Berney Trust Payments when due

Consols

• Jan. 6th
• Apr. 6th
• July 6th
• Oct. 6th

N.P. Bank Shares (68)

• Jan. 9th
• July 9th

G.W.R. £500 5% Rent Charge Stock

• Feb. 18th
• Aug. 18th

Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Annuity

• Jan. 1st
• July 1st

Interest account

Jan. 28, 1896. Charges to Executors of the late R. Thomas for:

Interest on £2500 from Sept. 30, 1895 to Nov. 13, 1895 …….. £12 1s 1d

Interest on £1500 from Nov. 13 to Dec. 31, 1895 …….. £8 1s 0d

Less tax …………………………………………. £0 20s 1d

Net ……………………………………………… £18 19s 9d

Overpaid cheque Dec. 3, 1895 ……………………….. £9 0s 0d

On 21st March 1896 the mortgage on Redgate was transferred by deed to W. Calvin Thomas by his late father’s executors.

Honiton Estate

Lotty Valuation

Acreage.

• 165 Tea
• 73 Jungle
• 18 Cocoa-nuts & Cardamoms
• 5 Cinnamon
• 10 Alambo (?)*
• 4 Waste land

275

Valuation

• Tea 165 @ 200 = 33,000
• Jungle 73 @ 50 = 3,650
• Cocoa-nuts 18 @ 50 = 9,000
• Cinnamon 5 = 500
• Alambo (?) 10 = 1,000
• Waste 4 = 100
• 1895 Dec. 16
• Pantcom and Penystair (title uncertain)
• When Col. H. C. Byrde purchased this property 34 years ago, he found it mortgaged to Trustees of the Marriage Settlement of Wm Gee, Esq.
• Freshford, Bath, for £2000.
• Ever since the interest has been paid to Wm Gee. The rate of interest at first was 4 p.c. but has lately been reduced to 3½ per cent.
• Interest is due on March 24 and Sept. 29 in each year.
• By consent this has been remitted at the end of June & December.
• The next payment of £35, property tax deducted at 8 in the £, is due on Dec 31st 1895.
• Further down:
• Mr Wm Gee died in the Spring of 1900.
• The mortgage was called in by the family solicitors, Messrs Scott & Cooper.
• The mortgage was transferred to the Rev. T. A. Byrde conjointly with Arthur L. Burne; the business being eventually completed by Mr Wm Every of …

Memoranda

• Mortgage on Pentscwm & Penystan ………. 1
• Mortgage on Ridgate Farm …………….. 3
• ” Gyde House etc. …………………… 6
• Mortgage Lease Lands ………………… 7
• Mortgage on Parc Bach ……………….. 11
• Mortgage Pentre House ……………….. 13
• Water Supply to Gyde House …………… 16
• T. A. Burney loan to H.C.B. ………….. 19
• Mrs Fanny E. ??? …………………… 21
• W. W. Phillips Esqre loan to H.C.B. …… 23
• J. G. Chalklen Esqre loan to H.C.B. …… 25
• Shooting rights, J. C. Hanbury ……….. 28
• Property in St Jude’s, Bristol ……….. 31
• Mortgage on Bristol Property …………. 35
• … on Pentre Farm ………………….. 5
• Burne Trust payment when due …………. 38
• Portfolio Honiton Tea Estate, Ceylon ….. 40
• Susan Chalklen loan to Exors. ………… 22
• Annie E. J. Byrde loan to Exors. ……… 20
• Fredk. H. Mace details of his life ……. 33
• 1895 Dec. 16
• Pentwscwm and Penystan
• When Col. H. C. Byrde purchased this Property 34 years ago, he found it Mortgaged to Trustees of the Marriage Settlement of Wm Gee Esq.
• Freshford, Bath, for £2000.
• Ever since the interest has been paid to Wm Gee. The rate of interest at first was 4 p.c. but has lately been reduced to 3½ per cent.
• Interest is due on March 24 and Sept. 29 in each year.
• By consent this has been remitted at the End of June & December.
• The next payment of £35, property tax deducted at 8d in the £, is due on Dec. 31st 1895.
• Mr Wm Gee died in the Spring of 1900.
• The Mortgage was called in by the family Solicitors, Messrs Scott & Cooper.
• The Mortgage was transferred to the Rev. T. A. Byrde conjointly with Arthur L. Burne; the business being eventually completed by Mr Wm Every of …
• Honiton acting on behalf of T. A. Byrde & Arthur L. Burne, on the 20th April 1901.
• Interest to be paid half yearly at 4 p.c. per an. from the above date viz. Apr. 20 to T. A. Byrde.
• When Col. H. C. Byrde bought this property in 18[?], in order to effect the purchase, he borrowed on Mortgage from the late Rev. R. Thomas, Hanover, the sum of £2500, paying interest at the rate of 4 per cent.
• After the death of the Rev. R. Thomas, interest on Mortgage was paid to the widow Mrs Mary Lloyd Thomas.
• A Policy for £999.14 in the Life Association of Scotland, on the life of H. C. Byrde, was assigned to the Trustees of the late Rev. R. Thomas.
• The amount of the Policy was received by the Trustees on the 13th Nov. 1895, thus reducing the amount of Mortgage from that date to £1500.
• The interest is due, and has been paid, at the end of March, June, Sept. & Dec. in each year.
• Mrs Lloyd Thomas widow of the Rev. R. Thomas died Dec. 4. 1895.
• Interest has now to be remitted to W. Calvin Thomas, Hampton Villa, Newport.
• Pentstair Farm
• £1000 is due to the Llamion Estate secured by a mortgage of the Pentstair Farm.
• The interest at 4% is due in April 24th, 1904.
• Cheque £38-3-4 sent July 16.
• The amount £1000 was paid off & the deeds taken up on June 6th, 1906.
• A sum of £5000 was borrowed on mortgage of Topite House and freeholds, Parc Bach and the Yewtree, from the trustees Richard J. Llewellyn (solicitor) on August 8th, 1898.
• The mortgage was paid off on Nov. 19, 1904.
• The amount was then made up as follows:
• Less the amount of the balance of the late C. Byrde and interest on deposit …….. £2604 0s 1d
• Supplied by gardners (?) ……………………………… £439 13s 0d
• Balance …………………………………………….. £2000 0s 0d
• Expenses.
• Lease Lands
  Dec. 19, 1895
• The Mortgage on these Properties is held by Galindo Esquire (annuitant).
• Payment of interest is made to W. C. A. Williams Esquire, County Treasurer’s Office, Monmouth.
• and is due on 2nd July in each year.
• Rate of interest is at 5 per cent.
• The mortgage at the beginning of the year 1894 was £900.
• On Oct. 30th 1894, £100 was paid off.
• On March 20th 1895, £300 more was paid off.
• For payment due July 2, 1895, interest was calculated on the different amounts of £900, £800 and £500 according to dates of payment made.
• 3 months & 28 days interest from July 2, 1894 to 30 Oct. 1894 on £900 …….. £14 14s.
• 4 months & 22 days interest from 30 Oct. 1894 to 20th March 1895 on £800 …….. £15 14s.
• 3 months & 5 days interest from 20 May 1895 to 2nd July 1895 on £500 …….. £6 11s.
• £37 0s 8d
• Property tax deducted …….. £1 4s 8d
• £35 16s 0d
• Parc Bach
  Dec. 19, 1895
• The Mortgage on this Property is held by
• N. C. Bendall Esquire
  Upper Court, Clifford
  R.S.O. Herefordshire.
• On Sept. 27, 1895, Mr. Bendall wrote to Col. H. C. Byrde giving him notice that he required the repayment of the amount due at the end of six months, namely March 25, 1896.
• The amount borrowed on mortgage is £400.
• Interest at the rate of 4 per cent is due from Feb. 2, 1895.
• Payment of interest lapsed for one year in 1881-2.
• Cheque sent to N. C. Bendall on March 28, 1896 for £427 4s. 10d. in payment of mortgage and arrears of interest.
• Calculation
• Amount borrowed on Mortgage …….. £400
• 1 year’s interest from Feb. 2, 1895 to Feb. 2, 1896, less tax …….. £15 10s. 0d.
• Interest from Feb. 2 to Mar. 25, 1896 …….. £2 5s. 6d.
• Interest on £16 for 14 years …….. £8 19s. 0d.
• Balance due through error in cheque of Sept. 29, 1895 …….. 9s. 4d.
• Total: £427 4s. 10d.
• Pentre House
  Dec. 19, 1895
• £500
• The mortgage on this dwelling house is held by the Trustees of the
• Goytre Cyfnewidion Society
• The rate of interest is at 4 per cent.
• One year’s interest, £20, was due on the 6th Nov. 1895.
• Dr. C. Berney
• Loan of £100 to H. C. Byrde.
• Interest at 5 per cent due on March 31.
• One half of above amount (£50) was paid by cheque to Dr. Berney on Feb. 1st, 1896.
• Cheque sent on Apr. 10, 1896 for £4 9s. 6d.
• Calculation
• Interest on £100 from Mar. 31, 1895 to Jan. 31, 1896 …….. £4 3s. 8d.
• Interest on £50 from Jan. 31 to Mar. 31, 1896 …….. 8s. 4d.
• Less tax …….. 2s. 6d.
• £4 9s. 6d.
• Interest is now paid annually on £50 to Madame Ch. Berney.
• Aug. 21, 1905, by cheque No. 28813, Madame Berney was paid:
• £50 and 5 months interest £1 1s. 0d.
• Total: £51 1s. 0d.
• Fanny E. Dix
• A Promissory Note for £180 is held by Miss F. E. Dix.
• Interest at 5 per cent, payable on Feb. 2nd and Aug. 2nd in each year.
• Susan Chalklen
• A Promissory Note is held by Mrs. Susan Chalklen for £91.
• Interest at 4 per cent, viz. £3 12s. 10d. per annum, to be paid half-yearly from May 1, 1901.

N.B.

The promissory note for £91 is for the amount due to Mrs. Chalklen under the will of R. A. Byrde:

• £100 less £9
• leaving £91

The liability of the estate of R. A. Byrde was £250.

Mrs. Chalklen …….. £91

A. E. J. Byrde …….. £90

£181

N.B.

Miss A. E. J. Byrde held a bond from Col. H. C. Byrde for £250.

By her will she left:

• £100 to Mrs. Chalklen
• £50 in funeral expenses

with the remainder to A. E. J. Byrde.

Water Supply to Goytre House

Yearly rent of £1, payable to

J. C. Hanbury, Esq.

Ten shillings to be paid half-yearly on May 1st and November 1st.

Also:

Five shillings to be paid yearly on July 1st to the G.W.R. Company.

G. H. Mills, Secy.

W. W. Phillips, Esq. Dec. 19, 1895

Two drafts amounting to £300 are held by W. W. Phillips, as follows:

• July 1, 1884 …….. £200
• Mar. 1, 1886 …….. £100

Total £300

The rate of interest is at 5 per cent.

Interest is due half-yearly on January 1st and July 1st.

The last payment (£7 10s., less income tax at 8d.) due July 1st, 1895, was made on Sept. 5th.

J. G. Chalklen, Esq.

Loan to H. C. Byrde on note of hand, May 1873, at 6 p.c. …….. £150

No interest has been paid since June 30, 1887.

J. G. C. has reduced rate of interest to 4 per cent.

Memorandum respecting Note of Hand of Col. H. C. Byrde (deceased)

Loan on note of hand …….. £150

Interest thereon from 30 June 1895 to 31 Dec. 1897
(2½ years at 4%) …….. £15

£165

Deduct payments received on account Dec. 1897 …….. £60

Balance £105

Interest thereon from 31 Dec. 1897 at 4%.

J. G. C. 14 Jan. 1898

Maes Beryn Fields

Jan. 17, 1896. Payment of £24 to J. G. Chalklen for two years’ rent to Aug. 2nd, 1895.

Previous payments:

• Jan. 24, 1894. Half year’s rent …….. £6
• Feb. 7, 1895. Do. …….. £6
• R. A. B’s rough valuation of Goytre property, 1906
• (Property names are difficult and some remain uncertain.)

Property	Value
Goytre House	£5000
Pentre Farm	£2000
Penglan (?)	£1500
Llanllow (?)	£300
Llwyn Celyn	£600
Pentre House	£600
Parc Bach	£500

Total: £10,500

Lower section (partially illegible):

• Little Hill (?) …. £270
• Parcels (?) …. £500
• [unclear item] …. £2000
• Llwyn Celyn …. £400
• [unclear] …. £250
• [unclear] …. £90

Total appears to be written as approximately £6,110.

Shooting Rights

Shooting rights granted to executors of H. C. Byrde by Hon. Dafydd C. Hanbury for yearly payment of £8 12s.

For western lands:

• Goytre Mill
• Goytre Church Farms

Area approximately:

• 230 acres

Annual payment:

• £5 5s. 0d.

Lands lately lying east of Goytre

Occupiers:

• Cooke
• Nicholl

Area:

• 196 acres

Annual payment:

• £3 7s. 0d.
• Bristol Property owned by F. C. Mais, Esq.
  Dec. 19, 1895
• (i) River Street
• Three houses in River Street let on lease to Messrs. Smith & Gregory (owners of the adjoining factory) for 14 years at £35 per annum.
• The lease expires in 2 years. There is a clause in the present lease to the effect that it can be renewed for another 14 years.
• If the property is sold, Messrs. Smith & Gregory have the first refusal and offer £570.
• Ground Rent: £1 7s. 6d.
• (ii) George Street
• Premises used as a Blue Factory.
• Let to Mr. Jay, Keynsham, at £40 per annum on a lease for 21 years.
• 19 years still to run.
• (iii)
• Three houses and one warehouse adjoining the former.
• Let to Mr. Furseman at £42 per annum.
• The landlord pays rates and taxes on these.
• (iv) Mais Court
• Twelve houses in Mais Court let to tenants paying weekly.
• These houses produce per week about £1 7s. 6d., less rates.
• Ground Rent: £2 0s. 0d.
• Annual Income Summary

Property	Rent
Smith & Gregory, River St.	£35
Blue Factory	£40
Four Houses	£42
Twelve Cottages	£60
Total	£177

The amount paid to Col. H. C. Byrde after deducting expenses has ranged generally from £110 to £120 per annum.

A small sketch plan at the bottom of page 32 shows the relative positions of:

• Smith & Gregory’s property
• Mais Court
• Blue Factory
• Three houses and warehouse
• River Street
• George Street

Frederick Charles Mais

Born: April 1812

Admitted as a patient into:

Brislington House – 21 Sept. 1832

Discharged – 21 Mar. 1833

Readmitted – 16 Apr. 1835

Removed to:

Barnwood House, Gloucester – 1 Apr. 1873

Died at Barnwood – 11 Feb. 1902

Left no documents of any kind.

Additional family notes:

• Rebecca Byrde, sister, died 23 Dec. 1893
• Amelia Mais, sister, died 23 Sept. 1889

Bristol Property

A deed of mortgage was executed in 1872 between H. C. Byrde and Wm. Gregory (deceased some years) in reference to a freehold in the outlying parish of St. Philip & Jacob, Bristol.

The amount borrowed was £600.

Interest to be paid at the rate of 4½ per cent.

Payments are due half-yearly on:

• January 18
• July 18

in each year and are made to:

Messrs. Curtis, Jenkwood (surname somewhat uncertain)
Exchange Buildings
Bristol

and are due to the trustees of Mrs. Hamilton.

Berney Trust

Payments when due

Consols

• Jan. 6th
• Apr. 6th
• July 6th
• Oct. 6th

N.P. Bank Shares (68)

• Jan. 9th
• July 9th

G.W.R. £500 5% Rent Charge Stock

• Feb. 18th
• Aug. 18th

Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Annuity

• Jan. 1st
• July 1st

Chester Jones Junr. died Aug. 5, 1890

Rate per diem of Trust Moneys

Investment	Per diem
N.P. Bank Shares (68)	7s. 2d.
G.W.R. £500 5% Rent Charge Stock	1s. 4d.
Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Annuity	1s. 2¾d.
Consols	11¾d.

Additional notes at foot of page:

• Sarah Pownall died Aug. 28, 1898.
• E. Chester Jones died Apr. 18, 1892.

Profits from Honiton Tea Estate, Ceylon

Received from F. W. Byrde

The page records distributions and remittances from a tea estate in Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka).

1896

• Jan. 7, for period ending Sept. 30, 1895 …….. £108 5s. 6d.
• Mar. 2, to Dec. 31, 1895 …….. £53

1897

• May 14 …………………………………. £224 5s.

1898

• Sept. 21, to June 30, 1898 …….. £33 18s. 6d.

1899

• Mar. 25, to Dec. 31, 1898 …….. £37 13s. 2d.
• Sept. 7, to June 30, 1899 …….. £137 6s. 2d.

1900

• Apr. 18, to Dec. 31, 1899 …….. £65 14s. 11d.
• Oct. 3, to June 30, 1900 …….. £36 0s. 6d.
• Dec. 7, to Sept. 30, 1900 …….. £15 5s. 8d.

1902

• Mar. 15, year ending Dec. 31, 1901 …….. £22 15s. 4d.
• July 26, ½ year to June 30, 1902 …….. £88 3s.

1903

• July 6, to March 31, 1903 …….. £43 0s. 8d.
• Oct. 26, to June 30, 1903 …….. £23 19s. 3d.
• Dec. 15, to Sept. 30, 1903 …….. £47 17s. 5d.

1904

• June 15 …….. £48 12s. 1d.
• Sept. 27 …….. £32 9s. 1d.

1905

• Apr. 20 (for period ending Dec. 31, 1904) …….. £46 4s. 8d.

1906

• Apr. 2 …….. approximately £7 2s.
• Oct. 8 …….. £32 2s. 6d.

Memo of Amount Paid by F. W. Byrde (1910)

Entries include:

• June 3: gas cleaning and sundry expenses
• June 3: acknowledgment of delivery of Col. Byrde’s tablet
• June 6: name put on Sutton Chapel board
• June 11: churchyard price / cemetery fee
• July: payment relating to memorial

Several small amounts are listed, including:

• 18s. 0d.
• £3 9s. 2d.
• 17s. 6d.
• 15s. 6d.
• £1 16s.
• £1 7s. 9d.

Total appears to be approximately £9 3s. 11d.

Additional notes:

• June 23: Premium on Policy
• Fee to solicitor (possibly “White”)
• “Mrs Goytre’s furniture at the price was valued by Mr Price”
• “Jan 24, ’90 at £79 : 9 : 6”
• Proceeds of Sale of Nuwara Eliya Stores
• Received from Sale …….. Rs. 4000
• Arrears of Rent …….. Rs. 440
• Rs. 4440
• Less legal expenses …….. Rs. 114.75
• Balance Rs. 4325.25
• English money: £264 13s. 11d.

8 April 1908

A note signed E. M. B. appears to state:

By her letter of April 4, 1908,

Miss A. E. J. Byrde relinquishes her claim to the £10 per annum paid by the trustees, and no further payment will be made.

Signed:

E. M. B.

Below:

Payment of the annual sum of £10 was terminated Feb. 1910.

Amounts Payable to Miss A. E. J. Byrde

A ledger of recurring payments.

January

15th
Annuity of £60 payable quarterly …….. 15s.

20th
Interest on £791 (? Chalklen fund) …….. £15 19s. 1d.

28th
Interest on £250 at 4% half-yearly …….. £5

February

1st
Extra annuity payable quarterly …….. £2 10s.

Do. for gardener …….. £2

15th
Annuity £60 …….. 15s.

May

1st
Interest on £91 (Chalklen fund) …….. £1 16s.

Extra annuity gardener …….. £4 10s.

1st
Interest on £90 at 4% …….. £1 16s.

July

20th
Interest on £791 (?) …….. £15 19s. 1d.

15th
Annuity £60 …….. 15s.

28th
Interest on £250 half-yearly …….. £5

August

1st
Extra annuity gardener …….. £4 10s.

October

15th
Annuity …….. 15s.

November

1st
Interest on £91 half-yearly …….. £1 16s.

Extra annuity gardener …….. £4 10s.

December

1st
Interest on £90 half-yearly …….. £1 16s.

Yearly Totals

The page then totals the annual payments and allowances.

Of the figures visible:

• Allowance …….. £70
• Gardener …….. £8
• Total appears approximately …….. £127 3s.

The lower section then refers to:

F. W. Byrde

Interest on:

• £700 at 4% quarterly …….. £7 0s. 0d.
• £200 at 4% half-yearly …….. £4 0s. 0d.