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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY

Series One: The Boulton & Watt Archives and the Matthew Boulton Papers from Birmingham Central Library

Part 6: Muirhead II - Notebooks and Papers of James Watt and Family

Part 7: Matthew Boulton Correspondence (Subject Material and Individual Correspondents Including

            Garbett, Rennie, Southern and Wilkinson)

Part 8: Muirhead III and IV - Notebooks and Papers of James Watt and Family

Detailed Listing - Part 6

MUIRHEAD II

Box I

MII/1/1 : Accounts of the town of Greenock with James Watt of Greenock. 1765-1769

MII/1/2 : A list of tools etc. belonging to the town of Greenock. 1756 (includes contents of school house; loft and sheet rents and sundry accounts etc. 1754 and 1756).

MII/1/3 (1-39) : Papers concerning the new Church at Greenock. 1758-1763 including measurements of land for church, notes on building, subscriptions to seating, plans of new church, seat rents, seat plans, notes on Paisley, Glasgow and Burntisland churches etc.

MII/1/4 (1-46) : Papers concerning the quays at Greenock, improvements to harbour etc. 1700-1769 including plans of harbour, share dues, plan of Gairloch and Firth of Clyde, rules for shore master (1762), plans for herring yard and cellars and paving the quays etc.

MII/1/5 (1-27) : Papers concerning the Clyde Loch Bill. 1755-1759 and 1769-1770 including tonnage and names of ships at Port Glasgow 1753-1755, objections to Loch Bill, carriage of coal from Glasgow to Greenock, opinions on a lock on the River Clyde, correspondence with James Colquhoun, James Donald, Kenneth McKenzie, Provost John Murdoch, John Paton, Walter Stewart, Michael Stewart, list of subscribers to defend the Glasgow River Bill (1770).

MII/1/6 (1-56) : Papers concerning the town of Greenock. 1751-1774 including Act for 2d on price of ale (1751) (2); contents of Mr Marr’s school and booklist (1754) (7); managers of Greenock; improvement of harbour; public expenses; Latin teachers references (46); fire engine (30-31); correspondence concerning quays, streets etc.; list of horses in Greenock (22); measurements of market place; cost of new cellars and plan of town cellars (3); weights and measures; rules for the new Bank (1); incorporating the merchants (8); notes on 1741 charter (35); a silver cup sent to Edinburgh (24).

MII/1/7 (1-20) : Papers concerning supply of water to Greenock; building a cistern; estimates for new pier and rules for the harbour. 1772-1776.

MII/1/8 (1-121) : Bills and receipts for the town of Greenock including payments for town accounts, lighthouse, cleaning the harbour, cellarage and church etc. 1737-1765.

MII/1/9 (1-87) : Bills and receipts for the town of Greenock including payments for town accounts, ships and cargoes, cellarage, repairs to quay, meal accounts and loft rents etc. 1766.

MII/1/10 (1-91) : Bills and receipt for the town of Greenock including payments for anchorage, cellarage, repairs to harbours, bounty on meal, repairs to church etc., nails and materials supplied by James Watt for repairs etc. 1767-1775 and undated.

Box 2

MII/2/1-38 : Bundles of bills, receipts and invoices of James Watt of Greenock, merchant. These cover all manner of business and financial transactions, especially shipping, cargoes, fittings, imports etc. 1722-1759 (arranged by year, then alphabetically).

Box 3

MII/3/1-20 : Bundles of bills, receipt and invoices of James Watt of Greenock, merchant. 1760-1779 (arranged by year, then alphabetically). Includes : MII/3/3/61-62 receipt for a black boy and clothes for Frederick the black boy to be forwarded to Lady Spynie at Broody House.

MII/3/21-24 : Letters and papers of James Watt of Greenock, merchant, concerning business, social matters, orders for timber, furniture, shipping, cargoes etc. 1726-1729 includes : MII/3/23/1 inventory of furnishings in James Watt’s house (1727-8). MII/3/24/2 Order of paper for school use. MII/3/24/4 Directions for a picture frame. MII/3/24/10-14 Order by Lady Wallace of Lochryan, Galloway, for walnut chairs and tables.

MII/3/25-33 : Letters and papers (as above) 1730-1739 includes : MII/3/25/1-4 Repair of Royal Close, Glasgow. MII/3/28/2 Wine trade in West Indies. MII/3/32/3 New coal supply in Scotland. MII/3/1-8 Recovery of the ship Drummond and cargo wrecked in Orkney Islands.

MII/3/34-40 : Letters and Papers (as above) 1740-1746 includes : Mainly insurance papers for ships and cargoes of tobacco, timber, pitch etc. Correspondence from agents in America, Antigua and Europe. MII/3/39/2 types and prices of tobacco in Hamburg. MII/3/40/13 samples of corn, crops etc.

MII/3/41-61 : Letters and Papers (as above) 1747-1776 includes : Mainly shipping, cargoes of turpentine, tar, timber, seeds, wine, naval supplies etc., agents and debts etc. MII/3/42/6 concerns Daniel Clark, shipmaster disciplined by his crew at Zetland. MII/3/44/17 sale of rum (1750). MII/3/44/22-24 cargoes and commodities at Roanoak and Cape Fear, North Carolina. MII/3/45/6-7 news from Bergen about trade and cargoes there. MII/3/48/47-50 James Watt’s house insurance papers.

MII/3/62/1-46 : Bundle of rent receipts, accounts, notices of inspection of houses, improvement of lands etc. in Ingleston Park for which James Watt was taxman. 1733-1760. Includes : MII/3/62/5 vegetables and seeds for planting on Ingleston farms (1747).

MII/4/1/1-27 : Letters to James Watt of Greenock from James Watson, shipping agent in North America, concerning cargoes for export to Britain and West Indies, goods available for loading etc. Cargoes include tar, pitch, timber, pork and salt, tobacco, turpentine, rum and rice etc., October 1738-April 1743.

MII/4/2/1-34 : Letters from James Watt to Ann Watt, his second wife, from London 1787. Includes : Journey from Paris to London, health, acquaintances, social occasions, business, Albion Mill, copper business, Cornish miners insurrection, bleaching process, James Watt Jnr. etc.

MII/4/3/1-8 : Letters from James Watt to Ann Watt 1789. Includes : Health, purchase of prints (4), building at Handsworth (5), business etc.

MII/4/4/1-51 : Letters from James Watt to Ann Watt from London and Cornwall 1792. Includes : Health, family and friends, household purchases, ill health, death and funeral arrangements of William Matthews (a friend), Monsieur Monneron, the Hornblower Bill and Parliament, situation in France and disagreements with J. Watt Jnr. over the government there (40), etc.

MII/4/5/1-40 : Letters from James Watt to Ann Watt 1793. Includes : Health of family, business in London, social matters etc.

MII/4/6/1-4 : Letters to Ann Watt from Margaret McGrigor, her sister, James Watt Jnr. and Mrs. Withering 1787-1792. Includes :
/3 reports on Lord George Gordon in Birmingham and his adoption of the Jewish faith, dress etc. (1787).

MII/4/7/1-27 : Letters to Ann Watt from James Watt Jnr. 1821. Includes ; Steamboat business, friends and social matters, family business, City of Edinburgh steam boat, James Watt steamboat, death of John Rennie etc.

MII/4/8/1-40 : Bills and accounts for building work with various suppliers etc. (T. Dixon, Thomas Steel, J. Miller and others). 1802-1803.

MII/4/9/1-5 : Reports on the River Clyde and improvements of its navigation by John Smeaton. 1755, 1758 and 1768.

MII/4/9/6-10 : Letters from John Smeaton to Boulton & Watt 1778-1779. Includes : Trials of condenser for engine, request for engine with condenser to improve on Newcomen’s etc., his employment, a telescope, Byker engine, efficiency of Newcastle engine.

MII/4/9/11-16 : Newscuttings from Newcastle Gazette concerning steam engines, their use and efficiency etc. 1778.

MII/4/9/17-18 : Smeaton’s twelve prohibitions concerning the structure of fire engines, enjoined by the specification in Mr Watt’s Act of Parliament and copy. n.d.

MII/4/10/1-11 : Miscellaneous accounts :
/1-3 – James Watt of Greenock to John Gray for linen etc. 1740-1742
/4-5 – Account of rents of yard and houses in Deanside, Glasgow from James Mitchell, weaver to James Watt of Greenock and others 1742-1744.
/6 – James Watt of Greenock’s accounts with the ship Betty 1750.
/7-9 – James Watt of Greenock’s accounts with the ship Ann 1762-1766.
/10 – Certificate of admission of James Watt of Greenock to the Glasgow Royal Arch Lodge of Masons 1763.
/11 – Receipt for interest due to James Watt 1790.

Box 5

MII /5/1 : Letters to John Watt, school teacher from James Crosbie, James and William Watt 1736.

/2 – Receipts of James Watt at Glasgow 1759-1764.
/3 – Letters and accounts to James Watt from Robert Home of Edinburgh 1764-1773.
/4 – Receipts of James Watt at Glasgow 1765.
/5 – Receipts of James Watt at Glasgow 1766.
/6 – Receipts of James Watt at Glasgow 1767.
/7 – Receipts of James Watt at Glasgow 1768-1775.
/8 – Plan of the Lead Mine at Duxbury, Lancs. belonging to Sir Frank Standish Hand coloured 1789
/9 – Note from Francis Gill to J. Watt about the mine 1789.
/10 – List of Iron Works in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland to the year 1794. c.1794.
/11 – Accounts for James Watt’s Welsh estates at Badlands and Kinnerton 1799-1814.
/12 – Letters and papers about the Iron Trade 1806.
/13 – Plan of Kinnerton township, Radnorshire Hand coloured. Scale : 12 chains to 1” 1815.
/14 – Miscellaneous letters and papers including a draft of the apprenticeship indenture for James Watt Jnr. to Taylor and Maxwell of Manchester (1788) and humorous verse on Knaster tobacco.

Box 6

MII/6/1 : Assignment of the property of an invention concerning fire engines. Parties : Matthew Boulton of Soho to James Watt of Birmingham. Date : 22 April 1779.

MII/6/2 : Assignment of a Covenant. Parties : 1. James Watt and Matthew Boulton; and 2. James Wiss of York St., Marybone, Middlesex. Date : 24 June 1780.

MII/6/3 : Bond for payment of £2,000. Parties : Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill to James Wiss. Date : 24 June 1780.

MII/6/4 : Counterpart Assignment of a Covenant. Parties : as MII/6/2. Date : 24 June 1780.

MII/6/5 : Counterpart Assignment. Parties : As MII/6/2. Date : 30 June 1780.

MII/6/6 : Draft of New Agreement between Boulton and Watt. n.d. (c.1785).

MII/6/7 : Articles of Co-Partnership of Boulton, Watt & Co. 1. Matthew Boulton; 2. Matthew Robinson Boulton; 3. James Watt Jnr; and 4. Gregory Watt. Date : 4 July 1801.

MII/6/8 : Articles of Co-Partnership. 1. Matthew Robinson Boulton; and 2. James Watt Jnr. Date : 4 July 1810.

MII/6/9 : Deed of Dissolution of the Co-Partnership of Boulton and Watt. 21 October 1840.

MII/6/10 : Articles of Co-Partnership. 1. James Watt; 2. Henry Wollaston of Portland Place, Middlesex; 3. James Brown of London Street, London; and 4. Gilbert Hamilton of Handsworth. Date : 16 March 1841.

MII/6/11 : Schedule of Partnership Deeds. 1849.

Box 7

Papers and Accounts of Boulton and Watt & Co. of Soho Foundry.

Bundles of papers arranged chronologically and including the following : Abstracts of accounts, Accounts, Balance sheets, Commission accounts, Engines and premiums, Engineers’ accounts, General expenses of trade, Goods manufactured and sold at Soho Foundry, Manufactory accounts, Mr Moseley’s accounts for London, Mr Pearson’s accounts of the Foundry, Mr Woodward’s salary accounts etc. Workmen’s wages.

MII/7
/1 – 1778-1797
/2 – 1798-1800
/3 – 1801-1805
/4 – 1806-1810
/5 – 1811-1815
/6 – 1816-1820
/7 –Miscellaneous : Articles of partnership etc. 1796-1811

Box 8

MII/8
/1 – Bundle of papers concerning the purchase of Heathfield House, Handsworth, common land etc. 1789-1802
/2 – Bundle of papers concerning Watt’s estates in Wales. 1790-1800.
/3 – Ditto. 1801-1810.
/4 – Ditto. 1811-1845.
/2-4 include : accounts, bills for building, legal matters etc., land tax certificates, maps and plans, particulars of estates, Radnorshire roads accounts, tenants and tenancy conditions etc.
/5 – Bundle of papers containing price lists, orders, bills etc. for trees and ornamental plants from various suppliers for James Watt’s estates. 1794-1808.
/6 – Bundle of stamp office papers with duty assessed on the estate and legacies of Ann Watt at her death on 22 August 1832.
/7 – Miscellaneous papers :
/1-2 Bills to James Watt from Robert Urie for mathematical instruments 1767.
/3 – Copy of James Watt’s report on Gilmerton coalfield [see also MI/1/21] 1774.
/4 – Laws of The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Printed 1783.
/5 – Measurements of ‘Wine Catacums’ for Mr Watt n.d. [c.1800].
/6 – Soho Foundry : reference to lathes 1800.
/7 – Prices of oak at Birmingham 1808.
/8-9 – Papers concerning Captain Charles Philips and his improvements to the Capstan 1829.
/10-13 – Pencil notes on the steam engine n.d.

Box 9

MII/9/1 – Bundle of personal letters from Ann Watt to James Watt 1779-1780.

MII/9/2 – Ditto 1784-1787.

MII/9/3 – Ditto 1791-1793.

MII/9/4 – Ditto 1796.

MII/9/5/1-17 – Letters to James Watt from G. Hamilton, Miss Millar, Gregory, James and Peggy Watt. 1779-1796.

MII/9/6 – Letters from John Dalyrymple of Edinburgh with examples of powdered black ink for copper plate engraving. 1791-1792.

MII/9/7 – Letter and painted glass fragments from Thomas Eginton about a new black paint. n.d.

MII/9/8 – Letters from James Crummer, agent for Watt’s Welsh estates to James Watt. 1798-1804.

MII/9/9 – Particulars and valuations by James Crummer of various estates (Aston Manor, Herefordshire, Gladdestry, Llanythewin, Street Court, Hergest Farms, Arleton Manor, Langworth etc.) 1799-1803.

MII/9/10 – Accounts of estates, building, rents etc. and accounts with James Crummer, Cheese and Davies (Hergest) etc. 1800-1815.

Box 10

MII/10/1 – Bills for medical attention, funeral, mourning expenses etc. for James Watt 1819.

MII/10/2 – Letters and papers concerning the purchase of books for Greenock Library and erection of a monument to James Watt. 1816-1835.

MII/10/3 – Correspondence to J. Watt Jnr. concerning erection of a monument to James Watt. 1824.

MII/10/4 – Ditto 1825.

MII/10/5 – Correspondence, mostly with C.H. Turner concerning statues of James Watt 1824-1845.

MII/10/6 – Letters and papers concerning the statues and inscriptions to James Watt 1832-1836.

MII/10/7 – Papers concerning care of and repairs to the Watt Statue in Handsworth Church 1849-1859.

MII/10/8 – Letters about the death of John Rennie, funeral arrangements etc. 1821-1823.

MII/10/9 – Papers concerning the will of John Morris (James Watt a trustee) and Trust Fund 1830-1845.

MII/10/10 – Letters concerning memoirs of the late Peter Ewart 1843.

MII/10/11 – Miscellaneous letters to J. Watt Jnr., subscription receipts, list of fruits gathered from Heathfield Orchards in 1813. 1783-1839.

Box 11

Papers concerning John Marr, Commanding Engineer in H.M. Army. John Marr was the son of James Watt’s schoolmaster at Greenock and married cousin of James Watt, Agnes Millar.

MII/11/1 – Diary of John Marr in Canada and North America. November 1776-July 1777 [Includes : Warfare, conditions, weather, building camps etc.].

MII/11/2 – Diary of John Marr at Lerwick, Shetland 1789-1782 [Includes : Building a fort, account of the garrison, supply of materials, weather].

MII/11/3 : Letter book of correspondence to Captain John Marr in Canada June-September 1777 [Includes : Supply of materials and tools, lists of tools for expeditions etc.].

MII/11/4 : Letter Book of Correspondence from Captain John Marr June-October 1777 [Includes : Construction of barracks at St. Johns, supplies and deliveries etc.].

MII/11/5 : Letter Book of Correspondence from Captain John Marr October 1777-March 1779 [Includes : Supplies, construction, the war, repairs etc.].

MII/11/6 : Large, coloured plan of the Fort St. John on River Sorrcle, Quebec Province December 1777 [Includes : Historical explanation, defences etc.].

MII/11/7/1-8 : Partial account by Captain John Marr of events during September-December 1777, description of the citadel of Montreal and its defences, fortification of Quebec, garrison etc. 1777.

MII/11/8/1-3 : Accounts of Captains Andrew Frazer and John Marr with the Board of Ordnance for repairs, buildings etc. at Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Shetland 1781-1782.

MII/11/9/1 – Appointment of John Marr as Practitioner Engineer and Ensign in the Office of Ordnance 14 January 1761.

MII/11/9/3 – Appointment of John Marr as Sub-Engineer and Lieutenant of Foot in the Army 25 February 1763

MII/11/9/4 – Appointment of John Marr as Engineer Extraordinaire and Captain in the Army 24 January 1774

MII/11/9/5 – Appointment of John Marr as Engineer in Ordinary and Captain in the Army 24 January 1781.

MII/11/9/6 – Appointment of John Marr to office of Major in the Army 19 March 1783.

MII/11/10 – Letter of Appointment of Alexander Marr, Farmer in Fordlaw, as factor, to act for John Marr during his absence from Scotland in financial matters 11 August 17[73].

MII/11/11 – Burgess ticket of Glasgow presented to Captain John Marr 6 July 1774. [Hand coloured and decorated].

MII/11/12 – Copy of last will and settlement of John Marr, Engineer 1777.

MI/11/13 – Draft settlement by Major John Marr of his property 1786.

MII/11/14 – Letters of Administration granted to Agnes Marr, widow 29 January 1787.

MI/11/15/1-3 : Memorials requesting extra allowances for living expenses in Nova Scotia by John Marr 1765, 1768.

MI/11/15/4 : Copy of letter to Lord Amherst from John Marr with a request for assistance in matters of service and duty November 1778.

MI11/15/5 : Copy of letter to General Haldinand from John Marr concerning the issue of stores etc. May 1779.

MII/11/15/6 : List of plans delivered by John Marr to Captain Twiss. August 1779.

MII/11/15/7 : Copy of general abstract of expenses incurred in the engineer’s Department in Quebec 1769 – 31 August 1779.

MII/11/15/8 : Copy of letter to Captain Pringle at St. Johns from John Marr at Quebec concerning supply of limestone and timber, German miners, conduct of the wat etc. September 1779.

MI/11/15/9 : Memorial requesting extra allowance from Board of Ordnance November 1779.

/10-12 : Letter to Marr concerning his application for emoluments, reply from John Marr and decision of Board of Ordnance 1779-1780.

MII/11/15/13 : Property of John Marr awaiting transportation from London to Scotland 1780.

/14-15 : Letter from Andrew Frazer to John Marr concerning alterations to the piers at Peterhead and Fort George and a plan of Fort George and the proposed drains 1780.

MII/11/15/16 : Letter written to accompany remarks on Campeltown Harbour by John Marr 1780.

MII/11/15/17 : Report of the state of Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, showing additional repairs necessary by John Marr October 1781.

/18-19 : Petition of Major James Sutherland in Shetland to the Sheriff Deputy of Orkney and Shetland requesting demolition of a certain tenement in Lerwick 1782.

/20-21 : Letters to Captain Andrew Frazer from John Marr at Lerwick reporting on progress with the fort; sickness induced by the climate, etc. July-August 1782.

MII/11/16 : Letter from John Marr to Agnes Millar from Portugal describing the country and the people. April 1756.

MII/11/17-18 : Two letters from John and Agnes Marr to their sister Bess from Newfoundland and New York describing the journey from Edinburgh, a miscarriage, gift of fish to James Watt, food supplies, imprisonment after fall of St. Johns etc. 1774, 1776.

MII/11/19-28 : Letters to James Watt from Captain Marr, after his return to Scotland from Canada, discussing health of Mrs Marr, engineering, medical attention, copying press, the children etc. 1779-1780.

MII/11/29 : Copy of letter to Mrs Marr arranging for James Watt’s daughter, Margaret, to live with her aunt. 1787.

MII/11/30-31 : Contracts of marriage between Daniel Millar, Wright of Hamilton and Margaret Muirhead at Edinburgh. 24 March 1727.

MII/11/32 : Letter from James Watt of Greenock to Daniel Millar announcing the death at sea of his son John Watt. 28 March 1763.

MII/11/33 : receipt of fee duty for Daniel Millar 1767.

MII/11/34 : Last Will and Testament of Basil Millar, Wright in Calton (brother of Daniel Millar) 1769.

MII/11/35 : Notice of the death and funeral of Basil Millar. July 1770.

MII/11/36 : Notice of the death and funeral of Mrs Millar, mother-in-law of James Watt. May 1774.

MII/11/37 : Letter of consolation from James Watt at Heathfield to his sister, Agnes Marr on Margaret Millar’s death. June 1796.

MII/11/38 : Two pages with definitions and diagrams of rest and motion, principles of force etc. n.d.

Box 12

MII/12/1 : Copy of Settlement upon Thomas and Sybell Reynolds, daughter and son-in-law of John Tuttle. Parties : 1. John Tuttle of Harborne, Yeoman; and 2. Thomas Byrche of Harborne, Yeoman, George Byrche, late of Wolverhampton, Tanner. Property : Messuages in Harborne, property called Knights Heath, Long Crofts, Uffmans, Greenfield. Date : 1 February 1637/8.

MII/12/2 : Copy of Settlement upon John Reynolds and Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hanbury, late of Wolverhampton. Parties : 1. Thomas Reynolds of Barnebrooks End, Kings Norton, Yeoman, Sybell, his wife. John Reynolds, clerk, his son; and 2. Francis Hanbury of Wolverhampton, Gent. Thomas Reynolds the younger of Barnebrooks End. Property : Messuage etc. at Barnesbrooks End, land near Walkers Heath, property in Harborne. 14 October 1664.

MII/12/3-4 : Bargain and Sale. Parties : 1. Thomas Westwood of Harborne, Yeoman Elizabeth, his wife; and 2. Richard Carles, the younger, of Birmingham, Ironmonger. Property : Messuage in Harborne called The Heathye House with nail shop adjoining and other lands in Harborne. 9 and 10 December 1675.

MII/12/5-6 : Final Concord. Parties : 1. Richard Carles; and 2. Thomas and Elizabeth Westwood. Property in Harborne. Date : 1675.

MII/12/7 : Bargain and Sale. Parties : 1. George Birch of Harborne, Gent; and 2. William Lane of Harborne, Gent. Property : Land in Harborne. Date : 30 July 1705.

MII/12/8 : Bargain and Sale. Parties : 1. Mary Lane of Harborne, Widow; and 2. Richard Carles of Birmingham, Gent. Property : Lucknocks Croft, Harborne. Date : 20 June 1706.

MII/12/9 : Copy of Settlement on the marriage of Matthew Reynolds and Sarah Whitehouse. Parties : 1. Matthew Reynolds of Birmingham, Plater; 2. Abraham Whitehouse of Bradley Hall, Wolverhampton, Farmer Sarah Whitehouse, his daughter; 3. Joseph Maullin of Sedgley, Miller Elisha Whitehouse of Tipton, Farmer; and 4. Joseph Phillips of Birmingham, Grocer, John Reynolds of Birmingham, Druggist. Property : Land and messauges in Walkers Heath, Kings Norton and Harborne. Date : 23 September 1758.

MII/12/10 : Conveyance by Leave and Release. Parties : 1. John Reynolds of London, Dry Salter Rebecca, his wife. 2. Matthew Reynolds, his brother. 3. Benjamin Giles of Birmingham, Engraver. Property : Land in Harborne including Gosty Leasow and Luckocks Leasow. Date : 29 and 30 September 1766.

MII/12/11 : Copy of Final Concord. Parties : Lands in Kings Norton and Harborne. Date : 19 December 1766.

MII/12/12 : Abstract of Wills made by the Reynolds respecting their estate in Harborne, 1683-1756 and declaration by William Horton, purchaser of the estate. 19 December 1766.

MII/12/13 : Copy of Marriage Settlement. Parties : 1. Ann Careless of Birmingham; 2. George Hopper of Wellin, Hertfordshire Surgeon; 3. Joseph Careless of Kelly, Mongomeryshire, Clerk, Edmund Hector of Birmingham, Surgeon; and 4. Robert Sayer of London, Print-Seller, Joseph Carles of Handsworth, Gent. Property : Land in Marston Culey, (Warwickshire), Land at Oldbury, Shropshire, Tenement called Five Ways House in Birmingham, Tenement at Smethwick, Harborne. Date : 2 November 1770.

MII/12/14 : Abstract of the will of Benjamin Giles. 17 May 1777.

MII/12/15 : Copy of Deed to declare the uses of fines to be levied by George and Ann Hopper. 18 January 1780.

MII/12/16 : Copy of Fine levied by George and Ann Hopper 1780.

MII/12/17 : Copy of the Will of George Hopper of Five Ways, Birmingham, Gent. 7 April 1789.

MII/12/18 : Tyburn ticket granted to Matthew Boulton. 15 August 1789. {A Colloquial name for a certificate granted by a Clerk of the Peace to a person successfully prosecuting a felon. The document exempted the person from holding parish office.].

MII/12/19 : Assignment of certificate to be exempt from Parish and Ward Offices from Matthew Boulton to James Watt. 6 April 1790.

MII/12/20 : Mortgage by Demise. Parties : 1. Edward Broadhurst Giles of Birmingham, Spoonmaker; and 2. Humphrey Buffery of Birmingham, Ironmonger. Property : Tenements etc. in Harborne. Date: 8 August 1792.

MII/12/21 : Copy of Declaration of use of a fine levied by Walter Carles Hopper of lands in Birmingham, Marston Culey, Bickenhill, Elmdon, Coleshill, Harborne, Smethwick, Oldbury. 13 September 1794.

MII/12/22 : Copy of fine levied as above 1794.

MII/12/23 : Assignment of Mortgage. Parties : 1. Humphrey Buffery of Birmingham, Ironmonger. 2. Edward Broadhurst Giles of Birmingham, Spoonmaker and Sarah his wife. 3 . Anderson Ashmore of Birmingham, Whip Maker. 4. Robert Randle of Birmingham, Gent. Property : Land in Harborne. Date : 21 June 1798.

MII/12/24 : Bond for £200 between Edward Broadhurst Giles and Anderson Ashmore. 21 June 1798.

MII/12/25 : Final Concord. Parties : 1. Robert Randle; and 2. Francis Cocks and Ann, his wife, Edward Broadhurst Giles and Sarah, his wife. Property : Land in Handworth and Harborne. Date : 1798.

MII/12/26 : Mortgage. Parties : 1. Walter Carles Hooper of Belmont, near Durham, son of George Hopper of Five Ways, Birmingham; and 2. Richard Greves of Birmingham, Builder. Property : Tenement in Harborne called Heathy House, Barn Croft, Leas, Luckocks Croft, land in Smethwick etc. Date : 1 November 1798.

MII/12/27 : Schedule of Soho Foundry Lands for land tax purposes, belonging to James Watt. 10 November 1798.

MII/12/28 : Schedule of estates in Staffordshire for land tax purposes, belonging to James Watt 1798.

MII/12/29 : Calculations for purchase of land tax on Heathfield 1798.

MII/12/30 : Regulations for Redemption of land tax. Printed 1798.

MII/12/31-32 : Copy of letter to commissioners of land tax for purchase of redemption from tax by James Watt. 2 December 1798.

MII/12/33-34 : Certificate of the contract for redemption of land tax and declaration of tax payable by James Watt. Property : Thirty seven acres of land and messuages in Handworth. A foundry, tenements and land in Smethwick, Harboure, covering eighteen acres. December 1798.

MII/12/35 : Assignment of years in trust to attend the inheritance. Parties : 1. Anderson Ashmore of Birmingham Whip Maker; 2. Edward Broadhurst Giles of Birmingham, Spoonmaker; 3. Theodore Price of Birmingham; and 4. George Simcox of Birmingham. Property : Land in Harbourne called Gosty Leasow and Lucocks Leasow. Date : 23 December 1800.

MII/12/36 : Lease of Handsworth Tithes to James Watt. Term : 21 years. 3 April 1801.

MII/12/37 : Copy of Will of Richard Greaves of Birmingham, Builder. 18 May 1802.

MII/12/38-39 : Form of Declaration on Property Tax and statement by James Watt 1803.

MII/12/40-41 : Form of Declaration of Property Tax and statement by James Watt 1804.

MII/12/42 : Probate copy of the Will of Gregory Watt. 15 December 1804.

MII/12/43 : Draft Bond of Indemnity of James Watt the younger to James Watt, Senior 1805.

MII/12/44 : Assignment of Mortgage. Parties : 1. Walter Carles Hopper of Belmont, near Durham; 2. Thomas Robinson, the elder, of Birmingham, Gent. Timothy Smith of Edgbaston (Executors of the late Richard Greaves; 3. Theodore Price of Harborne; and 4. George Simcox of Harborne. Property : Tenements in Harborne called Heathy House, Barn Croft, Leas Close, Lucocks Croft, Great Meadow etc. Date : 21 March 1805.

MII/12/45 : Conveyance by Lease and Release. Parties : 1. Walter Carles Hopper of Belmont, near Durham; 2. Theodore Price of Harborne; and 3. George Simcox, Trustee appointed by (2). Property : as above. Date : 21 March 1805.

MII/12/46 : Probate copy of the Will of William Wilkinson of Plas Grono, Denbighshire, Gent. 15 September 1807.

MII/12/47 : Memorandum respecting new Articles of Partnership between M.R. Boulton and J. Watt, Jnr. 1810.

MII/12/48 : Memorandum respecting the land on which Soho Manufactory was built. 29 June 1811.

MII/12/49 : Letter from James Weston to Boulton and Watt. 4 July 1811.

MII/12/50 : Abstract of the Title of Theodore Price to an estate in the Parish of Harborne, purchased from Miss Adney. August 1815.

MII/12/51 : Abstract of the Title of Theodore Price to a messuage and lands in Harborne, purchased from W.C. Hopper. August 1815.

MII/12/52 : Abstract of the Title of Theodore Price to three closes of land in Harborne purchased from E.B. Giles. August 1815.

MII/12/53 : Assignment of several terms of years subsisting of certain parts of the estates of Theodore Price at Harborne proposed to be mortgaged by him to John Harman and William Dickinson. 2 November 1815.

MII/12/54 : Lease for a year. Parties : 1. Theodore Price of Harborne; 2. George Simcox of Birmingham, King maker; 3. Philemon Price of Birmingham, Nail Ironmonger; 4. John Harman of Old Jewry, London, Merchant; and 5. William Dickinson of King Weston, Somerset. Property : Messuage etc. called The Fieldhouse numerous closes and lands and tenements [specified] in Harborne. 3 November 1815.

MII/12/55 : Mortgage in fee. Parties : 1. Theodore Price and Trustees; and 2. John Harman, William Dickinson. Properties : Lands and tenements [specified] in Harborne. Date : 4 November 1815.

MII/12/56 : Duplicate mortgage as in /55.

MII/12/57 : Deed of covenant to produce Title Deeds relating to an Estate at Harborne formerly belonging to John Austin, deceased. 4 December 1815.

MII/12/58 : Deed of Covenant to produce Title Deeds. 20 December 1815.

MII/12/59 : Lease for a year. Parties : 1. Theodore Price of Harborne, Philemon Price of Birmingham; and 2. Samuel Rolleston the younger of Isle of Wight. Property : Lands and tenements in Harborne [specified]. Date : 1 January 1822.

MII/12/60 : Mortgage in Fee. Parties : 1. Theodore Price; and 2. Samuel Rolleston. Property : Lands and tenements in Harborne. Date : 2 January 1822.

MII/12/61 : Bond on Mortgage. Theodore Price to Samuel Rolleston. 2 January 1822.

MII/12/62 : Assignment of terms subsisting in parts of the estates of Theodore Price at Harborne mortgaged to Samuel Rolleston. 2 January 1822.

MII/12/63 : Leave for 30 years. Parties : 1. John Whitehead of Barford, Warwickshire, Gent. Kelynge Greenway of Warwick, Gent; and 2. James Watt (Jnr.). Property : Aston Hall, lands and appurtenances. Date : 6 April 1824. With plan.

MII/12/64 : Particulars of expenses incurred by James Watt (Jnr.) in repairing and improving Aston Hall. 1824-1831.

MII/12/65 : Pipe roll of Warwickshire, James Watt as Sheriff 1929.

MII/12/66 : Probate copy of the Will of Ann Watt, widow. 6 November 1832.

MII/12/67 : Agreement with Abraham Spencer of Aston, Labourer to work the water engine in the Hall Moors for supply of water to Aston Hall. 29 March 1852.

Box 13

MII/13/1 : Letters to James Watt, the majority from J. Watt, Jnr. and J. Woodward on business and personal matters. 1806-1807.

MII/13/2 : Ditto. 1808-1809.

MII/13/3 : Ditto : the majority from J. Watt, Jnr., J. Mossley and J. Woodward. 1810-1812.

MII/13/4 : Ditto. 1813-1815.

MII/13/5 : Ditto. 1816-1817.

MII/13/6 : Letters to James Watt, the majority from J. Watt, Jnr. and J. Mosley. 1818-1819.

Box 14

MII/14/1 : Letters and papers concerning Watt’s Welsh estates, particularly tree planting, conveyancing etc. and correspondence with James Crummer, Cheese and Davies etc. 1803-June 1805.

MII/14/2 : Ditto. July 1805-1807.

MII/14/3 : Letters and papers concerning Watt’s Welsh estates, particularly correspondence with James Crummer and James Davies. 1806.

MII/14/4 : Ditto. 1807-1808.

MII/14/5 : Ditto. 1809-1810.

MII/14/6 : Letters and papers concerning Watt’s Welsh estates, particularly correspondence with James Crummer. 1811-1812.

MII/14/7 : Ditto. 1813-1815.

Box 15

MII/15/1 : Letters and papers concerning Watt’s Welsh estates. 1816-1819.

MII/15/2 : Letters of condolence on the death of James Watt. August and September 1819.

MII/15/3 : Letters and papers concerning James Watt, Junior’s role as executor of his father’s will etc. Correspondence mainly with C.D. Donald, Archibald Wallace, James Reddie, Joseph Reid, Archibald Hamilton of Glasgow, John McGoun of Greenock, James Davies of Hereford etc. 1818-1833.

MII/15/4 : Correspondence and accounts concerning legacies left in James Watt’s will with Mr. Crummer, Margaret and Agnes Miller, Mr Mosley, Mr Weston, Angus Turner etc. and James Watt from estates in England and Scotland. 1819-1835.

Box 16

MII/16/1 : News cuttings announcing the death of James Watt, versus and articles etc. 1819-1826.

MII/16/2 : Letters and papers concerning James Watt’s estate and property in Scotland : correspondence with James Dennistoun, James Miller, Robert Aitken, James Reddie, Joseph Reid etc. 1819-1834.

MII/16/3 : Correspondence with Robert Muirhead of Edinburgh about the Delfield Company (ceramics) Watt’s estate in Scotland etc. 1819-1826.

MII/16/4 : Letters and memoranda concerning the statues and busts of James Watt : correspondence with F. Chantry, Greenock, James Watt of Carsdyke and others. 1817-1831.

MII/16/5 : Letters, papers and accounts concerning James Watt’s estate, correspondence with John Mosley and others. 1819-1826.

Loose in Plastic Folder

MII/17 : Photostat copies of papers concerning the iron trade and blast furnaces.

MII/17/1 : Enumerations of blast furnaces and the quantities of iron produced in 1823 and 1830. A comparative statement of the quantities of pig iron made in various regions of Britain.

MII/17/2 : Abstract of blast furnaces and production of iron in Great Britain, with the furnaces named by county and proprietors given. 1825-1826.

 

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