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Start Over Language Unknown Collection D. D. Brocas County Oxfordshire

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Brocas family deeds, principally concerning property in Berkshire and Hampshire but also relating to property in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Suffolk, Wiltshire and Yorkshire. Deeds 534-593 were unnumbered at the collection's deposited and were shelfmarked in 2024.

Other estate papers of the family are MSS. Rolls Hants. 25-34, 36-41, 43.

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1. MS. D. D. Brocas 430

Date Range:
1734 - 1736
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Sheriff's account. Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire). 8-9 Geo. II. 1734-1736. Sheriff's account of Sebastian Smythe, sheriff of Oxfordshire, for the year ending Michaelmas 1735.

2. MS. D. D. Brocas 486

Date Range:
1601 - 1601
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Letters patent|Royal pardon. Brill (Buckinghamshire), Piddington (Oxfordshire). 43 Eliz. I. Jan. 28, 1601. Letters patent of Elizabeth I containing a royal pardon for Henry Poole, esq., and Elizabeth his wife, for having acquired from John Dynham esq., without licence, woods and lands in Brill, Buckinghamshire, and a wood within the manor of Peddington, Oxon. (Great seal).

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Shelfmark:
[As for document]
Person Name:
Elizabeth I

3. MS. D. D. Brocas 522

Date Range:
1651 - 1651
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Lease. Marston (Oxfordshire). 1651, Feb. 26. Indenture made between (1) James Yate the elder of Marston, Oxfordshire, gent., and (2) John Peaseley of St Clement Danes, Middlesex, tailor, being a lease by (1) to (2) for 21 years after the death of (1) of lands in Marston. .

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Shelfmark:
[As for document]
Person Name:
James Yate

4. MS. D. D. Brocas 523

Date Range:
1677 - 1677
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Lease. Marston (Oxfordshire). 29 Chas. II. Mar. 3, 1677. Indenture made between (1) Sebastian Smythe of the Middle Temple, London, esq., and (2) Richard Brookes of Marston, Oxfordshire, yeoman, being a lease for 7 years by (1) to (2) of lands in Marston (Richard Brookes made his mark) (damaged; fragile).

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Shelfmark:
[As for document]
Person Name:
Richard Brookes

5. MS. D. D. Brocas 524

Date Range:
1684 - 1684
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Lease. Marston (Oxfordshire). 36 Chas. II. Apr. 12, 1684. Indenture made between (1) Sebastian Smythe of the Middle Temple, London, esq., and Grace his wife, and (2) John Myles of Marston, Oxfordshire, labourer, being a lease for 7 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage and lands in Marston (John Miles made his mark).

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[As for document]
Person Name:
John Miles

6. MS. D. D. Brocas 525

Date Range:
1685 - 1685
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Lease. Marston (Oxfordshire). 1 Jas. II. Aug. 22, 1685. Indenture made between (1) Sir Sebastian Smythe of Oxford, knight, and Dame Grace his wife, and (2) Richard Brookes of Marston, Oxfordshire, labourer, being a lease for 7 years by (1) to (2) of a messuage and lands in Marston (Richard Brookes made his mark) (some damage; fragile).

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Shelfmark:
[As for document]
Person Name:
Richard Brookes

7. MS. D. D. Brocas 527

Date Range:
1691 - 1691
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Lease. Oxford, St Martin (Oxfordshire). 3 William and Mary. Apr. 28, 1691. Indenture made between (1) Sir Sebastian Smythe of Oxford, knight, and Dame Grace his wife, and (2) Thomas Hawkes of Oxford, victualler, being a lease for 7 years of a tenement in the parish of St Martin, Oxford, comprising various rooms, listed in the lease, with a schedule of fitments attached (Thomas Hawkes made his mark).

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[As for document]
Motif:
Lion rampant
Person Name:
Thomas Hawkes

8. MS. D. D. Brocas 528

Date Range:
1698 - 1698
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Acknowledgement|Lease. Oxford, St Martin (Oxfordshire). 9 William III. Sep. 28, 1698. Deed poll of Arthur Charlett, Doctor in Divinity, Master of University College, University of Oxford, and Fellows, acknowledging a lease of 28 September 1698 for 21 years from them to Sir Sebastian Smith, of Oxford, knight, of lands belonging to the Crown Inn, in the parish of Oxford, St Martin.

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[As for document]
Person Name:
Master and Fellows of University College, University of Oxford

9. MS. D. D. Brocas 529

Date Range:
1714 - 1714
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Lease. Little Langley (Oxfordshire). 4 Geo. I. Sep. 10, 1714. Indenture made between (1) Henry [Hyde], earl of Rochester, and (2) Sir Sebastian Smythe of Oxford, knight, reciting a lease for 99 years dated 30 November 1715, a lease for xxx years by (1) to (2) of a messuage and lands in Little Langley in the forest of Wychwood and parish of Shipton under Wychwood (endorsed: 'Lord Rochesters Lease to Sir Sebastian Smythe. 10 September [1714].

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Shelfmark:
[As for document]
Motif:
Armorial
Person Name:
[Unidentified]