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Abstract of Title of Trustees of will of Eliza Jane Miller, deceased, to freehold shops, offices and premises known as 4, 6, 10, 12 and 14 Dame Alice Street, Bedford, with warehouse and outbuildings at rear
PART 1 - Land in Dame Alice Street and 94, 96 and 98 High Street
I. Mortgage of 21 January 1884
Parties:
(1) Joseph Miller of Bedford, architect;
(2) James Henry Arthur Bransom of Bedford, gentleman
Operative Part:
- (1) borrowed 4,000 from (2) secured on (a)-(b)
Property:
(a) piece of land in St.Peter de Merton and St.Paul, Bedford with frontage to High Street on E side of 58ft 6in and frontage to N on Dame Alice Street of 17ft 10in; with 4 messuages known as 94, 96 and 98 High Street and No. [blank] Dame Alice Street in occupations of John Howard, the Misses Doggett, Joseph Miller and Benjamin Savage;
(b) messuage erected on part of (a) used as a Club House inoccupation of Bedford Club [as shown on included plan]
(a)-(b) previously formed two separate properties under the following two cescriptions:
- piece of land in Bedford, St.Peter de Merton bounded: N by property of Johannes Henry Timaeus and Allfrey & Lovell; S by property of William Joseph Nash; E by High Street; W by property of Trustees of Bunyan Meeting; measuring 156ft N-S and 58ft 6in E-W;
- messuage with yard and outbuildings in Dame Alice Street in Bedford, St.Peter de Merton in occupation of Benjamin Savage as described in indenture of 23 June 1874 between Elizabeth Sophia Lester and Joseph Miller
II. Will of 25 February 1894 of James Henry Arthur Bransom appointing Mary Ann Bransom, George Arthur Harwin Bransom, William Philip Sutcliffe Bransom, Frederick Henry Ewart Bransom and James Reddy Beadon Bransom
III. Death of James Henry Arthur Bransom on 16 April 1902
IV. Proof of will of James Henry Arthur Bransom in PPR on 7 May 1902
V. Transfer of Mortgage of 3 September 1902
Parties:
(1) Mary Ann Bransom, widow; George Arthur Harwin Bransom, barrister; William Philip Sutcliffe Bransom, bachelor of medicine; and Frederick Henry Ewart Bransom all of Elm Grove, Watford [Hertfordshire];
(2) Joseph Miller of Bedford, gentleman;
(3) Rev.Arthur Havelock Staffurth on Anwick Vicarage, Sleaford [Lincolnshire]; Elizabeth Duckworth of St.Ringans, Stourwood, Christchurch [Hampshire], spinster
Operative Part:
- (1), with consent of (2) transferred mortgage and its security to (3) on payment of 4,000 by (3) to (1)
VI. Will of 20 December 1894 of Joseph Miller of Merrivale, de Parys Avenue, Bedford bequeathing and devising his whole estate to his wife Eliza Jane Miller
VII. Death of Joseph Miller on 28 December 1914
VIII. Proof of will of Joseph Miller on 9 March 1915 in Northampton DPR
IX. Death of Elizabeth Duckworth on 7 April 1904
X. Will of 23 June 1881 of Arthur Havelock Staffurth appointing Mary Jane Staffurth his sole executrix
XI. Death of Arthur Havelock Staffurth on 13 March 1910
XII. Proof of will of Arthur Havelock Staffurth in Lincoln DPR on 23 April 1910
XIII. Will of 15 March 1910 of Jane Staffurth appointing Ernest Hugh Staffurth as sole executor
XIV. Death of Jane Staffurth on 26 March 1916
XV. Proof of will of Jane Staffurth at Lincoln DPR on 28 April 1916
XVI. Transfer of Mortgage of 19 June 1933
Parties:
(1) Ernest Hugh Staffurth of Petworth [Suffolk], solicitor;
(2) Edward O'Hare of 7 Merton Road, Bedford, Chinese Customs Service (retired)
Operative Part:
- (1) transferred mortgage of 4,000 plus security to (2) on payment of 4,000 by (2) to (1)
XVII. Will of 8 January 1920 of Eliza Jane Miller of Merrivale, 1 de Parys Avenue, Bedford, widow appointing her son Austin Timaeus Miller and Gregory John Morrah Whyley of Bedford, solicitor as trustees and executors and vesting all her real and personal estate in them upon trust for sale
XVIII. Death of Eliza Jane Miller on 27 June 1938
XIX. Proof of will of Eliza Jane Miller in PPR on 25 August 1938
XX. Statutory receipt of 30 April 1942 of Edward O'Hare on redemption of 4,000 mortgage by Austin Timaeus Miller of Plumer House, Catterick Camp [Yorkshire], Major General and Doris Gage Glunicke, wife of Robert Arthur Charles Glunicke of 33 Conduit Road, Bedford, retired Major General in Royal Marines
PART 2. - Anchor Public House
XXI. Conveyance of 26 April 1910
Parties:
(1) Newport Pagnell Brewery Company Limited;
(2) Francis Allfrey of Newport Pagnell [Buckinghamshire], brewer;
(3) Charles Negus of Bedford, builder;
(4) Joseph Miller of Bedford, gentleman
Reciting:
- incorporation of (1) on 10 May 1899;
- conveyance of 5 July 1899 from (1) Francis Allfrey and William George Lovell to (2) Newport Pagnell Brewery Company of their moieties of all freehold estates;
- indenture of 4 August 1899 in which (1) Newport Pagnell Brewery Company set out the terms of issue of debenture stock with (2) Francis Allfrey and William George Lovell acting as trustees;
- death of William George Lovell on 13 July 1909;
- (2), as trustee of (1), had agreed to sell (a)-(c) to (3) for 875;
- (3) had agreed to sell (a) to (4) for 875
Operative Part:
- (4) paid 875 to (2) as trustee for (1), by direction of (3);
- (2), by direction of (1) and (3) conveyed (a)-(c) to (4)
Property:
(a) Anchor, Dame Alice Street, Bedford, St.Peter de Merton formerly in occupation of William Hill, then Perkins, then Hine, then Covington, then Francis Clarke, then Charles Albert Reeve, then Joseph Tacchi, late William Adams;
(b) Parcel of ground abutting (a) once used as an orchard measuring E-W 39ft and N-S 30ft, being part of ground once of William Palmer, belonging to house once in occupation of William Hill with orchard and garden once of James Dimelove and Valentine Peel, since William Foster on S and W and broad fence belonging to house on E.;
(c) scullery or buildings on S. where three messuages once stood built by Joseph Covington formerly in occupation of Samuel Hulatt, Joseph Barnes and Richard Feedon bounded: N partly by Dame Alice Street; E, S and W by property of Joseph Miller
XXII. Mortgage of 26 April 1910
Parties:
(1) Joseph Miller;
(2) Edith Manson of Bedford, spinster
Operative Part:
- (1) borrowed 1,000 from (2) on security of (a)-(c) in XX1. above and (a)-(b) in I. above, the latter subject to mortgage of 21 January 1884 and transfer of mortgage of 3 September 1902
XXIII. Will of 3 January 1915 of Edith Manson appointing Frederick William Stone and James Archibald Christie of Framingham Manor as executors
XXIV. Codicil of 23 February 1916 to will of Edith Manson appointing Amy Manson executrix in place of Frederick William Stone
XXV. Death of Edith Manson on 9 March 1920
XXVI. Proof of will and codicil of Edith Manson in Northampton DPR
XXVII. Reconveyance of 8 February 1921 from (1) James Archibald Christie of Framingham Pigot [Norfolk], esquire and Amy Manson of 24 Westbourne Gardens [Middlesex], spinster to (2) Eliza Jane Miller of Bedford, widow of (a)-(c) in XXI. above
PART 3 - 10 and 14 Dame Alice Street
XXVIII. Mortgage of 7 June 1909
Parties:
(1) Joseph Miller of Bedford, gentleman;
(2) Charles Edward Timaeus of Bedford, bookseller; Charles William Elworthy of Kettering [Northamptonshire], brewer
Operative Part:
- (1) borrowed 3,300 from (2) on security of (a)
Property:
(a) 2 messuages, dwellinghouses, shops and premises known as 10 and 14 Dame Alice Street, Bedford in occupation of Bedford Gas Company and William Holmes, formerly occupied as 3, 4, 5 and 6 Dame Alice Street and conveyed to (1) by Richard Powtrill Ager on 1 June 1881 [see FAC49/4]
XXIX. Transfer of Mortgage of 1 November 1920
Parties:
(1) Charles Edward Timaeus and Charles William Elworthy;
(2) London City & Midland Executor & Trustee Company Limited of 5 Threadneedle Street, City of London and Charles Edward Timaeus
Operative Part:
- (1) transferred 3,300 mortgage and security to (2)
XXX. Statutory receipt of 20 May 1942
Reciting:
- resolution at extraordinary general meeting of London City & Midland Trustee Company Limited of 7 December 1925 changing its name to Midland Bank Executor & Trustee Company Limited
Operative Part:
- Midland bank Executor & Trustee Company Limited acknowledged receipt of 3,300 from Austin Timaeus Miller and Doris Gage Glunicke
PART 4. - all property in parts 1-3.
XXXI. Death of Gregory John Morrah Whyley on 21 March 1939
XXXII. Vesting Assent of 16 January 1940 in which (1) Austin Timaeus Miller of Plumer House, Catterick Camp, Brigadier as surviving personal representative of Eliza Jane Miller vested in (2) himself and Doris Gage Glunicke, wife of Robert Charles Arthur Clunicke of Royal Marine Depot, Plymouth [Devon], Brigadier in Royal Marines of all property of Eliza Jane Miller