Landulph Snells in the Archives

Date

Description of Item

Office

Catalogue Reference

September 1780, September 1781

Victuallers Recognizances, Parish of Stoke Damerel, Exeter Quarter Sessions

The evidence from the apprenticeship indenture below indicates that Benjamin Snell was at one time an inn keeper in Plymouth Dock. A search of the Victuallers' Recognizances show the name Benjamin Snell appearing firstly in 1780 and then in 1781 (recognizances were renewed annually.) Unfortunately, the record is incomplete and there is a gap between 1782 and 1787 - Benjamin Snell's name does not appear in 1788. There is no proof that the Benjamin Snell referred to is he who later bought Wayton House, but this seems likely on the balance of probabilities.

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QS/62/7/27A, QS/62/7/28

1 June 1786, 13 June 1787

Apprenticeship indenture: John Prideaux, 9 years, to Thomas Snell of Wayton; 2 copies, one endorsed with assignment of indentures to Benjamin Snell, innkeeper of Plymouth Dock

(I don’t know if these two Snells are related – however Benjamin Snell (1752-1831), of Wayton certainly lived in Dock, prior to moving to Landulph circa 1809, where he was described as a corn factor).  This entry and subsequent apprenticeship indentures appear to show Benjamin Snell’s association with Landulph which predates his occupation of Wayton House in 1809.

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P107/14/57, 58

13 April 1792

Apprenticeship indenture: John Prideaux, 13 years, to Benjamin Snell, yeoman

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P107/14/72, 73

30 August 1794

Cornwall Quarter Sessions Order Book : Nominations of Gamekeepers -
Deputation Registered/ made: 30 Aug. 1794; 17 Dec. 1793; Lord of manor(s) and Manor: David Howell, esq. Madders; Gamekeeper:Benjamin Snell, merchant

(Madders is a property at Southill, near Callington.  The nomination of gamekeepers was a way to circumvent a new law which ruled that only gentlemen of a certain level and nominated gamekeepers could own sporting guns. Those who didn't quite qualify (Benjamin Snell?) found a wealthy friend who would name them.  I’m not sure of that this Benjamin Snell is my ancestor, but in the context of time and place this seems likely)

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QS/1/6/645-579

25 March 1795

Lease of lands at North Wayton and messuages/ tenements commonly known as Holland or Truscott, for a period of 14 years from John Coryton Esq. to Benjamin Snell, seedsman, of Plymouth Dock, at a rent of £116 annually

(Presumably the occupation of ‘seedsman’ accords with that of ‘corn factor’ as Benjamin is described elsewhere)

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CY/3655

12 April 1796

Apprenticeship indenture: John Prideaux, 7 years, to Benjamin Snell, yeoman

There appears to be a discrepancy in the ages of the John Prideaux apprentice in the 3 indentures catalogued in the CRO index – I suspect that the entry for 1796 is in error, and that his age should actually be 17, and not 7, years at this date.

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P107/14/90

25 March 1797

Lease by Elizabeth Maria Clarke of Monatcute House, Somerset, of the site of house with old walls. cellar and slaughter house in Cargreen to Benjamin Snell, cornfactor, of Plymouth Dock

(The 'lives' in the lease are Benjamin Snell himself (aged 44), Mary Adams (aged 23) who is described as the niece of Benjamin's wife Elizabeth, and William Keast, junior (aged 12), son of William Keast, yeoman, of St Germans. Mary Adams was Benjamin Snell's second wife, whom he married in 1809.)

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AD430/1,2

9 October 1797

Lease by Jane and ELizabeth Thomas of Plymouth Dock to Benjamin Snell, factor, of Plymouth Dock of Great Cellar or Skeltons Cellar at Cargreen

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AD430/3

13 April 1798

Apprenticeship indenture: Elizabeth Williams, 11 years, to Benjamin Snell

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P107/14/94

30 November and 1 December 1799

Mortgage and assignment of lease of estates in Halland alias Truscott and Northwayton in Landulph. Benjamin Snell's name appears as a sub-tenant of these estates, apparently leased by John Coryton to James Gilbard of Plymouth Dock, mercer

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CY/413-416

25 March 1800

Lease by Elizabeth Maria Clarke of Halton, Cornwall to Benjamin Snell, merchant, of Plymouth Dock, of granary, storehouse and ground adjoining the Tamar at Cargreen

(The 'lives' in the lease are Mary Keast (aged 15), John Keast )aged 12), and Elizabeth Watson Keast (aged 4), son and daughters of William Keast, lime burner, of St Germans)

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AD430/4

29 September 1801

Lease by Benjamin Symons of Landulph to Benjamin Snell, dealer and chapman of Stoke Damerel, of corn cellar, lime kiln and adjoining quay

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AD430/5

25 March 1803

Lease by William Bluett of Failand House Somerset to Benjamin Snell, merchant, of Plymouth Dock, of corn cellar or warehouse with lime kiln and quay adjoining, together with pighouse and waste adjoining in Cargreen, called Coombe tenement

(The 'lives' in the lease are Mary Keast (aged 18), John Keast )aged 15), and Elizabeth Watson Keast (aged 7), son and daughters of William Keast, lime burner, of St Germans)

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AD430/6

25 March 1806

Assignment of the residue of the leasehold on South Wayton to Benjamin Snell by Messrs. Clarke and White, under the direction of Mr. William Bluett.

(Acquisition of lands, including Wayton House in the parish of Landulph)

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P107/28/39

2 May 1811

Apprenticeship indenture: Rebecca Boundy, 9 years, to Benjamin Snell

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P107/14/110, 111

1811, 1812

Surveyors Accounts: Accounts of B. Snell for work on highways

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P107/21/5a, h

22 April 1814

Apprenticeship indenture: William Williams, 8 years, to Benjamin Snell, esq.

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P107/14/130

7 April 1817

Apprenticeship indenture: William Boundy, 12 years, to Benjamin Snell

(William Boundy’s name appears as one of the witnesses to Benjamin Snell’s will, in 1831)

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P107/14/135

7 April 1817

Apprenticeship indenture: Elizabeth Tregidion, 12 years, to Benjamin Snell

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P107/14/136, 137

6 April 1819

Apprenticeship indenture: John Jackett, 15 years, to Benjamin Snell, farmer

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P107/14/156, 157

3 January 1820

Apprenticeship indenture: Francis Gibbs, 9 years, to Benjamin Snell, gentleman

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P107/14/159, 160

5 April 1821

Apprenticeship indenture: John Moyse, 9 years, to Benjamin Snell, gentleman

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P107/14/167

18 January 1823

Lease by Elizabeth Maria Bluett of Jesey to Benjamin Snell, gentleman, of Landulph of land in Cargreen on which stands a dilapidated house, and specifying that the lessee is to build a new and substantial house

(Benjamin Snell has gone up in the world, now being described as 'gentleman'. The lives in the lease are William Snell (aged 8), George Snell (aged 6) and Edmund Snell (aged 4), all sons of Benjamin Snell and his second wife, Mary. George Snell is my great-grandfather)

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AD430/7,8

25 March 1826

Lease by Elizabeth Maria Bluett of Jersey to Benjamin Snell, merchant of Wayton, of granary, storehouse and quay in Cargreen, built be Benjamin Snell

(The lives on the lease are Mary Keast (aged 41), Elizabeth Watson Keast (aged 30) who are the daughters of William Keast (deceased), plus Joseph Adams Snell (aged 20), son of Benjamin Snell. Joseph Snell was the first son of Benjamin and Mary Snell, technically illegitimate, since he was born before their marriage; this is one of the few documents where he is named as 'Joseph Adams Snell'.)

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AD 430/9,10

25 March 1826

Lease by Elizabeth Maria Bluett of Jersey to Benjamin Snell, merchant of Wayton, of lime kiln and quay adjoining corn cellar, known as Coombe tenement.

(The lives on the lease are Mary Keast (aged 41), Elizabeth Watson Keast (aged 30) who are the daughters of William Keast (deceased), plus Joseph Adams Snell (aged 20), son of Benjamin Snell.)

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AD 430/11,12

23 January 1827

Lease for 14 years of Hay in Landulph to Benjamin Snell, merchant of Landulph by Elizabeth Maria Bluett, then living in Jersey, widow

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CY/3666

25 January 1828

Lease by Elizabeth Maria Bluett of Jersy to Benjamin Snell of Landulph of ruinous cottage inCargreen called Deacons with small plot attached.

(The leawe is on the 'lives' of William Snell (age 14), George Snell (age (11) and Edmund Snell (age 9), these being the third, fourth and fifth sons of Benjamin Snell)

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AD430/14, 15

2 September 1830

Deed of gift in which Benjamin Snell the elder of Wayton gives to his son, Benajmin Snell the younger of Wayton, the property South Wayton in Landulph.

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P107/28/40

2 September 1830

Deed of gift in which Benjamin Snell the elder of Wayton gives to his son, Benajmin Snell the younger of Wayton, leasehold messuages, fields, warehouses, and limekilns in Cargreen, and also farming stock, implements, cider, casks,furniture, plate, linen, barge, boat and materials for limeburning.

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P107/28/41

1831

Benjamin Snell’s Will

(Benjamin Snell died on 26 August 1831 shortly after the date of this will, 24 August 1831)

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CRO/30201/9/KT

1831

Abstract of title of Benjamin Snell to Ley and Collaford, Plympton St Mary

(Benjamin Snell mentions his properties at ‘Plympton Mary’ in his will, describing them as being called Ley and Collifords, and gives instructions to his executors for their sale – this abstract was presumably produced in connection with this sale)

PWDRO

1122/260

1831

Further abstract of title of Benjamin Snell to Ley and Collaford

PWDRO

1122/261

26 March 1833

Conveyance of quays, granary, lime kilns, corn cellar ad house and garden, Harrsion and Carrs tenement, Bickfords House, house and garden in occupation of Walter Gibbs, and various waste ground to Benjamin Snell, gentleman, of Landulph, by several parties: John Couch Pasco, John Gent, William Wymond all described as yeomen.

(The Benjamin Snell referred to here is the second son of Benajmin Snell the elder; the also mentions joseph Snell, gentleman of St Dominick, although his part in the transaction is unclear from the extract. One of the witnesses is Hugh Snell, appointed a trustee in the will of Benjamin Snell the elder.)

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AD430/16, 17

1834

Copy will of Benjamin Snell (note that the original will is held in CRO)

PWDRO

1122/263

1834

Conveyance, part of Collaford, Plympton St Mary, consideration: £2,200; 1) William Rendell, Edward Hambly and Hugh Snell, all of Callington, Cornwall, gents  (these three were the executors appointed by Benjamin Snell in his will) 2) Reverend Richard Seymour of Blunham, Bedford, clerk 3) Mary Snell, widow of Benjamin Snell of Landulph, Cornwall 4) Jonathan Luxmoore of Plymouth, gent  (relates to the sale of part of Collaford, but the family appears to have retained some of the property until at least 1863 - see below.)

PWDRO

1122/265

25 March 1838

Lease for 14 years of Halland and Wayton in Landulph to Benjamin Snell (1811-1894) gentleman of Landulph by John Tillie Coryton of Pentillie Castle esquire

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CY/3656

2 December 1842

Grant of land in Landulph (part of Withy Park, beside the road leading from Wayton to Cross on which the school house built) by John Tillie Coryton to the school trustees. One of the trustees was Benjamin Snell (1811-1894, inheritor of Wayton House from his father Benjamin in 1831), the others being Augustus Coryton, Henry Coryton and the vicar of Landulph at that time, Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell.

A school class photograph from Landulph school is shown in here together with further details of this land grant

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CY/6198

30 December 1857

Conveyance of a parcel of the foreshore of the Tamar at Cargreen from the Prince of Wales to Benjamin Snell, esquire of Wayton, Landulph.

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AD430/20

4 April 1861

Poor Law Union, Overseers’ appointments: William Snell (possibly William Snell, the third son of Benjamin Snell (1752-1831), who lived at North Wayton, and whose son eventually inherited Wayton House) and Samuel Richards

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P107/19/1/5

1863

Statutory declaration of Benjamin Snell relating to Collaford, Plympton St Mary (Benjamin Snell (1811 -1894) mentioned here is the son and principal heir of the elder Benjamin)

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1122/271

29 September 1869

Lease by Benjamin Snell, esquire, of Wayton, Landulph to John Spear, merchant, of Cargreen of granary, storehouse, coal yard, salt store and stable at Cargreen currently occupied by John Spear, reserving the right to ship goods at the quay.

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AD430/18

29 September 1869

Lease by Benjamin Snell, esquire, of Wayton, Landulph to John Spear, merchant, of Cargreen of Barn Farm in Landulph, formerly occupied by William Quance.

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AD430/19

1 January 1885

Memo of conveyance of house, bakehouse, and presmises in Cargreen to John Braund, baker, currently occupied by him, endorsed on earlier deed of 1833

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AD430/16, 17

15 July 1885

Bequest from A Coryton Esq to Benjamin Snell, ‘£100 to purchase something as a small remembrance of my great regard for him'.

(This apparently relates to Benjamin Snell (1811-1895), who inherited Wayton House from his father in 1831.  This Benjamin Snell is mentioned frequently (too often to record in full here) in the archives of the Coryton/ Pentillie estate, where he was the Land Agent)

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CY/1777

1895

File relating to Memorial Tablet to Benjamin Snell, placed in the Parish Church.  (From the date, this tablet relates to Benjamin Snell (1811-1894), who inherited Wayton House after the death of his father in 1831)

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P107/2/3

22 June 1897

Text of address given by Mrs. W. B Snell to children of village on day of Diamond Jubilee. (William Benjamin Snell inherited Wayton from his uncle Benjamin, who died leaving no surviving children, in 1895)

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P107/2/334

1928, 1931

Barclays Bank statement of account with J Spear and A V Snell (Albert Victor Snell was my grandfather and the youngest child of George Snell, Benjamin Snell’s fourth son), and receipt from Rector to John Spear, in connection with restoration of rood screen.  (Rev Adams mentions the restoration of the rood screen in his guide to the Parish Church, during which time John Spear and Albert Snell were churchwardens)

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P107/2/54, 55

9 April 1932

Valuation of the contents of Wayton House on the death of W. B. Snell

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307/412

1932

Substitution of pew appropriated to Snell family of Wayton.  (The removal of the Wayton pew is also mentioned by Rev Adams in his guide to the Parish Church)

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P107/2/10