ALFRED BINYON and LUCY BINYON (nee HOYLE)

 

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Alfred Binyon built Merlewood in 1853. He was a partner in the calico printing firm of Thomas Hoyle & Sons, founded in Manchester by his wife's grandfather.

 

THE HISTORY OF MARKET STREET. PART XV. THE BINYON FAMILY - For more than half a century the name of Binyon was one of the best known in the town. The earliest members of the family to settle here came in the early part of the last century from Kendal, where tradition stated their grandfather married Ruth Wakefield, whose father, a rich banker, provided the capital with which Richard Arkwright began business in the cotton trade.[2] Thomas Binyon was a cotton manufacturer, and invented a cloth made by a combination of silk and wool. His sons, Thomas and Edward, settled in Manchester as tea dealers, coffee roasters, and chocolate makers. For many years they had two shops, at 18 St Ann's Square, and 126 Oldham Street, and today the business is carried on in St Ann's Street. Another brother, Benjamin, was a partner in the firm of Binyon and Taylor, twine manufacturers, at Hollinwood. He afterwards opened a shop next door to Jewsbury and Brown's, and later commenced the Beehive Restaurant, under the Palace Inn, this being the first extensive restaurant in the town. One sister of the brothers, Hannah, carried on a tea business at 53 Piccadilly, and a second one, Deborah, had a ready-made linen warehouse at 9 Downing Street.

The best known member of the family was Alfred Binyon, cousin of those previously mentioned. He was engaged in business as a calenderer and a coal agent, but, marrying a daughter of Thomas Hoyle, he was admitted a partner in the calico printing business at Mayfield, where he resided in one of the houses at the top end of Buxton Street, recently pulled down to make way for railway extensions. He built the Borough Buildings, which for many years had a disastrous career, most of the shops being empty. After changing hands several times, the property was disposed of by means of a lottery, the tickets for which were a pound each. The Binyon family were Quakers, and were generally respected for their sterling integrity. They were members of the Mount Street Meeting.[3]

 

1806    "Thy aunt Deborah Binyon and her three children have been at Welbourn [Lincolnshire] a long time, but are now all returned [to Manchester] but Alfred, who is left to go to Ann Gauntley's school." (Letter from Lydia Burtt to her second son William, aged 15.) In Broughton [4 miles west of Welbourn] there was a small Quaker Boarding School kept by Ann Gauntley, to which the three boys [sons of William and Lydia Burtt] were sent. If we may judge from a letter written by Joseph when aged twelve, writing, spelling and composition were well taught at Ann Gauntley's school, though grammar left something to be desired. When the boys reached the age of fourteen they were sent to the noted Quaker Boarding School [Joseph Crosfield's] at Hartshill in Warwickshire.[4]

 

c.1817 At the age of 15 or 16 I was apprenticed to my father's brother, who had a chymist's shop at Stockport, where he lived himself, and another at Manchester, where I lived with my uncle's partner. … During my apprenticeship I became acquainted with my friend A. Binyon, Mrs ? and her two sons and their family. [5]

 

1821    Ardwick Bridge, Chorlton upon Medlock was afterwards a dye works by Statham who failed in 1819, was unoccupied for 18 months and then taken by Mr Binyon who carried on about 5 years under Thomas Duckworth's management when he became embarrassed, afterwards Thomas Duckworth carried on under the influence of Lees & Kershaw till Duckworth left having taken Reddish Mill…[6]

 

1823    Alfred Binyon writes to his mother about his holiday in Kendal.

 

1830    Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. On the third day the Duke [of Wellington] went to Liverpool, and on the fourth day my brother[-in-law], A. Binyon, sister Frances, and myself went to Chatmoss to see the procession. After we had been there some time we were much surprised to see, instead of the whole procession, only one Engine with a car attached to it travelling at a most astounding speed, for although on the Moss we can see the road for more than a mile each way, it seemed to be out of sight almost as soon as we had caught a glimpse of it. This was the carriage which was conveying poor Mr Huskisson to Eccles. … My brother[-in-law John Atkinson] Ransome [honorary surgeon to the Manchester Infirmary and doctor to many of the leading Manchester Quaker families] was with them when the Earl of Wilton called him off to Huskisson.[7]

 

1830        Quaker meeting-houses were traditionally plain but incorporated a somewhat hierarchical system of seating for the benefit of maintaining order in the meetings for worship. Manchester was typical of this structure in which there were two or sometimes three levels in the main room, where, on the highest tier, the ministers sat or stood to give their vocal ministry. Below were the elders, either alongside the overseers or above them if there was a third tier. The leaders of the Meeting were, thus, facing the benches of the general worshippers so as to be heard and to see and be seen, in the interests of order and regularity.

 

 

[Seating arrangement of leading Friends at Mount Street [Manchester] Meeting around 1830:]

In the gallery:

Isaac Stephenson, Isaac Crewdson, John Bradshaw, John Raleigh

Below the gallery:

Wilson Crewdson, William Fowden, William Boulton, Thomas Crewdson, Joseph Crewdson, Thomas Hoyle, William Neild, Joseph Compton, Alfred Binyon

There were further ties between these people than their rank in the meeting-house. All four Crewdsons were brothers, and brothers-in-law to William Boulton by 1833. All were manufacturers and/or merchants in the textile industry. … Thomas Hoyle ran a very successful business in dyeing and calico printing, and working for him were William Neild, Joseph Compton and Alfred Binyon, all three of whom happened also to be … his sons-in-law. William Fowden was a merchant and lived next to William Boulton at Ardwick in the suburbs of Manchester. [8]    

 

1831    A.B. [Alfred Binyon] is not returned from Lincolnshire, his grandmother [Alfred's mother's mother, Alice Burtt] is deceased and J.C. [Joseph Compton, another son-in-law of Thomas Hoyle and a partner in the firm of Thomas Hoyle & Sons] is very unwell indeed with a cold and keeps the house at present, so that had we much to do at the warehouse we should be shorthanded. Your mother has been unwell since second day but appears better at present. Dear Mary [eldest daughter of Thomas Hoyle, William Neild's wife] is here this evening, she and the children are finely and she unites with the rest in dear love to thyself and I remain thy affectionate father, Thos Hoyle.[9]

 

1832    5 February 1832                        Alfred Binyon's time on School committee expired

9 December 1832                      Alfred Binyon subscribed £3-3-0 to enlargement of Girl's School room

7 July 1833                                Alfred Binyon appointed to List of Guides

8 June 1834                               Alfred Binyon appointed one of the representatives to the Monthly Meeting

13 December 1835                    Alfred Binyon subscribed £1-1-0 to Ackworth School [10]

 

1834    Journey to Scarborough and York with brother-in-law John Atkinson Ransome - see 2.2.

 

1835    To T.W.Winstanley, 3^rd Month, 5^th, 1835. It is agreed that the Share in the Manchester Royal Institution belonging to my late Father-in-law Thomas Hoyle should be transferred to his daughter Lucy Binyon as one of the co-heiresses of the deceased, or if consistent with the Rules of the Institution to her husband Alfred Binyon. For self and the other executors of the late Thomas Hoyle, William Neild.

 

1836        A secession in the body of Friends took place in 1837 [actually 1836], in the December of which year the so-called Evangelical Friends' Meeting-house was opened in Grosvenor Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock (now used as a Baptist chapel). The leader in the secession

was Mr Isaac Crewdson,[11] who held views on some points at variance with the general body of the Friends. He was followed by several members of eminence in the town; and the controversy and secession eventually led to the families of the Neilds, the Windsors, the Ransomes, the Simpsons, and many others leaving the Society altogether. [12]

 

            Dear Friends, Painful as it is to my feelings to disunite myself from such a Society in which I had my birthright, and much attached as I am to many of its members, yet, equally impressed with the necessity of that Society openly avowing the paramount authority of Holy Scripture, from which naturally follow the grand and essential doctrines of the atonement and justification by faith, I cannot think it right for me to continue in a body who do not, and will not, most fully recognize these most essential truths of the Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Under these circumstances, combined with the evident intention of the Society to discountenance the preaching of the Gospel, and the social study of Holy Writ, I do hereby resign my membership with you as a religious Society, And remain with love your friend, Alfred Binyon. Manchester, 11^th Month 4^th, 1836. [13]

 

Dear Friends, From heartfelt experience of the evils attendant on the absence of a full recognition, by the Society of Friends, of the doctrine of our Justification before God, through faith in the blood of a crucified Saviour, and the practical bad effects in my own case, of this doctrine not having been brought prominently forward in the approved ministry of the Society; and as there appears a fixed determination to silence those Ministers who believe themselves called upon to preach this most essential truth of Christianity, I feel bound to relinquish my connection with you as a religious body, sincerely desiring that it may please our Heavenly Father to pour out his Holy Spirit so abundantly upon you, as to cause you thankfully and reverently to receive the humbling truths of the ever blessed Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, as revealed to us in his Holy Scriptures of truth, that so you may be 'filled with the fruits of righteousness' which are by Him, 'unto the glory and praise of God' .Believe me to remain with love you friend Lucy Binyon. Manchester, 11^th Month 4^th, 1836. [14]

 

1838    Alfred Binyon elected an ordinary member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. [15]

 

1839    Alfred Binyon recounts his visit to the Paris Exhibition

 

1841

Census
Chorlton Lane, Stretford, Manchester
Alfred Binyon		41	Calico printer
Lucy Binyon		39
Frances Binyon		12
Emily Binyon		10
Alfred Binyon jun		9
Frederick Binyon		3
David Binyon		9 mo
Alice Giles		28	Governess
Sarah Ellwood		32	House servant
Agnes Mitchell		32	House servant
Jane Ellis		20	House servant
Ann Hargreav		19	House servant

 

1842    A report of the Manchester Statistical Society in 1842 (commonly known as the Chadwick Report) showed that the death rate in the inner city of Manchester was 35.2 per 1000, whereas in the suburb of Broughton it was only 15.8 per cent. The Chadwick report had some unpleasant news even for the upper classes. Chadwick compared the average age of death in the period 1837-40 for Manchester and Rutlandshire:

 

Manchester       Rutlandshire     

Professionals and Gentry                                               38                     52

Tradesmen and families                                                 20                     41

Mechanics and labourers                                               17                     38

 

Even before Chadwick's alarming report reached Parliament, residents of Manchester on their own initiative met together in what was advertised as a town-wide smoke abatement meeting at the Royal Victoria Gallery on May 26, 1842. The meeting was called "for the purpose of directing attention to plans for the prevention of smoke, with the ultimate view of bringing the subject before the British Association, " which was to meet in Manchester during June. A committee was appointed to pursue the matter and included, as its scientific contingent, men associated with the old Mechanics' Institution and later with the Royal Victoria Gallery: John Davies, Peter Clare (Dalton's friend), Richard Roberts, the engineer, William Sturgeon, Director of the Victoria Gallery, Alfred Binyon, and that inveterate organizer, William Fairbairn.[16]

 

1844    Alfred and Lucy Binyon attended the funeral of John Dalton. [17]

 

1845    Bella Villa. This mansion is shown on the earliest plans (1841) of the Brooks' estate [also on 1848 6" OS map sheet 104]. From 1845 it appeared in the directory as the home of Alfred Binyon, a calico printer, who would be well-known by Samuel Brooks, being in the same trade. By 1851 it was occupied by Robert Aders, a merchant, until 1871. …disappeared by 1931 OS 25" map when new houses are shown on the site with Rowan Avenue between.

Samuel Brooks was a partner in the firm of Reddish, Brooks, calico printers. He came from Whalley, Lancashire. He bought land beyond Moss Side in 1832 on which he planned a suburban estate to be called Whalley Range.[18]

 

1847    CONVERSAZIONE AT THE ROYAL MANCHESTER INSTITUTION [19] - Mr Crace Calvert, honorary professor of chemistry in the institution, read a paper entitled "What is chemistry?" Mr Ransome then proposed … a vote of thanks to Mr Calvert for his paper, which was carried unanimously, and with applause … Mr Ransome said, that although there had been many eminent chemists in Manchester, they had been chiefly acquainted with abstract chemistry, and hence, when practical chemists were wanted, they were sent for from abroad … Mr A Binyon said that the demand for chemists had, until lately, been chiefly supplied from the Andersonian Institution at Glasgow. Fewer Scotchmen came now; but the deficiency was made up by foreigners. If a due attention were paid to the subject, and an enthusiasm created, we should see a different state of things. He hoped that we should, before long, have a Dalton professorship founded here … Mr A Binyon asked if Mr Calvert would give them an account of the institution at Rouen, with which he was connected.[20]

 

1848    Alfred Binyon occupied 402 Nursery A0 R2 P0, and 403 Vetch field A2 R1 P34, the land was owned by Samuel Brooks.[21]

 

1849    Trustees of St Margaret's, Whalley Range, 1849: Wm Cunliffe Brooks of Barlow Hall, Chorlton cum Hardy, esq; Alf Binyon of Moss Side, calico printer; Chas Townend of Moss Side, manufacturer; Jos Compton of moss side, calico printer; and Benj Joule, jun of Moss side, common brewer.[22]

 

1850    Alfred Binyon writes to Isaac Taylor about the deposition of copper on printing rollers

 

1851

Census
Bella Villa, Moss Side, Manchester
Alfred Binyon		51	Calico printer, master in firm of 5 employing men 210 women …	Manchester
Lucy Binyon	wife	49		Manchester
Frances Binyon	dau	21	Spinster	Manchester
Emily Binyon	dau	20	Spinster	Manchester
Alfred	son	18	Apprentice to calico printer	Manchester
Dora	dau	10	Scholar at home	Manchester
Alice Maud	dau	7	Scholar at home	Manchester
Sarah Ellwood	servant	42	Nurse	London
Mary Evans	servant	22	Cook	?
Harriett Askew	servant	14	Housemaid	Derbys, Biggin
Elizabeth Holt	servant	22	Under cook	Ches, ?
Sarah Allen	servant	36	Housemaid	Ches, Northwich
John Pettigrew	servant	39	Footman	?
Emily Brown	governess	34	Governess	Glos, Hampton

 

 

1853    GRANGE IN CARTMEL - This delightful summer resort is gradually becoming known and appreciated by the lovers of nature as well as those in search of health, and may shortly vie with more favoured localities in the number and beauty of its villas. An impulse has been given by Alfred Binyon Esq., of the eminent firm of Thos. Hoyle and Sons, Manchester, who has recently become proprietor of a small estate in that neighbourhood, with a view of erecting a family residence, to be called "Merlewood", the first stone of which was laid by Mr Binyon in the presence of a few friends, on Thursday, the 19^th inst. The situation chosen for the mansion is in every respect delightful, commanding most varied and interesting views of "flood and fell". The ceremony of laying the first stone was accompanied by a short but feeling speech by Mr Binyon, to the effect that he anticipated much pleasure from a residence in that beautiful neighbourhood. The Lancaster Borough Band, while on a tour through the country, arrived very opportunely, and enlivened the scene agreeably, playing the National Anthem and other airs with much good taste. Mr and Mrs Binyon, and friends, partook of luncheon upon the ground, after which all the workmen in Mr Binyon's employ were regaled with bread, cheese, and ale to their hearts' content.[23]

 

1853    Alfred Binyon writes to George Webster about his family holiday in the Pyrenees

 

1853    REARING DINNER. …Mr Binyon gave his rearing dinner on Saturday last to between fifty and sixty of his tradesmen and workpeople, at the house of Mr William Strickland, of The Slack, near Grange, when a most substantial dinner was provided. After which the usual loyal toasts were drunk followed by the health of Mr Binyon and his family, which were given with great enthusiasm. The afternoon and evening were spent in the most convivial manner, harmonising with the season of the year. The whole was conducted in the most orderly manner, by those whose business it was to attend to the comfort of those invited.[24]

 

1854    GRANGE CHURCH - This beautiful edifice which was erected last autumn, was generally complained of by the congregation during winter as being cold, but we are glad to say this evil is at last remedied, for last week an apparatus was furnished for heating it with water, so that it will be quite comfortable during the winter season. The undertaking which would cost £100 was the liberal gift of Alfred Binyon Esq, Yewbarrow Lodge, Grange.[25]

 

1854    GRANGE BAZAAR - On Tuesday and Wednesday last, a grand fancy bazaar was held at Yewbarrow Lodge, Grange, the residence of Alfred Binyon Esq, in aid of the erection of a Protestant Church at Bagneres de Bigorre, Haute Pyrenees. [Bagneres de Bigorre was famous for its 50 hot springs, recommended for nerve, lung and digestive complaints.] There was a large collection of fancy  work for sale, contributed by the personal friends of the pastor, and a great muster of the fashionable from the surrounding neighbourhood paid a visit, and purchased largely of the articles for sale.[26]

 

1854    ULVERSTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 5^th exhibition 27 June 1854.

… The magnificent collection of stove and greenhouse plants from  … the gardens of A.Binyon Esq of Merlewood House, Grange … could not fail to attract all lovers of the floral kingdom, and the foreign ferns from the latter place were greatly admired; as well as four splendid gloxinias which got an extra prize… We may add that a white fuchsia, the "Duchess of Lancaster", belonging to A.Binyon Esq was a perfect one.[27] [Success continued in 1855 and after Alfred's death when Miss Binyon was a prizewinner at the summer show in 1857, but in September 1856 it was noted that the display of stove and greenhouse plants was not so good as at the show held in June, which was no doubt owing to the lamented death of A.Binyon Esq of Merlewood House, Grange].

 

1854    Alfred Binyon writes to George Wilson about his life in Grange

 

1854    PATRIOTIC FUND - Grange: Miss Binyon 10s 0d; servants of A. Binyon Esq 7s 6d.[28]

 

1855    HANDSOME TREAT AT MILNTHORPE - On Saturday evening last [14 April 1855] Alfred Binyon Esq, of Merlewood House, Grange, near Milnthorpe, with his accustomed liberality and benevolence, gave a sumptuous supper, &c, at Mr Bainbridge's, the King's Arms Hotel, Milnthorpe, to Mr Monks, the stationmaster, and the whole of the men employed at Milnthorpe Railway Station. The above esteemed gentleman has been erecting a noble mansion at Grange, and having had a large quantity of goods , &c, conveyed by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company to that station, which caused the officials to have some extra work and attendance, he had great pleasure in giving them a liberal treat. About 9 o'clock supper was announced, when the company were conducted to a large room, where everything was provided by Mrs Bainbridge in a first rate style. The chair was taken by Mr Monks, the station-master, and the vice-chair was occupied by Mr F.Evans, porter. After they had enjoyed the good things provided for their repast, the cloth was removed, and the worthy chairman gave the usual loyal toasts; he then proposed the health of Mr Binyon, and long may he live to enjoy his new habitation, Merlewood House, which was drunk in a bumper with all honors. Mr Evans then gave in fine style the "Old English Gentleman", the company joining in the chorus. Many other toasts were given, and some excellent songs sung during the rest of the evening, which was spent in a most agreeable manner, when all separated with thanks to Mrs Bainbridge, for her abundant supply of the good things which she had provided for their comfort.[29]

 

1856        WILL PROVED AT YORK

Devise and bequeath to trustees [friends George Robinson[30] of Manchester, tea dealer, John Carlisle the younger[31] of Manchester, merchant, and Josiah Merrick of Manchester, commission agent - Merrick refused the trusteeship in a document dated 17 September 1856] of testator's share and interest in the Mayfield Print Works [belonging to me and my friends and partners William Neild and Joseph Compton and now occupied by us and the other partners in the firm of Thomas Hoyle and Sons in our business of calico printers] and all other testator's real and leasehold estates, including all real and leasehold estates which he has power to dispose of by will … upon trust for children … in equal shares as tenants in common … the share of each son and one fourth of the share of each daughter to be paid so soon as the same shall become vested … the remaining three fourths of the share of each daughter to be held … upon trust to pay the income to her during her life for her separate use independent of any husband … [32]

 

1876    an indenture ("the principal indenture")… dated [19 October 1876] made between [1] John Carlisle … [2] Thomas Ransome[33] and … Cyril Ransome[34] … and [3] John Carlisle, Thomas Ransome and Cyril Ransome … being an appointment of … Thomas Ransome and Cyril Ransome to be trustees jointly with … John Carlisle of the will dated [21 July 1856] of Alfred Binyon late of Merlewood, near Lindale in Cartmel in the county of Lancaster, calico printer, who died on [21 August 1856] and whose will was duly proved in the exchequer and prerogative court of York on [4 October 1856] and in the prerogative court of Canterbury on [23 October 1856] - see 1897.

 

1897        In the matter of the trusts of the will of the late Alfred Binyon Esqre. Appointment of Messrs John Frederick Binyon and Frederick Stanley Ransome to be trustees jointly with Mr Cyril Ransome. This indenture made [15 February 1897] between [1] Cyril Ransome formerly of Merton College, Oxford, but now of Hartington, Poole Road, Bournemouth in the county of Southampton, Esquire … and [2] John Frederick Binyon of Ulverston in the county of Lancaster, Gentleman and Frederick Stanley Ransome of Loughborough in the county of Leicester, Engineer … whereas this indenture is supplemental to an indenture ("the principal indenture")… dated [19 October 1876] made between [1] John Carlisle … [2] Thomas Ransome and … Cyril Ransome … and [3] John Carlisle, Thomas Ransome and Cyril Ransome … being an appointment of … Thomas Ransome and Cyril Ransome to be trustees jointly with … John Carlisle of the will dated [21 July 1856] of Alfred Binyon late of Merlewood, near Lindale in Cartmel in the county of Lancaster, calico printer, who died on [21 August 1856] and whose will was duly proved in the exchequer and prerogative court of York on [4 October 1856] and in the prerogative court of Canterbury on [23 October 1856] and whereas … John Carlisle died at High Lawn, Bowdon in the county of Chester, on [20 April 1882] and whereas … Thomas Ransome died at Hest Bank, Lancaster in the county of Lancaster, on [19 January 1897] and whereas the funds now held upon the trusts of the said will consist of or are represented by the particulars mentioned and set forth in the schedule hereto and whereas … Cyril Ransome is desirous to appoint … John Frederick Binyon and Frederick Stanley Ransome … in the place of … John Carlisle and Thomas Ransome. Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said Cyril Ransome … hereby appoints … John Frederick Binyon and Frederick Stanley Ransome to be trustees …

The Schedule above referred to:

1 A sum of £6750 part of the principal moneys remaining secured by the mortgage dated [4 December 1867 recited in the principal indenture

2 A sum of £3719.0.3 part of the principal moneys remaining secured by the mortgage dated [1 April 1868] recited in the principal indenture

3 A sum of £750 remaining secured by the mortgage dated [16 September 1868] recited in the principal indenture

4 A sum of £1000 secured by a mortgage of a plot of land and premises in Sedley Street Walton on the Hill in the county of Lancaster which mortgage was made by an indenture dated [17 October 1888] and made between [1] Richard Williams … and [2] Thomas Ransome and Cyril Ransome …

5 A sum of £500 (part of the sum of £2700 secured by a mortgage of a plot of land and premises in High Street and Sharp Street Manchester which mortgage was made by an indenture dated [1 October 1885] and made between [1] John Park and William Bashall Park … [2] George Whitworth … [3] Thomas Machell Remington and Frederick Binyon … and [4] Thomas Ransome and Cyril Ransome …

6 The sum of £2657.0.0 3% debenture stock of the North Staffordshire Railway Company

7 The sum of £2020.0.0 4½% debenture stock of the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company

8 £116.13.1 cash uninvested

It is intended that nos 3,4,6 and 7 shall be forthwith transferred and assigned by … Cyril Ransome to … Cyril Ransome John Frederick Binyon and Frederick Stanley Ransome by separate deeds …

Signed sealed and delivered by … Cyril Ransome in the presence of W A Firth clerk in Holy Orders Portfield Vicarage, Chichester, also by …John Frederick Binyon in the presence of Chas J Chapman, solicitor, Ulverston, and by … Frederick Stanley Ransome in the presence of C E Hodgkin, electrical engineer, Loughboro. [35]

 

1897        To Thomas Hoyle & Sons Limited and their Liquidators and to Messrs Aston Harwood & somers their Solicitors … As Solicitors for  … Cyril Ransome of Hartington, Poole Road, Bournemouth in the County of Southampton, John Frederick Binyon of Ulverston in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman, and Frederick Stanley Ransome of Loughborough in the County of Leicester, Engineer, We hereby give you notice that by virtue of an Indenture dated [15 February 1897] made between … [1] Cyril Ransome … and … [2] John Frederick Binyon and Frederick Stanley Ransome … the sums of £6750 and £3719 : 0 : 3 frespectively secured with other moneys by certain Indentures of Mortgage dated [4 December 1867] and [1 April 1868] and executed by you … Thomas Hoyle & Sons Limited and relating respectively to "the Mayfield Print Works" and "the Sandy Vale Print Works have, with the interest thereon and the benefit of the securities for the same, become vested in the said Cyril Ransome, John Frederick Binyon and Frederick Ransome.

Dated [2 March 1897] Darbishire Tatham & Worthington, 1 St James Square, Manchester.[36]

 

1899    Trustees of the will of Alfred Binyon Esq deceased.