1838 Mortgage in Fee – Five Ways, Rowley Regis & Lickey, Bromsgrove (Josiah Edmunds to John Jepson – £250 Loan Deed)

Description

📜 Product Description:

This beautifully handwritten 1838 mortgage deed documents a mortgage in fee for £250 between Mr. Josiah Edmunds and others to Mr. John Jepson. The mortgaged properties are located in two key areas: Five Ways in the Parish of Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, and Lickey in the Parish of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

Dated the 10th day of October 1838, this original legal document is written in elegant copperplate script with traditional indenture layout. It’s a rare and valuable piece of West Midlands legal history, suitable for collectors of antique legal documents, genealogists, or property historians studying the early industrial regions of England.

🧾 Key Features:

• Date: 10 October 1838

• Lender: Mr. John Jepson

• Borrower: Mr. Josiah Edmunds and others

• Loan Amount: £250

• Properties:

  • Five Ways, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire

  • Lickey, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

• Document Type: Mortgage in Fee (freehold security)

• Format: Handwritten legal folio in traditional calligraphy

📂 Condition: Very good for age – clean and legible with expected light toning
📐 Presentation: Folded legal folio, suitable for framing or archival display