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ABSTRACT OF TITLE of John Christie McNair & Revd George Robert Winter to freehold lands at Kempston.
Reciting (I) Indenture 8 December 1842
- a) Several closes in Kempston containing 232a 1r 9p in 5 allotments [acreages given]:
- Capital messuage homestead and 2 cottages erected in Ham Field since inclosure,
- four allotments in Ham Field and Ham Meadow.
All bounded N by River Ouse, E by George Livius esq (nos. 17, 36, 11, 12 & 34 in this schedule), S by Bedford Road, SW by John Saunders (nos. 6 and part of no. 32), and W by Robert Denis esq then belonging to Revd Edmund Riland Williamson.
These 5 allotments were then subdivided [acreages given]:
- 1. Capital messuage homestead and home close,
- 2. dovecot pond and plantation,
- 3, 24, 25, 27 to 31. plantations,
- 4. 2 cottages and garden adjoining the road,
- 5. Gravel field,
- 7. Spring Field,
- 8. Middle Field,
- 9. Ham Field,
- 10. Long Field,
- 18. Ham Meadow,
- 19. Island Close,
- 20. to 23. Small allotments in Ozier Holt.
Land formerly Livius's (previously 6 closes) with wood, homestead, barns, hovels and buildings, containing 31a 1r 13p, and the freeboard lying on the W and N, that is:
- Hill close or Little Meadow including part of the freeboard,
- Paradise or Great Meadow, including remainder of the freeboard,
- Allotment in Ham Field and Ham Meadow.
Also four closes, with the wood, 47a 1r 31p, in Ham Field and Ham meadow, bounded N by River Ouze, E by George Peter Livius esq of Bedford St Mary, SE and S by Bedford Road, W by nos. 4, 1, 3, 10, 25 and 18. By removal of ancient fences and the setting of other fences, these are now divided as follows [acreages given]:
- 11. First Ham Field,
-12. The Fifteen Acres,
- 13. Long Close formerly Hill Close,
- 14. Watkins's ploughed Close,
- 15. Watkin's Sweard Close formerly Paradise,
- 16, 26, 34 to 36. Plantations
- 17. First Ham Meadow,
- 37. Yard Barn and Hovels.
Land formerly Sanders': four allotments of between 3 and 18 acres in Ham Field, bounded N by plantation no 28, E by nos. 7, 29, 5 & part of 32, SE by Bedford Road, part of SW by Trustees of Cardington Cotton End meeting, remaining SW by Charles Mardling now Edmund Riland Williamson, and W by Robert Denis esq now Edmund Riland Williamson. Now occ as one inclosure and 2 small plantations, that is [acreages given]:
6. Sanders Field,
31. Plantation in SW corner adjoining road ,
32. Half plantation in SW corner adjoining road.
Recites (II) Mortgage 1857 between
1) Henry Littledale esq of Kempston [borrower],
2) Charles Richard Littledale esq of Scarletts, near Maidenhead, Berks,
of 7000 [amended from 5000] on
a) capital Mansion House, farm homestead, several closes of arable meadow and pasture in Ham Field and Ham Meadow,
Kempston, containing 125a 1r 27p, all occ by (1).
Witness - Theed Wm. Pearse, solicitor, Bedford.
Endorsed as repaid 1863, witness - Ch. Baumer, clerk, Sun Fire Office, London.
Reciting (III) Will of Henry Littledale late of Craigs Court, Charing Cross and Kempston Grange.
- to trustees, his freehold Mansion House & lands in Kempston called Kempston Grange to permit his niece Julia Anne Frances Thornton to occupy the house, stables, gardens, pleasure grounds, entrance lodge and the adjoining land subject to rent and certain conditions, with permission to Trustees to sell at their discretion to pay his debts, including 10,000 borrowed from (2) in order to purchase the Kempston property, and 3000 lent to him by Julia Anne Frances Thornton.
- to Harry Thornton and Arthur Littledale, the residue
Reciting (IV) Henry Littledale died 22 June 1866, will pro 7 August 1866
Reciting (V) Agreement 8 March 1867 between
1) Charles Richard Littledale esq of Scarlets, Berks, Arthur Littledale esq of The Heyes, Prestbury, Gloucestershire, and Harry Thornton esq of Goldington Bury,
2) John Dixon, a Lieutenant Colonel in HM Army, of Craigs Court, Charing Cross, Middlesex.
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- JAFT has elected to occupy Kempston Grange, so the sale of the estate has been postponed.
- (2) has agreed that, to facilitate the settlement of the will,
he will accept the estate as security for the 10,000 debt instead
of repayment.
- Arthur Littledale and Harry Thornton agree to repay half
the mortgage of 10,000 each out of their share of the estate.
Witnesses - W H Price, clerk to Messrs Walters Young Walters & Deverell, 9 Lincolns Inn, London, solicitors; Alexr Rankin, Butler, Prestbury, Cheltenham; Geo. Lawley, Butler, Goldington; John Bull, silversmith, 119 High St, Bedford.
Reciting (VI) Inland Revenue Succession Duty certificate 1866.
Reciting (VII) the residuary account of the Kempston Estate includes its saleable value of 29,800.
Reciting (VIII) Julia Ann Frances Thornton died June 1869.
Reciting (IX) Indenture 1869 between
1) Charles Richard Littledale, Arthur Littledale and Harry Thornton [vendors],
2) Charles John Pearse esq of 8 Finsbury Place, Middlesex, John Christie McNair esq of Exmouth, Devon and Revd George Robert Winter, clerk of E Bradenham, Norfolk,
for 23,460.
Reciting (X) Charles John Pearse died 1876
Reciting (XI) Lease 1882 between
1) John Christie McNair, Capt in HM Army, of 16 Russell Street, Bath and Revd George Robert Winter, clerk in Holy Orders, of The Vicarage, Swaffham, Norfolk (lessors),
2) Robert Barry Stafford, auctioneer of 27 St Mary's Bedford (lessee)
for 7 years at 446 18s pa on
a) Kempston Grange Farm now occ by Robert Barry Stafford containing 198a 2r 19p, that is, part of Watkins Sward Close, Lower part of
same, First Ham Meadow, Island Close, Ham Meadow, Long
Field, First Ham Field, Watkins ploughed close, Long Close, part
of Park, Gravel Field, Saunders Hill or Field, Ham Field, Middle
Field and Spring Field [acreages and use given]
Witness - Charles Robbins Craddock, clerk to Stafford & Rogers, Bedford
