The Papers of Solicitors J. M. Shugar and A. W. Vaisey, 1850 (1875-1900) - 1914MSS.88.1
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Identification MSS.88.1
Title The Papers of Solicitors J. M. Shugar and A. W. Vaisey, 1850 (1875-1900) - 1914 1832-1914
URL: https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/107691
Quantity 6 Cubic Feet, 11 archival boxes
Creator
Shugar, John Merritt, 1823-1877
Language
English
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Abstract Legal papers (1832-1914) from the probate and property law practice of English solicitors John Merritt Shugar and Arthur William
Vaisey, 1850-1914. Includes conveyances, enfranchisements, indentures, title abstracts, wills and related correspondence.
The papers concern client transactions in the village of Tring and the towns of Berkhamstead and Hemel Hempstead in western
Hertfordshire.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Marsha Trimble writes on September 10, 1999: "The director of the library bought [the collection] in 1988 from an antiquarian
book dealer, but unfortunately [she] has no record of the purchase."
Arthur William Vaisey (1851-1939 V) was the son of Thomas & Emma Vaisey and was born at Stratton, Gloucestershire. He studied
law and married 22 year old Esther Bevir (1850-1925 V), daughter of William Laurence Bevir (a solicitor), at Wootton Bassett,
Wiltshire, in 1876. As a recently qualified solicitor, he was looking for a suitable practice and moved to Tring, where the
town's respected lawyer, John Shugar, had recently died. They had 2 sons and seven daughters, all born in Tring. The 1878
Hertfordshire directory records "Shugar, Vaisey and Vorse, solicitors, High Street, Tring" with Arthur living at 4 Park Street.
By 1882, he had built a house, Holly Field, in the fashionable Grove area of Tring. He had an office in the High Street, and
the 1890 directory describes him as "solicitor & commissioner for taking oaths & clerk to the local board & vestry clerk."
By 1912, he had taken his son Roland on as a partner and the directory entry reads "Vaisey Arthur William, solicitor & commissioner
for taking oaths (firm A W Vaisey & Son), clerk to the Urban District Council, vestry clerk & clerk to the Guardians of Berkhamsted
Union, to Berkhamsted District Council & to the Tring Urban Local Education Sub-committee, Western Road & 207 High Street,
Great Berkhamsted." By 1922, he had another partner, and the entry read "Vaisey Arthur William, solicitor & commissioner for
taking oaths (firm A W Vaisey & Turner), clerk to the Tring Urban District Council, vestry clerk & clerk to the Berkhamsted
Guardians & Rural District Council District Council & to the Tring Urban Local Education Sub-committee, Western Road & 213
High Street, Berkhamsted."
His wife Ester died in 1925, and he died in 1939 and was buried in Tring Cemetery.
This collection contains papers from the legal practice of J.M. Shugar and A.W. Vaisey, solicitors. Their firm was located
in Tring, Hertfordshire, in south central England. The collection documents work from 1850 to 1914, although these papers
relate mostly to the period 1875-1900.
The Shugar and Vaisey practice was mainly property and probate law. The bulk of the material in this collection consists of
conveyances, enfranchisements, indentures, title abstracts, wills, and related correspondence. The papers relate to Tring,
Tring Manor (of which Vaisey was steward), Pendley Manor (of which Shugar was steward), and area towns such as Berkhamsted
and Hemel Hempstead.
The papers (approximately 6 linear feet in 11 boxes) are arranged alphabetically by the names of the principals involved in
a particular matter. The collection was acquired in bundles with little or no descriptive information, so the titles on folders
were assigned after perusal of the documents in each bundle. A glance at the alphabetical listing below reveals the major
idiosyncrasy of this collection: the bulk of the material relates to persons or institutions whose names begin with the letters
A through D. Thus it appears that a considerable amount of other material has either been lost or exists elsewhere.
It is worth mentioning that the folder in Box 2, titled: "Bedford v. Berkhampstead Rural District Council: Records and Leases"
includes a draft claim on behalf of Rebecca Bedford. This was drawn on the back of an unrelated but useful document, the voters
list for western Hertfordshire in 1893, which provides addresses for voters, many of whom appear elsewhere in the records.
Vaisey himself is among those listed. Researchers will notice the various spellings of Berkhamsted given in the documents;
apparently, its spelling was not yet standardized.
Hertfordshire (England)
Leases -- Great Britain
Probate law and practice -- Great Britain
Sewerage -- England
Shugar, John Merritt, 1823-1877
Trusts and trustees -- England
Vaisey, Arthur William, 1851-1939
Voter registration -- England
Wills
lawyers -- Great Britain
maps (documents)
Shugar, John Merritt, 1823-1877
Vaisey, Arthur William, 1851-1939
Mixed Materials [35007008640272] MSS 88-1, Box 1
Estate of Henry Adams: Correspondence, Notes and Records
1850-82
Mixed Materials [35007008640272] MSS 88-1, Box 1
Joseph Ashby: Correspondence regarding Cheddington Parish Council
1895
Mixed Materials [35007008640272] MSS 88-1, Box 1
Estate of George Bailey: Correspondence and Records
1868-70
Mixed Materials [35007008640272] MSS 88-1, Box 1
Estate of Richard Bailey: Correspondence and Records
1869-70, 1901
Mixed Materials [35007008640272] MSS 88-1, Box 1
Baines to Tompkins: Correspondence and Records
1897
Mixed Materials [35007008640272] MSS 88-1, Box 1
James Ball: Abstract of Title
1858
Mixed Materials [35007008640272] MSS 88-1, Box 1
Estate of Benjamin Barber: Correspondence and Records
1891-2
Mixed Materials [35007008640272] MSS 88-1, Box 1
Barclay to Harrovian Odd Fellows: Correspondence and Records
1889
Mixed Materials [35007008640272] MSS 88-1, Box 1
Dr. John Barnes: Correspondence
1873, 1886
Mixed Materials [35007008640280] MSS 88-1, Box 2
Devise of Thomas and Ann Barnes: Abstracts of Deed and Title
1867-8
Mixed Materials [35007008640280] MSS 88-1, Box 2
Barnes to Hobbs: Correspondence and Records
1874
Mixed Materials [35007008640280] MSS 88-1, Box 2
Barrett and Tring Cooperative Society: Correspondence and Records
1898, 1914
Mixed Materials [35007008640280] MSS 88-1, Box 2
Estate of William Batchelor: Correspondence and Records
1897
Mixed Materials [35007008640280] MSS 88-1, Box 2
Bates' Solicitors to Brackley's Trustees: Correspondence
1878-9
Mixed Materials [35007008640280] MSS 88-1, Box 2
Bedford v. Berkhamsted Rural District Council: Records and Leases
1896
Mixed Materials [35007008640280] MSS 88-1, Box 2
Bedford v. Berkhamsted Sanitary Authority: Records, Briefs and Correspondence
1896
Mixed Materials [35007008640280] MSS 88-1, Box 2
Bellingham and Webb: Correspondence
1878
Mixed Materials [35007008640280] MSS 88-1, Box 2
Berkhamsted Drainage: Correspondence and Records
1896
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Berkhampstead Gas Light Company at the suit of Carter: Correspondence and Records
1873-74
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Berkhampstead Rural District Council and John Nelson: Leases and Charges
1896
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Berkshire Perpetual Benefit Building Society
1889-90
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Berkshire Perpetual Benefit Building Society to Chandler: Correspondence, Sales Bill and Records
1890
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Daniel Bishop to Vaisey: Draft Charge
1879
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Mortgage of Joseph Bishop: Correspondence
1878-79
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Bland to Tomkins: Correspondence, Records and Receipt
1871-72
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Bland to Tomkins: Records and Sales Bill
1871-72
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Estate of John Bly: Account Statements and Probate Affadavit
1880-82
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Estate of John Bly: Creditors
n.d.
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Estate of William Bly: Newspaper Creditor Notices
1890
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Estate of Thomas Boultwood: Correspondence and Records
1872-88
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
James Brackley: Abstract of Title
1871
Mixed Materials [35007008640298] MSS 88-1, Box 3
Estate of James Brackley: Will, Correspondence and Records
1880, 1882, 1885-86
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Estate of Major General G.F.C. Bray: Correspondence and Records
1883-84
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Estate of Joseph Brinklow: Records and Notes
1864-65
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Brodrick to Rothschild: Correspondence and Records
1875-77
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Agnes Brown: Correspondence
1856, 1889, 1894
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Arthur MacDonald Brown: Surveying Accounts
1896
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Trust of James and Katherine Brown: Correspondence and Records
1886, 1889-92
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Estate of Lord Brownlow: Correspondence and Records
1891-92
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Estate of Earl Brownlow: Easement Proposal
1894
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Estate of John Bushell: Will, Receipts, Correspondence and Records
1881, 1883-84
Scope and Contents
(2 folders)
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Estate of John Bushell: Correspondence
1883-1884
Mixed Materials [35007008640306] MSS 88-1, Box 4
Estate of Thomas Butcher: Correspondence, Will and Records
1899-1901
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Estate of John Butterworth: Correspondence and Records
1886-87, 1889
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Estate of James Candy: Correspondence and Friend's Will Executed by Candy
1874-1875
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Estate of James Cantello: Correspondence and Records
1899-1900
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Carden to Jarvis: Correspondence and Confirmation of Lease
1875
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Matthew Carpenter Conveyance: Abstract and Legal Bill
1837
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Lord Carrington's Trustees and Williams, Brown: Correspondence, Records and Notes
1871-71
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Chaplin to Williams: Conveyance, Draft and Map of Brooksby Estate
1890
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Estate of Charles Chennells: Correspondence and Inland Revenue Documents
1873-74
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Estate of Mary Ann Choules: Will and Records
1882-1884
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Estate of William Clark: Will
1869
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Estate of John Clement: Records and Notes
1865-66, 1868
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Clements' Trustees to Butcher: Correspondence and Records
1888-89
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Estate of William Coker: Will, Inland Revenue Affidavit and Correspondence
1885
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Coker to Baker's Trustees: Surrender and Notes
1896
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Estate of William Collier: Will and Records
1897
Mixed Materials [35007008640314] MSS 88-1, Box 5
Estate of Alfred Compigne: Correspondence, Will, Records and Notes
1890-97
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Estate of William Coote: Correspondence, Maps and Records
1883-1903
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Corkett to Shugar and Corkett to Dunstable Building Society: Correspondence and Records
1870-1872
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Estates of David and Rachel Corkett: Correspondence, Notes and Records
1896-97
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Estate of James Cosier: Correspondence and Records
1895
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Coventry Manor Lease: Correspondence and Draft Affidavit
1907
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
H.R.G. Crawford: Correspondence and Notes
1884-1888
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Estate of Harriett Martha Crosswell: Correspondence, Records and Notes
1892
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Estate of Joseph Crosswell: Correspondence, Will and Records
1888
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Estate of Charles Cyster: Records and Will
1890
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Daniell to Planet: Correspondence and Records
1857, 1864-65
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Estate of Hannah Dickman: Records
1894-95
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Elliman to Nicholson and Nicholson to Carr: Surrender
1875
Mixed Materials [35007008640322] MSS 88-1, Box 6
Estate of Jane Emery: Records
1899
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
David Evans Property Sale and Enfranchisement: Correspondence
1887-88
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Field's Trustees to Williams: Correspondence and Records
1835, 1860, 1868, 1870
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Firmstone v. Avery: Copy of Settlement
1873
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
William Foskett: Abstract of Title
1856
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Estate of John Fulks: Correspondence and Records
1869-1881
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Gale and Koker and Row, Baker: Surrender
1882-83
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Galsworthy and Williams: Sales Agreement
1866
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Galsworthy to Baron Rothschild: Correspondence and Briefs
1874
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Galsworthy to Baron Rothschild: Records
1874
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
George v. Carter: Correspondence and Records
1884
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Gibbs to Williams: Draft Conveyance
1864
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Gower to Barnes: Records
1890
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Great Tring Manor: Correspondence and Enfranchisement
1883-84, 1888, 1889
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Gregory's Trustees and Williams: Correspondence, Requisitions and Abstract of Title
1877
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Estate of Sir George Grey: Correspondence and Records
1892
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
H.J. Grey's Enfranchisement: Records
1892
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Grey's Enfranchisement: Declaration as to Title [re: Joseph G. Williams]
1892
Mixed Materials [35007008640330] MSS 88-1, Box 7
Estate Auction of Mrs. M.A. Griffin: Sales Information and Map
1889-90
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Hampden Farm: Correspondence
1871
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Hartley to Watney and Thomas: Correspondence and Indenture
1898
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Estate of William Hazell: Will
1855
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Howard v. Kay: Correspondence and Briefs
1870-71
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Isles and Cook: Correspondence and Records
1895-96
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Estate of William Kay: Records
1866-67
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Lethbridge to Williams: Draft Conveyance
1856
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Long Marston Farm Auction: Sales Bill and Map
1856
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Lovell to Cook: Correspondence and Records
1877
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Maslerman, Galsworthy & Pemberton and Thomas & Anne Barnes: Indre
1867
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Estate of Charles Meacher: Will, Abstract and Correspondence
1873
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Merrick v. Close: Correspondence, Will and Records
1886-88, 1900
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Records
1850-1900, n.d.
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Morgan to Moulder: Surrender
1873
Mixed Materials [35007008640348] MSS 88-1. Box 8
Nelson v. Rural Sanitary Authority: Correspondence, Claim and Brief
1895
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Nelson v. Berkhampstead Rural Sanitary Authority: Record and Brief
1896
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Nicholson and Bass: Records
1890
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
North to Cooper: Correspondence, Records and Sales Bill
1884
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Sarah Northwood and Northwood v. Turney: Correspondence and Records
1859-65
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Onward Building Society to Eeles: Conveyance
1889
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Estate of Alice Osborn: Correspondence and Records
1892
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Pemberton v. Barnes: Records
1869, 1896
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Pemberton v. Watkins: Surrender
1871
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Estate of the Earl of Powis: Records
1891-92
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Lord Rokeby to Lodge: Correspondence and Opinion
1832, n.d.
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Lord Rothschild to Glover: Draft Deed of Enfranchisement
1882
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Lord Rothschild to Burgess and Ginger to Burgess: Correspondence, Records
1894-95
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Smith, Dorrien and Seltman: Correspondence and Records
1888-99
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Smith v. Berkhampstead Rural Sanitary Authority: Copies of Claim and Correspondence
1895
Mixed Materials [35007008640355] MSS 88-1, Box 9
Smith v. Berkhampstead Rural Sanitary Authority: Briefs, Leases, etc.
1896
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Thompson to Watts: Correspondence and Conditional Surrender
1898
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Estate of Henry Tomkins: Sales Bill and Records
1839, 1857
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Tring Baptist Chapel Trustees: Correspondence and Records
1894-95
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Tring Leaseholds: Correspondence
1867
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Tring Rectory Estate: Correspondence and Records
1866-67
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Tring Rectory Estate Exchange: Correspondence
1867-68
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Tring Rectory Leaseholds: Correspondence
1866-67
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Turney and Turney: Records
1882
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Vickors v. Putnam: Correspondence, Will of Thomas Bailey and Miscellaneous
1873-74
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Estate of Edmund Fearnley Whittingstall: Abstract of Title
1856
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Whittingstall's Devisees to Rev. James Williams (Long Marston Farm): Correspondence, Map and Records
1856-58
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
E.F. Whittingstall's Devise to Rev. James Williams: Records, Worksheets and Sales Bill
1856, 1858
Mixed Materials [35007008640363] MSS 88-1, Box 10
Estate of E.F. Whittingstall: Abstract of Title
1856
Mixed Materials [35007008640371] MSS 88-1, Box 11
Rev. James Williams Enfranchisement Awards: Records, Correspondence and Legal Bills
1864-65
Mixed Materials [35007008640371] MSS 88-1, Box 11
Rev. James Williams Enfranchisement Awards: Correspondence and Records
1864-65
Mixed Materials [35007008640371] MSS 88-1, Box 11
Williams to Christ Church College: Records and Plot
1867-68
Mixed Materials [35007008640371] MSS 88-1, Box 11
Williams to Crawley: Draft Deed of Enfranchisement
1878
Mixed Materials [35007008640371] MSS 88-1, Box 11
Williams and Evans: Records
1876, 1888
Mixed Materials [35007008640371] MSS 88-1, Box 11
Williams to Evans: Records and Draft
1888
Mixed Materials [35007008640371] MSS 88-1, Box 11
Williams to Evans: Records
1888
Mixed Materials [35007008640371] MSS 88-1, Box 11
Williamson's Trustees to Williams: Records, Map and Sales Bill
1878
Mixed Materials [35007008640371] MSS 88-1, Box 11
Wilson to Edwards and Williams: Correspondence and Records
1863, 1875, 1881
Mixed Materials [35007008640371] MSS 88-1, Box 11
Winter and Cooper: Correspondence and Articles of Clerkship for an aspiring attorney and solicitor
1870
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