Reference
GK298/1
Title
Abstract of Title
of Trustees under Will of Fra Wythes Esq to
premises at Ravensden
1) Conveyance
1) Jn Home Home of Bassendean, County of
Berwick, Esq, Col in HM's Army
2) Fra Wythes of Ravensden Esq (purchaser)
3) Wm Rixon, the ynger of King William St,
City of London, Gent
recites
a) Lease and Release
1) Robt Dundas (vendor)
2) Jn Mackay of Wigmore St, Cavendish Sq,
Middx, Lt Col in Renfrew Regt of Militia
(purchaser)
property incl new allotment in 40 Acre Field
cont 20A 1R 24P
abs NE Thurleigh Rd
SE Turnpike Rd
SW allotment to Duke of Bedford for
Tithe and allotment to Ric Dayrall
exchanged to Duke
NW allotment to Ric Dayrall
occ by Law Castleman, Parish of Ravensden
21 & 22 July 1819
b) Considerable alterations to site made by
J Mackay and erected on it a mansion house
since known as Ravensden House made a part
into plantation gdns and pleasure gnds and
laid out the lands and planted the hedges
and fences
described in release
25 Oct 1849
c) Will of Jn Mackay (d 28 Feb 1849)
devises residue of real and personal
estate to nephews Jn Home Home (above)
and Chas Campbell, Lt Col to be divided
equally between them
made 19 Dec 1843
proved PCC 23 Mar 1849
d) Conveyance
1) Chas Campbell (vendor)
2) J H Home (purchaser)
moiety of 1) in estate of Jn Mackay incl
Ravensden estate
Messuage or Mansion house called
Ravensden House with outbuildings, gdns,
plantations, pleasure gnds, lands
[99A 0R 29P] Parish of Ravensden
incl No 9) 20A pasture [20A 2R 15P] see plan
CONSIDERATION 5700
12 Dec 1850
2) Will of Fra Wythes [d 11 May 1878]
to wife Sar Ann, Thos Aspinall, of Manor House,
Brighouse, Yorks, Gent and Wm Wythes of Claremont
House, 243 Moseley Road, Birmingham, Merchant
as Trustees for sale
made 13 May 1876
proved PCC 12 Jul 1878
3) death of S A Wythes at Bedford
3 Jan 1885
4) Deed of Appointment of New Trustees
1) Wm Thos Wythes (in Will described as
Wm Wythes only) (retiring Trustee)
2) Wm Jn Chambers of Brighouse, Yorkshire,
Solicitor
Augustus Leverton Jessopp of Leasingham Hall,
Sleaford, Lincs (new Trustees)
3) Sarah Ann Aspinall of Brighouse, widow
4) Fra Aspinall Wythes Wythes of Ravensden,
Gent
Death of T Aspinall 25 Apr 1888
24 Feb 1890
prepared by Jessopp & Son of Bedford
received 11 Sep 1899
Date free text
1899
Production date
From: 1819 To: 1899
Level of description
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