T193

Court Case King’s Bench between Hughes Minet & Rekar Fector and Martha Arnold, widow.

Defendant sets forth – John Arnold late City of Canterbury dec.d late husband of defendant.

On 21^st May 1769 was indebted to the plaintiff for goods and merchandizes for £137 8s.

Also on the 20^th Sept.^r 1773 at Maidstone aforesaid was indebted to the sd plts in other £653. 2s for divers, other goods, weares and merchandise.

Cummings Attorney

(Very long and involved but repetitive)

T52

Letter to Mr R Symonds, at no. 4 Queens Square, Bristol

Jan 19^th 1802
Dear Friend,
Ceylon  – 10^th Nov 1801
I wrote to you on my return from Bristol now near three months since and I fear either from your urgent uncertainty of our country past office on your having proved that you have not received it. I have therefore enclosed this to a friend of mine, Mr B Biggs, Linen Draper, High Street Bristol, through whose hands you will get it. I hope by this time you have got quite of your complaints by the help of care and your surgeons and if you can make it agreeable I will be happy to see you here to spend a little time.

I will furnish you with a house already equipped. Before I left Bristol I met our friend J T Mais and suggested or requested him to sell you of my being obliged to leave it and without doing my ….

Am your friend truly yours,
M Wm Drake
Devon
Near Axminster

T38

Copy of a letter from Lieut J M Pennington to the Secretary at War

Luzarches 19^th December 1815

My Lord,
I have taken the liberty of begging your Lord’s interference in a lease the particulars of which are here detailed – after the battle of Vittoria, Lieut. Colonel Bird was left there on duty and his company (The Grenadiers) was paid by his brother for him until it was ascertained that the former was going to England about the 24^th September when Major Clarke was appointed to the Company.

His brother and Captain Leech were authorised by him to settle his accounts both public and private.

The balances on the abstract 24^th September were less by £106 9s, the amount of the minus credits to that period which was charged to Colonel Bird’s private account and creating to the Company account to October along with the balances to 24^th September, after that the public account was signed by Captain Leech, for him, as correct and the receipts, memorandums &c to the period over to him for Colonel Bird last declaration.

The balance of his private account was sent to him as two remittances amongst which was credited the amount of our order drawn by Lt. Barry 87^th Regiment for one hundred dollars on paymaster Sherlock which I counted as goods as having the money in my possession, being accepted by the latter and which I beg to leave to enclose. – On applying for the money it was refused on a plea that it was forbid by Lt. Barry in consequence for the horses (for which it appears the order was given) being claimed by Captain Thompson 83^rd Regiment.

Finding I could not get the money for Colonel Bird I made him acquainted with it, as also that it would be charged by me to paymaster Boyd of the 2^nd Battalion for him to repay as it was no transaction of mine whatsoever in paying the money before it was received and that he might be able to make some arrangement with Captain Thompson and Lieut. Barry concerning it.

I was however much surprised on being informed that Colonel Bird would not refund the money that being eighteen months ago and still preservers in with holding it from me.

May I request your Lord will have the goodness to assist me in recovering the amount from Colonel Bird by having it paid into the hands of paymaster Boyd on my account.

I am, S^r
Signed
J M Pennington
1^st Battalion 5^th Regiment
The Right Hon^ble
The Secretary at War

T64

Miss Charlotte Bird –
1820 – July 20^{th –} Paid for you at Bromley as per Mrs Chalklen’s account 12 19 6

1821 – March – Paid for piano forte to Mr Phillips 10 00 0

1822 – September – Cash to go to Aberayron 11 00 0

December – Stamp for transfer of Midland Shares 2 0 0

50 19 6

December 25 – To 1 share in the Mon’shire canal transferred to you 170 00 0

To remain in balance of your share of the property listed In the land by mortgage £512 10 11

£682 10 11

Total sum paid to you and received in the land £733 10 5

It appears by the above account that I have the sum of £512-10-11 of your money in the land for which you have a joint mortgage with your mother, Lucy, Fanny and Maria and the interest I have to pay your mother for you on this sum of £512-10-11 at five pounds per cent per annum amounts to £25-12-6 a year which I shall continue to pay to her on your account till forbid by you to do so.

Henry Bird

T196

1816 Bond for receiving £150

Elizabeth Bird parish Goytrey widow

George Samuel Bird gentleman

Lucy Bird all parish of Goytrey

Bond to John Griffiths parish Llanover Upper £3000

To pay £150

17^th July 1821

Paid by Col. Bird £163-2s-6d being the principal sum

Declaration of Capt., Charles Elias Bird

1857

I, Charles Elias Bird of Goitre House in the parish of Goitre in the County of Monmouth Esq., a Captain in the Army unattached do solemnly and sincerely declare:

1. That I am 69 years of age

2. That I knew Mary Andrews late of Pentre Bach in the sd psh & county widow – the devisee mentioned in the will of Wm. Andrews late of Pentre Bach afores^d. yeoman dec.d dated on or about the 12^th day of April 1788 & that I have personally been at her house and conversed with her and she was then occupying the Pentre Bach, Graig Thee and Alt Withy otherwise Alt Hellig and the Tire y Graig ddy otherwise Tyr Skibbor y Llan situate in the s^d. psh & cty and appeared to be and was always deemed and considered and believed to be the absolute owner thereof –

3. That I remember when I was a child being taken to the house of the s Mary Andrews at Pentre Bach afores^d. by my father who had taken stones from her quarry at Pentre Bach afores^d. to build his house, now called Goitre House at Goitre afores^d. and that I saw my father pay her for the same stones and that this was in or about 1792.

4. That I remember the death of the s Mary Andrew in or about the year 1793 and that she was buried at Goitre church in the s^d. parish and county.

5. That the s Mary Andrews continued to live on the Pentre Bach Estate afore^sd. Up to the time of her decease.

6. That I well knew Wm. Andrews the person mentioned in the will of the said Mary Andrews dated on or about the 29^th day of May 1789.

7. That my father was a captain in the 8^th Regiment of the line and returned with the said William Andrews from North America to England in the year 1780, the said Wm Andrews having been a soldier in the same Regiment with him and having served with him many years prior in the American War of Independence.

8. That at the time of the return of the s Wm. Andrews he was a single man and had not been

9. That in the year 1805 I joined my Regiment and did not return to reside at the Goitre af till the year 1820.

10. That I knew Thomas David otherwise Davies of the parish of Llanover in the said county of Mon., yeoman and Ann his wife devisees for life, ment in the s^d. will of the s^d. Mary Andrews dec.d

11. That the said Ann David predeceased the said Thomas David many years and was buried as I have been informed and verily believe at Goitre Church afores

12. That the s Ann David was a near relative of the s^d. Mary Andrews the Testrix.

13. That the said Thomas David otherwise Davies after the decease of Ann David intermarried with Mary Phillips, spinster –

14. That the said Thomas David had issue by his s first wife, the s^d. Ann David five sons, namely Wm David, otherwise Davies, Thos David, otherwise Davies, Walter David, otherwise Davies and David David, otherwise Davies.

15. That the s Wm. David died in the year 1806 and was buried at Goitre Church aforesaid, and is the same person mentioned in the certificate now produced and shewn to me marked with the letter ‘A’, wherein he is called William Davies, bachelor –

16. That the said Wm David, otherwise Davies was never married and made no will.

17. That the said Thomas David, otherwise Davies was his elder brother –

18. That the lands and heredits described in a certain Indre made the [blank] day of [blank] 1857 between Wm Fleetwood of the 1^st part, Richard Greenway of the 2^nd part, the said Thos David otherwise Davies of the 3^rd part, Henry Chas Bird of the 4^th part are the same heredits whereof the said Wm Andrews the testor and Mary Andrews the testrix severally died seized and which were devised by their several wills as by the said wills resply [reference being thereto had] will appear.

And I make this solemn declaration re:

Solemnly declared by the said Charles Elias Bird at Nantyderry in the county of Monmouth this second day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven, before us:

Richard Greenway

? to administer oaths in Chancery in England