| Ref No | RB/DOC/LT/168 |
| Collection | Ronald Baldwin Local History Collection |
| Title | Deeds and Documents relating to 111 Alma St, Sheerness, Owner H.G. McKechnie |
| Date | 1799-1979 |
| Extent | 18 items |
| Description | A collection of documents, deeds and indentures relating to a property in Sheerness, 111 Alma St. The documents illustrate the history of the property's owners, conveyances, mortgages and transfers from 1799 to 1979. Also contains documents related to properties in Manor Street, Chatham, Middle Street, Old Brompton and Medway Street, Chatham.
1. Green folder containing documents.
2. 1799. Hand written complement slip confirming payment between James Mosley and Thomas (?) Cooke.
3. 1884. Conveyance of a freehold piece of land and hereditaments situate in Upper Alma Street
4. 1885. Conveyance of a freehold piece of land, messuage or tenement situate in Upper Alma Street
5. 1885. Mortgage of a freehold piece of land messuage or tenement and premises situate in Upper Alma Street
6. 1924. Conveyance of piece of land situate at the rear of No. 111 Alma Street: H. R. Cowell to A. S. McKechnie
7. 1928. Application for an Official Search of land in Old Brompton Kent. Thomas John Jennings
8. 1928. Conveyance of No 36 and 36a Manor Street and 24 Middle Street, Old Brompton, Kent
9. 1938 & 1943. Collateral Charge of Numbers 36 and 26a Manor Street and Number 27 Middle Street in the Parish of Gillingham. Mr McKechnie to Mr R Brain. Also includes: Release Mrs R Brain to Mr McKechnie
10. 1939. Vesting assent relating to No. 111 Alma Street, Sheerness. Personal representative of AS McKechnie deceased to H G McKechnie
11. Abstract of the Will, Death and Probate of Mr Archibald Shaw McKechnie deceased.
12. 1952. Probate of the Will of HG McKechnie.
13. Photocopy of item 12: 1952. Probate of the Will of HG McKechnie.
14. 1977. Photocopy of Entry of Death of Alice Louise McKechnie, deceased 1965
15. 1977. Photocopy of entry of death of Gertrude Ellen Vass, deceased 1974.
16. 1977. Assent of 111 Alma Street, Sheerness
17. Schedule of Deeds and Documents relating to 111 Alma Street, Sheerness
18. Deed of Surrender of 9 Medway Street, Chatham. HH McKechnie to Richard Watts and City of Rochester Alms-house Charities. |
| PhysicalDescription | 18 individual items, including a short handwritten complement slip, handwritten indentures, printed indentures, photocopies of wills and other documents, and other typed documents, as well as a green folder.
1. Green folder with handwriting in dark ink indicating contents of the collection.
2. Approx 20x9cm complement slip with dark handwriting
3. Approx 70x50m handwritten indenture in dark ink. Includes hand drawn plan of property held within red margins. Also contains embossed stamps and wax seals. Signs of water damage around folds
4. Approx 70x50m handwritten indenture in dark ink. Includes hand drawn plan of property held within red margins. Also contains embossed stamps and wax seals. Signs of water damage around folds
5. Approx 70x50m handwritten indenture in dark ink. Red margins. Also contains embossed stamps and wax seals.
6. Approx 29x40cm bifolium. Text typewritten in dark ink contained by red margins. Also includes red stamps and embossed seals, and signatures in black in. On reverse is hand-drawn plan in black ink.
7. Approx 21x34cm paper form. Proforma printed in black ink and finished by hand with black ink, and by stamps in black and red ink.
8. Approx 26x40cm bifolium of thick cream paper. Text typed in black and finished in black ink by hand. Signs of water damage in centre. Also contains red seals and embossed seals. Reverse of the document contains later typed text.
9. Approx 26x40cm bifolium of thick cream paper. Dark typewritten text held in red margins, finished in black handwritten ink. Also contains red seals, and embossed seals in red and blue. Later text on reverse typewritten in black ink.
10. Approx 23.5x27.5cm bifolium of cream paper. Text typed in dark ink and articulated by red lines. Finished by hand in dark ink.
11. Approx 32x40cm, two sheets of cream paper held by metal staple. Black typed text finished by hand in black ink
12. Approx 21x33cm, three sheets of cream paper fasten by two metal hole punches. Bulk of text typed in black with dark handwriting in ink throughout. Also contains stamps and an embossed seal.
13. Photocopy of item twelve. White paper, photocopied in black
14. Approx 34.5x21.5cm white paper, photocopied in black. Also contains handwritten note in black pen ink.
15. Approx 22cmx35cm white paper, photocopied in black. Also contains handwritten note in black pen at the top of the document.
16. Approx 20x32cm bifolium of cream paper. Typed in black ink and articulated with red lines. Later markings in pencil.
17. Approx 20.5x33cm, three sheets of cream paper. Original and two carbon copies typed in black ink.
18. Approx 22x31cm booklet of cream paper. Two sheets of cream paper fastened into bifolium by green thread and red seal. Black typewritten text in red margins. Also contains later markings in ink and stamp. |
| Category | Administrative records |
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| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
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