaver conveyed to William Ratliff 480 square yards lying beside the Rugby-Long Lawford road (bounded on one side by J.A. Campbell, esq.'s land, on the other by the road) with a messuage (formerly intended to be used as two) thereon occupied by Cleaver as the "Royal Oak".
Z "Rule and Compass", Leicester Street, Bulkington, Warwickshire.
XXXVI 5 Feb 1886. Conveyance whereby, having recited: firstly, that on 25 Mar 1863 Robert Mallabone [farmer] conveyed the property to William Martin (in 1886 described as late of Bulkington, Warwickshire, farmer and victualler; but then of Coventry, Warwickshire, publican) with James Green as trustee; secondly, that on 26 Mar 1863 William Martin mortgaged the property to Robert Mallabone for £400 plus interest; thirdly, that, as that mortgage had been discharged, on 31 Mar 1865 R. Mallabone consigned the premises to Thomas Orton (of Marston Jabbett, Bulkington parish, farmer and grazier) and Thomas Marler Power (of Barkstone near Grantham, Lincolnshire, farmer and grazier) upon a joint account for payment by W. Martin of £300 plus interest; fourthly, that on 2 July 1879 Martin mortgaged the premises to Frederick King Ward (in 1886 described as late of Hilsea, Hampshire, schoolmaster; but then of Waltham Abbey, Essex, innkeeper) for £100; fifthly, that Thomas Marler Power died on 7 June 1873 and was buried at Barkstone; sixthly, that Thomas Orton's will (6 Jan 1880) appointed William Orton (in 1886 described as of Coventry, gentleman [farmer]) and William Worthington Orton (in 1886 described as of Weston[-in-Arden], Bulkington parish, farmer) his executors; seventhly, that T. Orton died on 6 Mar 1884 and that his probate was granted on 30 Apr 1884; eighthly, that Martin had agreed to sell the premises to William Ratliff for £550; ninthly, that the £300 principal was due on one mortgage; tenthly, that the £100 principal was due on the other; and eleventhly, that those sums were to be paid out of the purchase-money: therefore (in consideration of £300 paid to William and William Worthington Orton, £100 to Frederick King Ward and £150 to Martin, all by W. Ratliff) W. and William W. Orton, Frederick K.Ward and Martin conveyed to Ratliff the "Rule and Compass" with appurtenances (including a skittle-alley) (once occupied by - Coleman, then by William Harrison), allowing access to undertenants of four cottages and to worshippers at a[n Independent] chapel on the northern side as far as the inn's cart-gate since those buildings remained Martin's property, also use of a well; F.K. Ward covenanted to produce scheduled deeds. Schedule of nine deeds (1780 - 1879).
AA Off-licence and close, Birdingbury, Warwickshire.
XXXVII 11 Oct 1893. Conveyance whereby, having recited the 30 Mar 1878 conveyance by Sarah Masters of the premises to David Frost (in 1893 described as formerly of Stockton, Warwickshire, hay- and corn-dealer; then of Birdingbury Wharf, Warwickshire, beer-retailer), William Ratliff also participating: therefore for £1,100 David Frost conveyed to W. Ratliff 3a. 3r. 0p. (then considered as 4a. since it included a strip fronting the Southam-Dunchurch road, with a frontage also to the Birdingbury-Tomlow road; successively occupied by George Creed, Sarah Masters and Ratliff) with a messuage which D. Frost had built thereon; subject to a right which Frost granted on 2 Jan 1893 to John Griffin (of Southam, Warwickshire wine-and-spirit merchant) to carry a drain across the close.
AB "Boat" with two cottages and land, Birdingbury.
XXXVIII 30 Mar 1878. Conveyance, whereby, having recited that Sarah Masters (formerly of Stockton, Warwickshire; then of Birdingbury Wharf, Birdingbury parish, Warwickshire, widow) had put up the property for auction on 20 Feb [1878] at the inn itself, in two lots, whereupon William Ratliff had bid highest for lot 1: therefore for £1,100 she conveyed to him (a) the "Boat" inn, Birdingbury parish [margination that part might lie in Stockton parish] near the Dunchurch-Southam turnpike and the Warwick & Napton Canal, with a skittle-alley, wharf, etc. (occupied by Sarah Masters); (b) a warehouse (used by William Walker); and (c) two cottages (inhabited by Sarah Dickins and Joseph Acland).
AC Land adjoining the "Bell", Keresley, Warwickshire.
XXXIX 9 Nov 1887. Conveyance, in consideration of £59/13/9, by Agnes Charlotta Troughton (of Hawley Hill, Blackwater [near Aldershot], Hampshire, widow) to William Ratliff of 2r. 15.5p. which formed part of Keresley Heath close, occupied by David Moss (bounded north by another part of the close which remained hers, south by land which she had contracted to sell to John Thompson and George Hudson [market-gardener], east by W. Ratliff's and William Terry's land, west by land which she had contracted to sell to Walter Probert [in Kelly's 1896 directory described as of the "Bell" and also a farmer]); covenant to maintain quickset hedges on the north and south; covenant for production by Agnes Charlotta Troughton of a 12 Sep 1799 deed wherein John Bree junior and his wife Catherine were of the first part, Charles Porter Packwood [J.P.] of the second, Mary Reeve of the third, Charles Weston [silkman] and Robert Weston of the fourth, Thomas Ball of the fifth and Joseph Troughton [banker] of the sixth.
AD Will of William Ratliff.
XL 16 Apr 1896. Will of William Ratliff (of Coventry, esq.) which appointed as trustees his son Reverend Frank Howe Ratliff, his son-in-law Reverend Frederick Page Roberts (of Scole Rectory, Norfolk) and Alfred Kirby (of Coventry, solicitor); he bequeathed "Coundon Cottage" and land at Coundon which was irrelevant to this abstract, but entrusted the remainder to Reverend Frank Howe Ratliff et al for sale, they accepting (part-) payment of his debentures or shares in any limited company to be set up to manage his brewery property.
XLI 7 May 1898, William Ratliff died.
XLII 10 Nov 1898. Probate granted.
AE "George and Dragon", Long Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire.
XLIII 13 Sep 1850. Copy of Court Roll for surrender by Joseph Phillips (of St. Martin's [parish], Stamford Baron, Northamptonshire, common brewer; formerly Joseph Phillips junior of Coventry, common brewer), in consideration of £430 paid by John, Cleophas and William Ratliff (of Coventry, common brewers and co-partners), for a copyhold messuage with stables on the site of two back tenements, being part of a copyhold inn (between a house successively Dorothy Goodman's, William Goodman's, James Budworth's and then Alice Smith's on one side and that successively William Cooper's, William Freer's, Nancy Perry's and then [the baker] Harry Roe's on the other), forming half a "burbage" [burgage] successively occupied by John Freeman, Ambrose Pearman et al, and Richard Cluley [no present tenant shown], parts of which adjoined the respective adjacent aforesaid properties and to which Joseph Phillips had been admitted on 23 Dec 1827, by then known as the "George and Dragon", Long Street, Atherstone and lying between that occupied by Harry Roe and that occupied by Jonathan Hudson [cornmerchant] (whose tenement had been formerly occupied with Charles "Matts"' premises which had been themselves occupied successively by John Freeman, Ambrose Pearman et al and Richard Cluley); subject to access to the other part which belonged to Jonathan Hudson, paying half of the pump's upkeep.
XLIV 22 Mar 1899. Admission whereby, having recited: firstly, XLIII; secondly, that on 20 Dec 1850 the Ratliffs were admitted as tenants; thirdly, that Cleophas Ratliff died during 1857 and was buried at Coventry on 3 Oct 1857; fourthly, that John Ratliff died during 1865 and was buried at Stoke, Warwickshire on 7 Jan 1865; fifthly, William Ratliff's will, death and probate; and sixthly, that Reverend Frank Howe Ratliff (of Bayton vicarage, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, clerk in Holy Orders), Reverend Frederick Page Roberts and Alfred Kirby (both described as in XL) had appeared at the court: therefore the clergy per letter of attorney (9 Mar 1899) and Alfred Kirby personally were admitted to the inn (occupied by George Davis; Harry Roe's messuage was then tenanted by Sarah Elizabeth Foxon, whereas Jonathan Hudson's belonged to Jabez Hall) with access, etc. as in XLIII; entry-fine of 10/-.