Reference
Z1114/1
Title
Abstract of title to Lot 1 "of Mr.J.Hobbs' Mortgagees to a freehold messuage, stable, garden and premises situate in Victoria Street, Dunstable"
Prepared by Cooke & Son of Luton, solicitors
(I). conveyance of 15 Dec 1866
Parties:
(1) British Land Company Limited of 14 Moorgate Street, London;
(2) Joseph Hobbs of Victoria Street, Dunstable, shoemaker (married 1851)
Operative Part:
- (1) conveyed (a) to (2) for 20
Property [included plan]:
(a) land on E side of Victoria Street, Dunstable, part of an estate auctioned by Mr.Whittingham at Saracens Head, Dunstable on 3 Dec 1862 in 132 lots of which this plot was Lot 38 measuring 107 and 105 feet deep on NW and SE sides, respectively with frontage of 18 feet 1 inch and rear width of 18 feet
Schedule of Deeds:
- 26 Sep 1817 (1) Thomas Wooldridge, wife and two others; (2) John Castleton Miller; (3) Thomas Wooldridge, wife and another; (4) Richard Gutteridge;
- Michaelmas Term 58 George III fine (1) Richard Gutteridge, plaintiff; (2) William Wilshere and three others, deforciants;
- 5 Mar 1858 (1) Richard Gutteridge; (2) John Cook;
- 27 Apr 1858 (1) Richard Gutteridge; (2) John Cook;
- 26 Jul 1859 (1) Richard Gutteridge; (2) John Cook;
- 2 Oct 1861 (1) John Cook and another; (2) Joseph Gutteridge and three others; (3) British Land Company; (4) Walter Elliott Whittingham;
- 23 Oct 1861 declaration of Thomas Daniel;
- 14 Mar 1856 deed of settlement of British Land Company;
- 4 Nov 1856 certificate of incorporation of British Land Company;
- 9 May 1857 deed poll appointing officers of British Land Company to receive money and give receipts
Schedule of Stipulations regarding the land:
- maintenance of boundaries;
- building line of 10 feet from Victoria Street
(II). Mortgage of 7 Feb 1867
Parties:
(1) Joseph Hobbs;
(2) Edward Lockhart, coal merchant; Samuel Burge, tailor and draper; John Pickering, warehouseman; Joseph Gutteridge, farmer; Alfred Joseph Pitkin, butcher; all of Dunstable; David Cookson of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], warehouseman - all trustees of Dunstable Permanent Benefit Investment & Building Society established as Dunstable Permanent Benefit Building Society
Operative Part:
- (2) lent 125 to (1) on security of (a) in (I) above
(III). Receipt of 20 Aug 1868 endorsed on (II) for all monies secured
(IV). Mortgage of 21 Aug 1868
Parties:
(1) Joseph Hobbs;
(2) Thomas Taylor of Farley Farm, Luton, farm bailiff
Operative Part:
- (2) lent 120 at 5% interest to (1) secured on (a)
Property:
(a) property on NE side of Victoria Street, Dunstable measuring 18 feet on NE and SW, 107 feet on NW and 105 feet on SE; with messuage built thereon in occupation of Joseph Hobbs
(V). Further Advance of 4 Jan 1875 of 90 from Thomas Taylor to Joseph Hobbs
(VI). Will of 9 Oct 1865 of Thomas Taylor devising all his real estate to his wife, who was his executrix
(VII). Death of Thomas Taylor on 4 Apr 1877
(VIII). Proof of will of Thomas Taylor by Elizabeth, his wife, at Northampton DPR
(IX). Will of 23 Nov 1877 of Elizabeth Taylor appointing as executors Henry Holyoak of Luton, auctioneer and Henry Pigott Newland of Luton, corn merchant
(X). Death of Elizabeth Taylor on 2 May 1887
(XI). Proof of will of Elizabeth Taylor on 29 Jul 1887 in Northampton DPR
(XII). Conveyance of 15 Jun 1888
Parties:
(1) Henry Holyoak; Henry Pigott Newland;
(2) Jeremiah Barrett
Reciting:
- mortgage of 120 and further advance of 90 still outstanding;
- default in payment of principal and interest by Joseph Hobbs
Operative Part:
- (1) conveyed (a) in (IV) above to (2) for 129
Date free text
31 May 1888
Production date
From: 1866 To: 1888
Level of description
item