| Description | Copies of court roll of the Manor of Hardwick [in Worcester St John in Bedwardine], belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral, letters of administration of the estate of the late Richard Cosnight of Worcester granted to his son, Thomas Cosnight, 26 Sep 1792, assignment, mortgage and surrender for the purpose of enfranchisement relating to copyhold property comprising one cottage and one garden (later five, then six tenements) in Cripplegate lying to the south west of the Rising Sun public house.
Parties concerned include: (1744) Richard Cosnett (or Cosnight) of Worcester St Clement, glover, Samuel Edwards of Worcester All Saints, glover, Thomas Williams of Worcester St Clement, victualler; Lewis Brown of Ripple, yeoman, Thomas Staples of Worcester, scrivener; James Cosnight of Worcester St Nicholas, glover; (1777) Thomas Cosnight of Worcester, glover, Humphrey Evett of Worcester, shoemaker (later of Birmingham, innholder); (1792) Joseph Earl, hair dresser, Thomas Hooper, baker, both of Worcester St John in Bedwardine; (1812) John Sandford of Claines, bricklayer, William Evans of Worcester St Clement, victualler (later gentleman); (1828) Henry Evans of Hallow, tailor (later of Worcester, innkeeper); William Langley of Lindridge, gentleman; John Clements of Claines, gardener; John Browning of Cotheridge, farmer; (1851) Henry Gummery of Worcester St Clement, china painter; (1879) Ezekiel Gummery of Henwick, Worcester City, gentleman. |