| Description | Marriage settlements of Gilbert Lake, University of Oxford and Katherine Tipping, 1717; of William Johnson, Chippenham, apothecary and Elizabeth Tipping, 1720; of Benjamin Rogers, Rainscombe in North Newnton and Elizabeth Johnson, relates to a new built house at Rainscombe, 1752. Probates of the wills of William Tipping, Oxford, brewer, 1695, and William Johnson, Chippenham, apothecary, 1765 (PCC). Original will of Elizabeth Rogers, wife of Benjamin Rogers, Rainscombe House, North Newnton, 1796. Administration bond of the estate of Gilbert Lake deceased, vicar of Chippenham, 1732;
ordination deed of Gilbert Lake, 1745; his appointment as the private chaplain of Thomas, Lord Weymouth, 1751; release by Catherine Lake to her brother Gilbert, of her share in their father's house in St Mary Street, Chippenham, 1753; lease to Gilbert of a cottage at Wood Lane, Chippenham, 1756.
legal opinion of the title to the St Mary Street property, 1768. |