Title
Abstract of Title of Charles Haynes
(I) Will of 10 Oct 1863 of Rev.John William Coventry Campion of Westoning:
- appointing his wife Ann Campion and his children John Gadsby Campion and Percy Ann Campion as his executors;
- making legacies;
- bequeathing the residue of his real and personal estate to his wife during her widowhood, remainder to his son when she died or remarried subject to an annuity after the remarriage of his wife to her of 150;
- bequeathing 5,000 to his daughter Percy Ann Campion on his wife's death or remarriage
(II) Death of Rev.John William Coventry Campion at Westoning on 26 Dec 1872, where he was afterwards buried
(III) Proof of will of Rev.John William Coventry Campion at Northampton DPR on 22 Jan 1873
(IV) Marriage Settlement of 17 Nov 1877
Parties:
(1) Percy Ann Campion of Westoning, spinster;
(2) William Pritzler Newland of Bedford, brewer and wine merchant;
(3) Ann Coventry Campion of Westoning, widow;
(4) John Gasdby Campion and James Pearse of Bedford, solicitor
Reciting:
- intended marriage of (1) and (2);
- 5,000 legacy due to (1);
- title of (1) to receive certain stocks and shares
Operative Part:
- (1), with agreement of (2) assigned to (4) her legacy of 5,000 in trust for (1)
(V) Mortgage of 19 Jun 1891
Parties:
(1) John Gadsby Coventry Campion;
(2) Caroline Eliza Leach, late of Ryde (Isle of Wight), widow and Arthur Francis Leach of 34 Elm Park Gardens [Middlesex], barrister at law;
(3) Sarah Catherine Beatrice Leach of Ashcliffe Bonchurch [Isle of Wight], spinster
Reciting:
- annuity of 150 and legacy of 5,000 to Percy Ann Newland
Operative Part:
- Caroline Eliza Leach lent 1,750 and (3) lent 250 to (1) at 5% interest on security of (a) and other property, to be held 7/8ths by (2) and 1/8th by (3)
Property [amongst others]:
(a) freehold farm in Bedford, St.Paul, called Prebendal Farm conveyed to John William Coventry Campion by Ecclesiastical Commissioners on 26 Jul 1860 and containing 57a 3r 8p, in occupation of William Davey
(VI) Death of James Pearse on 19 Jan 1892 and his later burial at Bedford
(VII) Mortgage of 18 Jan 1893
Parties:
(1) John Gadsby Coventry Campion;
(2) Ann Coventry Campion and William Pritzler Newland
Reciting:
- that mortgage in (V) above was still outstanding
Operative Part:
- (1) borrowed 1,300 from (2) at 5% interest, with covenant to pay further advance of up to 3,500 at same rate, on security of (a) in (V) above and other property
(VIII) Death of Ann Coventry Campion on 23 Jun 1893 and later burial at Westoning
(VIII) Reonveyance of 15 Aug 1893 by Caroline Eliza Leach, Arthur Francis Leach and Sarah Catherine Beatrice Leach to John Gadsby Coventry Campion of (a) in (V) on repayment of the mortgage
(IX) Reconveyance of 9 Nov 1893 by William Pritzler Newland to John Gadsby Coventry Campion of (a) in (V) and other property on repayment of mortgage in (VII)
(X) Appointment of 8 Dec 1893
Parties:
(1) Percy Ann Newland;
(2) John Gadsby Coventry Campion
Operative Part:
- (1) appointed the legacy of 5,000 (plus 4% interest from death of Ann Coventry Campion) to herself for her sole and separate use and released (2)
(XI) Receipt of 9 Mar 1894 for Succession Duty payable by John Gadsby Coventry Campion on death of Ann Coventry Campion in respect, amongst other things, of Prebendal Farm, Bedford
(XII) Will of 9 Mar 1893 of John Gadsby Coventry Campion of Pulloxhill Grange appointing William Pritzler Newland of Kempston as sole executor and trustee and devising and bequeathing all his real and personal estate to him in trust for sale, standing possessed of the sale monies in trust for the testator's wife Jessie Coventry Campion
(XIII) Death of John Gadsby Coventry Campion ay Radnor Place, London on 7 Feb 1903
(XIV) Administration of 25 May 1903 of will of John Gadsby Coventry Campion at Northampton DPR to Jessie Coventry Campion, William Pritzler Newland having died in lifetime of John Gadsby Coventry Campion
(XV) Marriage of Jessie Coventry Campion and Henry Blyth King, esquire at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London on 10 Nov 1903
(XVI) Certificate of 10 Aug 1909 from Estate Duty Office of no outstanding claim for duty under will of John Gadsby Coventry Campion in respect of Prebendal Farm, Bedford
(XVII) Conveyance of 4 Oct 1912
Parties:
(1) Jessie Blyth King;
(2) Robert Jeakings of Hurst Grove, Bedford, builder
Operative Part:
- (1) conveyed (a) to (2) for 121
Property:
(a) piece of land in Honey Hill Road, Bedford, being a portion of Campion Building Estate, with frontage to Honey Hill Road of 37ft 6in and bounded: N by Honey Hill Road; E by land formerly of Charles Haynes; S by River Footpath; W by land contracted to be sold to (1) reserving to (1) 3ft wide and 33ft long right of way from Honey Hill Road to rear of property
Covenants:
- (2) to erect walls not less that 4.5 inches thick with 5ft high piers and dwarf walls and light iron fences not more than 4ft 6in tall as shown on plan;
- (2) not to erect any house worth less than 150 or two houses each worth less than 130 with frontages of not less than 14ft 6in;
- building line not to approach closer to Honey Hill Road than marked on plan;
- no temporary buildings to be erected on site other than workshops etc. to assist in building;
- (2) not to carry on businesses of innkeeper, licensed victualler, retailer or grocer etc. of wine, ale, beer or spirits or erect a public club on the land without permission from (1);
- (2) not to use land as gravel pit, for shooting, as a rubbish dump or a road without permission from (1);
- (2) to maintain half the breadth of the road and pavement to be built by him from Ford End Road to the property until it was adopted by the Urban Sanitary Authority
Schedule:
- shows deeds including an equitable mortgage of 18 Jun 1908 of Henry Blyth King and Jessie Blyth King