WILLIAM MYLREA jnr from LAXEY PATRIOTIC SOCIETY

Mortgage - 1850 (Lonan)

Know all men by these presents that I William Mylrea of the parish of Lonan do hereby own and acknowledge myself to be and stand justly endebted unto Philip Quayle, President, and John Clague and John Hampton, stewards of the Patriotic Society of Laxey, in the sum of twenty pounds British to the payment whereof with interest thereout at and after the rate of five per cent per annum and all costs and charges well and truly to be made unto the said Philip Quayle, John Clague and John Hampton in the capacity aforesaid and their successors in the said office I bind and oblige myself, my heirs, executors and administrators under the penalty hereinafter mentioned and for the further and better security of them the said Philip Quayle, John Clague and John Hampton and their successors in the said office in the said premises

Know ye that I the said William Mylrea by and with the consent and approbation of Jane Mylrea, my wife, testified by here becoming a party unto and executing these presents have given, granted, transferred and assigned and by these presents do give, grant, transfer, assign and pass over in security unto the said Philip Quayle, John Clague and John Hampton and their successors in the said office as aforesaid all and singular the whole of that part or parcel of land situate in the parish of Lonan and known and called by the name of Crott Balljean and being of the Quarterland of Balljean with the houses erected thereon to have and to hold the said premises with all ways, watercourses and easements to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining unto them the said officers of the Patriotic Society of Laxey or their successors in the said office until repayment of the said sum of twenty pounds with interest as aforesaid and all costs and charges and I the said William Mylrea do hereby for myself, and my heirs, executors, and assigns covenant and agree to and with the said Philip Quayle, John Clague and John Hampton and their successors in the said office that with the consent aforesaid I the said William Mylrea have good right, and full power to pass over in security the foresaid premises and shall and will warrant and defend the same and every part thereof unto the said Philip Quayle, John Clague and John Hampton and their successors in the said office from and against the claim, challenge or demand of any person or persons whomsoever and for the true and faithful performance hereof I the said William Mylrea and Jane Mylrea my wife do hereby bind and oblige ourselves, our heirs, executors, and assigns under the penalty of forty pounds British to be levied and paid according to law. In witness whereof I the said William Mylrea and Jane Mylrea my wife have hereunto subscribed our names this the 8th day of February 1850. William Mylrea, Jane Mylrea my mark X

Signed and delivered in presence of us John Cannell, john Baterner

At Douglas 9 February 1850 William Mylrea and Jane Mylrea the executing parties to the foregoing Bond and Security acknowledged the same to be their proper act and deed. Before me ………………

Register Office 9 February 1850 I certify that the foregoing Deed was this day at the hour of three o’clock afternoon received by my at this Office for the purpose of being registered and recorded according to law and that the same is entered in the Requisition Book 2 page 58 No 464. JCBWatts, D.R

Registry Office 22 April 1882 Cancelled under and by virtue of the annexed receipt dated this day. Samual Harris, Registrar

Know all men by these presents that Thomas Kneale, the present President, and John Hampton and Robert James Clague, the present stewards of the Laxey Patriotic Society, do hereby own and acknowledge to have received and been fully paid and satisfied the full amount of principal, interest, costs and charges now due and owing under a certain Deed of Bond and Security granted and passed by William Mylrea of the parish of Lonan to Philip Quayle, the then President, and John Clague and John Hampton, the then stewards, of the said Society for the principal sum of twenty pounds bearing date the 8th February 1850 and secured upon all and singular a certain parcel of land being part of Crott Balljean situate in the said parish of Lonan and the said Thomas Kneale, John Hampton and Robert James Clague in the said capacities do hereby order and direct that the said Deed of Bond and Security may be and stand cancelled upon record. Witness their names this 22 April 1882. Thomas Kneale present, John Hampton, Robert James Clague, stewards

Witnessed by F.J.Johnson

At Douglas 22 April 1882 Thomas Kneale, John Hampton and Robert James Clague the parties to the foregoing receipt to be their proper act and deed. Before me Samuel Harris, High Bailiff of Douglas

Witnessed by F.J.Johnson

[Ref: Feb 1850 #40]

NOTES

  1. Mylrea's Terrace, Laxey
  2. William Mylrea jnr was the only known surviving son of William Mylrea snr & Ann Fargher, and born 1811 in Lonan
  3. William Mylrea jnr and Jane Killip were married in Lonan in 1838
  4. They had 9 children, 4 of whom were named in their joint will in 1883
    • Ann 1838-1851
    • Thomas 1841
    • Jane 1843, married John James Taylor, a miner
    • William 1845-1851
    • Margaret 1848, married James Crowe, a miner
    • Isabella 1850-1852
    • William 1852
    • Isabella 1854-1856
    • John 1857-1877
  5. Their youngest son John was listed as a scholar in the 1871, perhaps an indication that this child was destined for a future beyond the lead mines, at which his two older brothers were already working. Sadly, the boy died when he was 19
  6. William jnr lived in Laxey Glen and was variously described as a hatter or a farmer; his father William was a tailor in 1808 and a public house keeper in 1837
  7. This is the first of two mortgages that William jnr took in 1850, which combined totalled £52. This particular mortgage was taken in February 1850, and William's father died in July 1850 so presumably the Crott Balljean lands had already been settled on William jnr
  8. Crott Balljean - came into the family from Jane's parents via her Marriage Contract in 1838
  9. In 1850 William jnr also sold two pieces of land for a total of just over £100
  10. In sequence these transactions were Mortgage (Feb), Sale (March), Sale (May), Mortgage (Dec) so perhaps William jnr was making a rather swift transition from farming land to village land
  11. There was another mortgage taken with the Laxey Patriotic Society in 1860 and both were cleared on the same date in 1882, just months before William jnr died
  12. William jnr & Jane became prosperous and were able to leave houses and lands to their children. Unfortunately only 4 of their 9 offspring lived to adulthood to share in their good fortune

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