£300

George Brudenell, 4th Earl of Cardigan (1712-1790), married Mary, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Montagu in 1730, and assumed the name Montagu upon the Duke's death in 1749. He was created Knight of the Garter in 1752, appointed Constable of Windsor Castle, Governor to the Prince of Wales and Master of the Horse.

£50

Sarah Burtt born circa 1780, died 22 February 1837, aged 57.

£150

Caltoft, bearing these arms, was an old Lincolnshire family.

£50

Thomas Cooke born circa 1716, died 11 October 1805, aged 89.

PARENTS OF FITZROY OF THE BEAGLE

LORD & LADY CHARLES FITZROY. Ivory tooth-pick box with a central glazed panel containing plaited hair, and inside the box a piece of paper inscribed in pen and ink "Captain G:Fitzroy Ld & Lady Chs Fitzroys Hair". The inner mirror has a few minor faults. Under the paper is a dried fragmented clover leaf (from the remains, once with four leaves). The box measures 90 x 37 x 11 mm.

£500

Close examination of the hair confirms there are two lengths of hair of different shades which have been interwoven. Lord Charles FitzRoy (1764–1829) was an army officer, the second son of the third duke of Grafton, who became the equerry to the duke of York in 1788, and in 1798 aide-de-camp to the king. He married firstly in 1795 Frances Mundy, by whom he had a son Charles Augustus Fitzroy (1796-1858). Frances died in 1797, and he married secondly in 1799 Lady Frances Anne Stewart (d.1810), who bore him two sons and a daughter, George FitzRoy (1800-1883) captain in the 1st Life Guards; Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865) hydrographer and meteorologist, and famously Captain of the Beagle on which Charles Darwin sailed; and Frances Fitzroy (1803-1878). The inscription to Captain G.Fitzroy suggests this box came from his parents, and therefore the hair pieces belong to Lord Charles FitzRoy and Lady Frances Anne FitzRoy.

£500

J Lehunt born circa 1670, died 7 May 1731, aged 61. This is probably John Lehunt, one of at least three sons of  John and Catherine Lehunt, who was christened 18th August 1670 at Saint Paul, Covent Garden, Westminster. The Four Shillings in the Pound Aid assessments for the City of Westminster 1693/4, record John Lehunt Esq. owning property in King Street South, with a rental value of £30.00

MOLYNEUX, Sir Francis and Ann. Mourning brooch. A large and fine gold brooch (max length 36 mm) consisting of an oblong glazed cover over woven hair, surrounded by 12 flat cut garnets, with a suspension loop to the top centre. On the reverse, a pin, and engraved wording commemorating two people:
             Ann Molyneux Ob 11 March 1811 Aet 76
         Sir Frances Molyneux Ob 9 June 1812 Aet 74
One garnet with a crack, and with scratch marks across the inscriptions, but in all other respects a most beautiful brooch. Click on photo for further views.

£450

Sir Francis and Ann Molyneux were the children of  Sir William Molyneux, 6th Bart of Teversal and of Wellow, and his wife Anne Challand. Ann was born circa 1735, and died unmarried on 11th March 1811. Sir Francis was born circa 1738, and died unmarried on 9th June 1812. He was from 1765 until his death, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, in the House of Lords, and became 7th baronet of Teversal upon his father's death in 1781. The Molyneux family had acquired land at Teversal, Nottinghamshire in the 16th century, and by 1700 had become engaged in mining there. The baronetcy became extinct upon the death of Sir Francis in 1812.

SOLD

George Nodes born circa 1698, died 8 July 1777, aged 79. This is George Nodes born 14th November and christened 15th December 1698, at Southill, Bedfordshire.

£120

Robert Ralston born circa 1735, died 19 May 1823, aged 88.

£60

Ann Rooke born circa 1743, died 25 March 1792, aged 49.

£250

Thomas Stiff  lived in New Street, Covent Garden in London, and was an active nonconformist who supported many humanitarian and educational establishments. His name can be found in several subscribers lists for a range of publications allied with his interests. He would appear to have Devon connections judging from a gift of a small plot of land made in 1812 to the Cross Street Chapel in Barnstaple for a burial ground. He died on 27th November 1825 while visiting Poundisford Park, the seat of Thomas Wellman. His obituary was published in the Evangelical Magazine & Missionary Chronicle (unseen, vol 3 1825). His wife had died in 1807 at the age of 54.

£300

Philip Webber (c1709-1799) was a prominent Falmouth attorney. In the 1740s he took into his household William Pryce (1735 -1790), who had been orphaned. Pryce became a well known surgeon, mineralogist, and antiquary. ODNB

£200

Stephen John Winthrop MD, born in London 30 January 1767, died 21 April 1819, aged 52. The son of Benjamin Winthrop and Elizabeth Neale, he married Mary Anne Horton Lloyd in 1799, the daughter of the parliamentary reformer Gamaliel Lloyd (1744-1817).