 The ruins of Upper Swindale Head |
 Ruin of a farmstead near to Upper Swindale Head |
The ruins of Upper Swindale Head |
Ruin of a farmstead near to Upper Swindale Head |
| Schedule of Deeds relating to Gerard Rawes of Swindale Head. Carlisle Record Office, D/Lons/L5/1/Shap/527-531. (Swindale Line) |
relating to the Estate of Mr Gerard Rawes at Swindale delivered to Mr John Hill - mortgagee of same Estate for 150 pounds.
1777 Febry 6 Conveyance - Mr Thomas Greaves to Mr Gerard Rawes Manor of Thornthwaite 1777 April 17th Admittance of Gerard Rawes upon the Surrender of Thomas Greaves otherwise Groves.
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1799 Certificate, 1811 Indenture, 1841 Indenture and 1845 Indenture have not been copied.
For the 1850 Indentures please see Gerard Rawes the Younger 1783-1866.
Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe of Brockworth, 2002
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| Conveyance dated 6th February 1777, between Thomas Greaves of Swindale, Shap and Gerard Raws of Mardale, Shap, Westmorland. Carlisle Record Office, D/Lons/L5/1/Shap/527-531. (Miscellaneous) |
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This Indenture made the sixth Day of February in the seventeenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and so / forth
and in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy seven Between Thomas Greaves of Swindale
in the parish of Shap in the County of Westmorland Yeoman of the one part and Gerard Raws of Mardale in parish and
county / aforesaid Yeoman of the other part Witnesseth that the said Thomas Greaves for and in consideration
of the sum of Three Hundred and Seventy Pounds of lawful money of Great Britain to him in hand well
and truly paid / or secured to be paid by the said Gerard Raws before the Execution of these Presents (the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged) hath granted bargained sold aliened surrendered and confirmed and by these
Presents Doth grant bargain sell aliene / surrender and confirm unto the said Gerard Raws his Heirs and
Assigns All that the the said Thomas Greaves's whole messuage and tenement late Wilkinson's and Hoggart's (whereof
he was possessed as the execution of these / Presents) situate lying and being at Swindale Head in the parish of
Shap and County of Westmorland aforesaid and held of and under the Worshipful Edward Hasell Esqr Lord of the Manor
of Thornthwaite otherwise Bampton / Patrick by payment of the yearly fine-certain Rent of Nineteen Shillings and
one Penny and two Pence Green-hue And a Farm Hen and half a Farm Hen Yearly and every Year that is to say Namely
One Hen / Yearly and every Year for that his Messuage and Tenement purchased of William Wilkinson late of Swindale
and one Hen every other Year or half Hen Yearly and every Year for that his Housestead and Garden at Blake Beck /
lately purchased of John Hoggart of Swindale aforesaid and which are now in the Possession of the said James
Greaves his under tenents or assigns together with all and singular the Dwelling-house, Out-houses, Barns, /
Byars, Stables, Hedges, Fences, Walls, Ways, Wells, Waters, Water Courses, Ditches, Garths, Gardens, Orchards,
Arable Lands, Meadows, Pastures, Moors, Mosses, Commons, Commons of Pasture, and Turbary, Easements, Profits,
Privileges, Advantages, / and Appurtenances whatsoever unto the said Premises belonging or to all or any Part
thereof in any wise appertaining And the Reversion and Reversions Remainder and Remainders Rents Issues and
Profits / of all and singular the said Premises And all his the said Thomas Greaves's Right Title Interest
Property Claim and Demand whatsoever of in and to the same and to every Part thereof As also all / Deeds,
Admittances, Evidences, and writings in the Custody or Power of him the said Thomas Greaves, touching or
concerning the Title of the said Premises and any Part thereof To have and to Hold the said / Premises with all
and singular their Appurtenances unto the said Gerard Raws his Heirs and Assigns according to the ancient Custom
of the said Manor of Thornthwaite to and for his and their own sole use and / Benefit and to for no other Use
Intent or Purpose whatsoever Yielding and Paying therefore Yearly and every Year unto the Lord of
the said Manor his Heirs and Assigns the said Yearly Rent and all other / Dues, Duties, Suits and Services
thereore due at the several Times and Terms usual And also paying Yearly and every Year unto the Hon'ble
Sir James Lowther Baronet his Heirs or Assigns the Sum of Eleven / Pence being a prescription in lieu of Tithe
Corn and Hay therefore due and accustomed And the said Thomas Greaves for himself his Heirs Executors
Administrators and Assigns doth covenant promise and agree to / and with the said Gerard Raws his Heirs and Assigns
by these Presents that he hath in himself good Right full Power and sufficient Authority in the Law to grant sell
and convey all and every the above granted / Premises And that he the said Gerard Raws his Heirs and
Assigns shall and may from time to time and at all times hereafter peacably and quietly have hold occupy and
possess and enjoy all and singular / the said Premises with their Appurtenances without the lawful Let Suit
Trouble Hindrance Eviction Molestation of him the said Thomas Greaves his Heirs or Assigns or any other Person or
Persons whomsoever / lawfully claiming or to claim by from or under him them or any of them And that free
and clear and freely and clearly acquitted exonerated and discharged of from and against all former and [--?] [--?]
/ Grants Bargains Sales Leases Dowers Widow Rights Mortgages Titles Rents Fines Taxes Arrears of Rents Fines Taxes
Impositions and Incumbrances whatsoever, the said yearly Rent and other Dues Duties and / Services hereafter to
become due for and in Respect thereof only excepted and aforeprized And all that he the said Thomas Greaves
and his Heirs shall all and will from Time to Time and at all Times hereafter / upon the lawful Request and at the
proper Costs and Charges in the Law of the said Gerard Raws his Heirs and Assigns make do levy execute and suffer
or cause or procure to be made done leveyed executed and suffered / all and every such further or other lawful and
reasonable Act or Acts Thing or Things Deeds Conveyances or Assurances in the Law whatsoever for the further better
and more perfect Conveying and assuring / of all and singular the said Premises with their Appurtenances unto the
said Gerard Raws his Heirs and Assigns as by the said Gerard Raws his Heirs and Assigns or his or their Counsel
learned in / the Law shall be reasonably drawn devised or advised or required. In Witness whereof the said
Thomas Greaves to these Presents hath hereunto set his Hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written.
Thomas Greaves [signs with seal]
Sealed and Delivered (being
Thos. Atkinson
[On reverse] John Tinkler / Willm. Holme / Edmund Wright / Richard Powley / Richard Langhorn / William Jon / Joseph Herron / William Hayton "M" / Robert Hoggart / William Sewell / Henry Wilkinson / Anthony Braidey / Thos. Newton. [all sign]
£370.00s.o Thomas Greaves [signed] Witness: Thos. Atkinson / Mattw. Thompson / John Boustead. [all sign]
Notes:-
A large parchment deed within the same bundle was not transcribed.
It is at present not appear whether this Gerard is one and the same as Gerard Rawes of Swindale Head.
Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe of Brockworth, Gloucester 2002
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| Admittance dated 17th April 1777 concerning Gerrard Rawes of Swindale, Westmorland. Carlisle Record Office, D/Lons/L5/1/Shap/527-531. (Swindale Line) |
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1777 - Manor of Thornthwaite alias Bampton Patrick in the County of Westmorland.
The Court Leet and View of Frankpledge of our Sovereign Lord the King with the / Court Baron and Customary Court of Edward Hasell, Esq. Lord of the said Manor holden at / the house of Thomas Holme in Bampton Grange in & for the said Manor on Thursday the / seventeenth Day of April in the year of our Lord 1777 before William Dixon / Gentleman, Steward of the said Court. AT THIS COURT came Gerrard Rawes upon the surrender & alienation / of Thomas Greaves otherwise Groves / and took of the said Lord before his said Steward / A messuage & tenement at Swindale Head part of Curwen's Lands / with the appurtenances, within the said Manor of the apportioned / Yearly Customary Rent of nineteen shillings and one penny / and other Dues, Duties and Services, TO HOLD to the said Gerrard / Rawes during the Jount Lives of the said / Lord and of the Tenant, / according to the Custom of the said Manor / YIELDING AND PAYING therefore the / said Yearly Customary Rent of nineteen shillings and one penny / and all other Rents, Fines, Dues, Duties and Services, therefore due at the several / Days and Times accustomed and having compounded / for a Fine as in the Margin, is thereupon admitted Tenant thereof. Wm. Dixon / Steward of the said Court [signed] [Left margin:] Rent 19s.1d [Right margin:] £9.10s.10d.
[A summary appears on rear of document:]
Fine £9. 0s.10d.
Admittance 1s. 4d.
Bailif's fee 4d.
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£9. 12s. 6d.
Wm. Dixon / Steward [signed]
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| Admittance dated 3rd December 1781 concerning Jarrett Rawes of Swindale, Westmorland. Carlisle Record Office, D/Lons/L5/1/Shap/527-531. (Swindale Line) |
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Manor of Thornthwaite otherwise Bampton Patrick.
The Court Baron Customary Court and / General Court of Dimissions of Sir Philip Musgrave / Baronet. Timothy Fetherstonehaugh & James / Wallace Esquires Lords of the said Manor holden / at the house of Thomas Holmes in Bampton / Grange in & for the said Manor on monday the / third Day of December One thousand seven hundred & / Eighty one Before William Dixon, Gentleman / Steward of the said Manor. At this Court came Jarrett Rawes and / took of the said Lords before their said Steward / a Messuage & Tenement situate lying and / being in Swindale late Greaves's part of / Curwen's Lands with the appurtenances within / the said Manor late in the tenure of the said / Jarrett Rawes at the yearly fineable Rent / of Nineteen Shillings & One penny & other dues / duties & Services and now in the hands of the / said Lords to be demised after the death of / Edward Hasell Esquire the last General / Demitting Lord of the said Manor. To hold to the / said Jarrett Rawes during the Joint Lives of / Lords & Tenant according to the Custom of the / said Manor as Settled by Indenture between / Lord & Tenants YIELDING & Paying / Rent of Nineteen Shillings & Onepenny and / all other Rents Duties & Services at the several / Days & Times accustomed and having paid for a / fine as in the Margin is thereupon Admitted Tenant. Wm. Dixon / Steward of the said Court [Signed]
[Left margin:] Rent 19s.1d. / Dues / Greenhow 2d. / One Hen.
[A summary appears on rear of document:]
Fine £9. 10. 10d.
Stamps & Admittance 5s. 11d.
Bailif 4d.
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£9. 7s. 1d.
Wm. Dixon / Steward [signed]
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| Receipt dated 14th February 1782 concerning Jarrett Rawes of Swindale, Westmorland. Carlisle Record Office, D/Lons/L5/1/Shap/527-531. (Swindale Line) |
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Manor of Thornthwaite otherwise Bampton Patrick.
14th Febry 1782 / Received then of Gerrard Rawes / for the Use of Sir Philip Musgrave, Baronet, / Timothy Fetherstonhaugh, Esq; and James / Wallace, Esq; Lords of the said Manor, the / Sum of Four pounds & fifteen / shillings and five pence / being the first Payment of his General / Fine, due at Candlemas last, upon the death of / Edward Hasell, Esquire, the last General Admitting / Lord of the said Manor. I say received for one moiety / of a Ten-penny Fine Certain, due by Indenture as / aforesaid, the said sum of. By me Edmd. Bowman [Left margin:] 19s. 1d. [Right margin:] £4. 15s. 5d.
[A summary appears on rear of document:]
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| Admittance dated 28th July 1808 concerning Jarrett Rawes of Swindale, Westmorland. Carlisle Record Office, D/Lons/L5/1/Shap/527-531. (Swindale Line) |
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1808 - Manor of Thornthwaite alias Bampton Patrick in the County of Westmorland.
The Court Baron and General Court of Dimissions / of the Right Honourable WILLIAM EARL OF LONSDALE, Lord of the said Manor held at the House of / AGNES WILKINSON in BAMPTON GRANGE, for the said Manor, on thursday the Twenty eight Day of July, One / Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight, BEFORE JOHN RICHARDSON, Esquire, Steward and Commissioner for / assessing the general Fines upon the several and respective Customary Tenants of the said Manor, which are due from them to the said / William Earl of Lonsdale, on the Death of Timothy Featherstonehaugh, Esquire, the Survivor of the last general admitting Lords / of the said Manor, for the several and respective Customary Tenements within the same, according to the Custom of the said Manor. TO THIS COURT came Jarrett Rawes and prayed to / take of the Lord of the said Manor, (upon the Death of Timothy Featherstonehaugh, the survivor of the last general admitting / Lords of the said Manor) A Messuage and Tenement situate lying and / being in Swindale late Greave's with the Appurtenances / within the said Manor in his Tenancy of the yearly / Customary Rent of Nineteen shillings and one penny / (formerly Curwen's) WHEREUPON the said Lord, by his said Steward, doth hereby admit the said Jarrett Rawes Tenant of / the said Premises, on Payment of Nine pounds ten shillings and ten pence / for a General Fine, assessed as upon the Death of the said Timothy Featherstonehaugh, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Premises, / with the Appurtenances, unto the said Jarrett Rawes according to the Custom of the said Manor, / YIELDING and PAYING therefore, the said yearly Rent, at the Days and Times accustomed, and all other Dues, Duties, Suits, Boons, / and Services, therefore due and right accustomed. J. Richardson. Steward [signed]
[Left margin:]
[A summary appears on rear of document:]
Fine £9. 10s. 10d.
16s. 8d.
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£10. 7s. 6d.
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| Two receipts in the form of letters dated 15th June 1814 concerning Gerrard Rawes. Carlisle Record Office, D/Lons/L5/1/Shap/527-531. (Swindale Line) |
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[Letter one:] 15 June 1814 I do hereby Certify that pursuant / to an Act of Parliament passed / in the forty sixth year of / the Reign of His Majesty / King George the third entitled an / Act for effecting an Exchange / between the Right Honourable William / Viscount Lowther & Gerrard Rawes / hath paid into the Bank of / England the Sum of Eighty two / pounds and ten pence which is / placed to my account as Acct. / General and to the credit of / Exparte the purchasers of the settled / Estates of the Right Honourable / James late Lord Viscount Lowther & / in the Books kept at the / Bank (and in my office) as / appears by the Receipt of / Mr. T. Inquit one of the / Cashiers of the Bank of England dated this / day hereto annexed. N. Smith / Acct. Genl.
[Letter two:] For the Governor and / Company of the Bank / of England. / T. Inquit. £82 0s 10d / Entd. J. Knight.
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| Indenture of Lease dated 3rd Feb. 1819, between Gerard Rawes the Elder of Swindale Head and his sons William Rawes of Bromley and Gerard Rawes the Younger of Swindale Head. Carlisle Record Office, D/Lons/L5/1/Shap/527-531. (Swindale Line) |
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[Sheet one:] This Indenture made the third Day of February in the year of our / Lord One thousand eight hundred and Nineteen Between / Gerard Rawes of Swindale Head in the County of Westmorland / Yeoman of the one part and William Rawes of Bromley in the County of / Kent Gentleman and Gerard Rawes of Swindale Head aforesaid the Younger, / Yeoman of the other part Witnesseth that for and in Consideration of the / sum of five shillings and the natural love and affection which the said / Gerard Rawes the Elder beareth to his Sons the said William Rawes and / Gerard Rawes the Younger and for diverse other good causes and considerations / him thereunto moving Hath bargained sold and demised and by these / present doth bargain sell and demise unto the said William Rawes and / Gerard Rawes the Younger All that Close Inclosure or parcel of Ground called / Blakebeck containing by estimation twelve Acres situate lying and being / at Swindale Head aforesaid and now in the Tenure or Occupation of the / said Gerard Rawes the Elder, Together with all and singular the Apperten / ances whatsoever to the said Premises belonging or in anywise appertaining or / to or with the same now or at any time or times heretofore held used or enjoyed / or accepted reputed taken or known as part parcel or member thereof or / appurtenant thereunto And the Reversion and Remainder and / Remainders Rents Issues and Profits thereof To have and to hold the / said close or Inclosure of Ground and all and singular the premises / mentioned or intended to be hereby bargained and sold with the Appurtenances / unto the said William Rawes and Gerard Rawes the Younger their / Executors Administrators and assigns from the date next before the day / of the date of these presents for and during and unto the full end / and term of one whole year from thence next ensuing and fully to be complete / and ended Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said Gerard
[Sheet two:]
Signed Sealed and delivered (being
John Abbott
Notes:-
There is now only one house at Swindale Head. In the immediate vicinity however there are at least three
ruined farmsteads. The likely candidate for the home of Gerard Rawes is Upper Swindale Head, now in ruins.
William Rawes was a teacher at the Rawes Academy in Bromley.
Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe of Brockworth, 2002
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| Indenture of Release dated 4th Feb. 1819, between Gerard Rawes the Elder of Swindale Head and his sons William Rawes of Bromley and Gerard Rawes the Younger of Swindale Head. Carlisle Record Office, D/Lons/L5/1/Shap/527-531. (Swindale Line) |
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[On reverse:] Dated 4th February 1819 / Mr Gerard Rawes / to / Messrs Wm & Gerard Rawes / Release of Freehold Close / at Swindale Head in / the County of Westmorland
[Indenture:]
[Sheet two:]
Signed Sealed and delivered (being
John Abbott
Notes:-
There is now only one house at Swindale Head. In the immediate vicinity however there are at least three
ruined farmsteads. The likely candidate for the home of Gerard Rawes is Upper Swindale Head, now in ruins.
William Rawes was a teacher at the Rawes Academy in Bromley.
Transcribed from the original by Bryant Bayliffe of Brockworth, 2002
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