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Conveyance between (i) Thomas D'Oyly of 2 Upper Harley Street [Middlesex], esquire, serjeant at law, (ii) Samuel Walker of 29 Lincoln's Inn Fields [Middlesex], gentleman, (iii) St.Pierre Butler Hook of 9 Lincoln's Inn Fields, gentleman, (iv) Richard Kirkman of 29 Argyll Street, Regent Street [Middlesex], gentleman, (v) Edward Henry Rickards of 29 Lincoln's Inn Fields, gentleman, (vi) Philip Booth, late of Milton House, Milton Ernest, but now of [blank], esquire, (vii) Benjamin Helps Starey of Millfield Lane, Highgate Rise [Middlesex], esquire, and (viii) Edward Lawrence of 14 Old Jewry Chambers, City of London, gentleman. Reciting (I) Will of Edward Knight, late of Milton Ernest, gentleman of 10 Apr 1818 devising to John Evans, (since deceased), Rowland Evans Merchant and Richard Richards the elder (since deceased) all his real estate being a third of the Manor or Lordship of Bassetts in trust together with income from personal estate to pay: - an annuity to his sister Elizabeth (otherwise Betty) Johnson; - an annuity of £75 to his niece Dinah Donne, wife of Rev. John Donne) and lump sum of £1,500 to divide among her children after her death ; - an annuity of £75 to his niece Mary Haslehurst (afterwards Mary Donne), sister of Dinah Donne and lump sum of £1,500 to divide among her children after her death; - an annuity of £75 to his niece Martha Haslehurst (afterwards Martha Donne) and lump sum of £1,500 to divide among her children after her death; - an annuity of £50 to his nephew Joseph Twinock reverting to his wife Beatrice after his death and lump sum of £1,000 to their children after their deaths; - an annuity to Thomas Haslehurst and after his death a lump sum of £600 as therein mentioned; - the residue of all real and personal estate to his niece Mary Evans (wife of Rowland Evans). The third share of the Manor of Bassetts comprising as follows (numbers in brackets referring to numbers on an included plan), all land being in Milton Ernest and in occupation of John Ball and Thomas Ball unless stated otherwise: (a) Milton House, Park and grounds with 29/2/14 of meadow - unoccupied (28-33 and 40); (b) Wood Close - 12/2/30 of arable (2); (c) Further Shadings - 6/0/7 of arable (10); (d) Spinney in Further Shadings - 1 rood, 28 perches of wood (11); (e) Fourth Shadings - 8/2/2 of arable (12); (f) Third Shadings - 11/2/4 of pasture (13); (g) Second Shadings - 4/1/5 of pasture (15); (h) First Shadings - 10/3/1 of arable (16); (i) Mill Piece - 24/2/0 of arable (17); (j) Mill Close - 2/0/10 of meadow (18); (k) Water Corn Mill and premises - 1 rood, 35 perches of mill (19); (l) Pightle - 3 roods, 32 perches of meadow in occupation of William Low (20); (m) Osier Beds - 12 perches (21); (n) Osier Beds - 38 perches (22); (o) Osier Beds - 2 roods, 15 perches (23); (p) Little Holme - 2/0/16 of meadow (24); (q) Great Holme - 6/3/14 of meadow (25); (r) Second Congreve Close - 9/1/22 of arable (26); (s) First Congreve Close - 7/2/17 of arable (27);(t) sites of removed cottages - 1 rood, 19 perches of gardens (35-36); (u) The Green - 1/3/29 of pasture (44); (v) Pestills Close - 2/3/37 of meadow (48); (w) Bustidge Field - 15/0/1 of arable (49); (x) Longland Close - 15/2/5 of arable (50); (y) Williamsons Close - 2/2/25 of meadow (51); (z) Upper Byway Piece - 12/1/13 of arable (52); (aa) Lower Byway Piece - 5/1/10 of meadow (53); (ab) Pightles now in one - 1/1/27 of meadow (54-55); (ac) Farmhouse and homestead - 1/2/36 (56); (ad) Fox's Close - 2/2/17 of meadow (57); (ae) Farmyard, sheep hovel, barn, chaff chamber and wood house - 1 rood 21 perches (58); (af) Pooles Close - 3 roods, 10 perches of meadow (XLIII); (ag) Clapham Field - 7/1/36 of arable in Clapham (H); (ah) Oakley Piece - 4/0/28 of Meadow in Oakley (J); (ai) Church Green Field - 45/1/14 of pasture in occupation of James Lamb (3); (aj) Sallow Bushfield - 30/2/24 of arable in occupation of JL (4); (ak) Tire Devil Hill - 17/2/10 of arable in occupation of JL (5); (al) Long Close - 4/3/20 of pasture in occupation of JL (6); (am) Skermidge Field - 21/3/23 of arable in occupation of JL (7);(an) House Croft Close - 11/1/23 of meadow in occupation of JL (8); (ao) Backside Close - 7/1/4 of meadow in occupation of JL (9); (ap) Farm house and homestead - 1/0/24 in occupation of JL (39); (aq) Greens Close - 5/3/37 of pasture in occupation of JL (41); (ar) Nether Stalling Close - 17/2/- of arable in occupation of JL (60); (as) First Sand Field - 25/1/26 of arable in occupation of JL (61); (at) Second Sand Field - 17/3/38 of arable in occupation of JL (62); (au) The Meadow - 22/2/21 of meadow in occupation of JL (63); (av) Cottage with yard and garden - 24 perches in occupation of Robert Bettles (34); (aw) Cottage and garden with carpenter's yard, workshop, brewhouse and cellar - 1 rood 20 perches in occupation of Whitbread Odell (37); (ax) Public House called The Booth Arms with garden, yard, stable, brewhouse and woodhouse - 36 perches in occupation of Susan Brown (38); (ay) Cottage and garden - 25 perches in occupation of Jeremiah Abbott (42); (az) Cottage and garden - 1 rood, 19 perches in occupation of James Cowdall (43); (ba) Cottage and garden - 1 rood 13 perches in occupation of John Martin (45); (bb) Cottage and garden - 24 perches in occupation of Coates Woodham (47);(bc) Cottage and garden - 27 perches in occupation of Samuel Sawfoot (46); (bd) Messuage or dwellinghouse and garden - 1 rood 7 perches in occupation of Mrs.Morton (59); (be) Two cottages, barn, stable and garden - 10 perches in occupation of James Hart and Isaac Salisbury (97); (bf) Mill field, cottage and stable, yard and garden - 1 rood, 14 perches in occupation of William Low (XLIV); (bg) Piece of land at the foot of Stafford Bridge, Pavenham - 22 perches in occupation of J.A.Green, esquire (-); (bh) The Lawn Wood - 28/3/11 in no occupation (1); (bi) The Spinney - 3/0/31 in no occupation (14) (bj) Royalty on free fishery in River Great Ouse enjoyed by Philip Booth (bk) 2 pews in Milton Ernest church with the mansion house called Milton House. (a) - (bi) amounting to 477/2/33 of land (II) Codicil to will of Edward Knight of 22 Mar 1819 revoking the clause devising and bequeathing real and personal estate to Mary Evans and bequeathed the rents arising out of his real estate to ME, after her death to RE, after his death to Dinah and Mary Donne. (III) Edward Knight died in March 1819 and the will and codicil were proved on 30 Jul 1819 in PCC. (IV) Mary Haslehurst married John William Donne on 24 Jul 1820 at Houghton Regis. (V) Martha Haslehurst married Matthew Donne on 25 Aug 1822 at Houghton Regis. (VI) Under divers mesne indentures, ultimately an indenture of 12 Aug 1845 between (i) Isaac George Currie, esquire and Raikes Currie, esquire (ii) George Rowe, Thomas Moore and Robert Muter (creditors and assigns of Rowland Evans, bankrupt), (iii) Thomas Massa Alsager (assignee of estate and affects of Rowland Evans), (iv) Rowland Evans and Mary his wife, (v) John Evans and Rowland Evans, (vi) Philip Booth, (vii) John Hazard, esquire, (viii) John Currie, distiller, (ix) Leonard Currie, distiller, Edmund Currie, esquire and Arthur Currie, distiller, (x) Thomas Browning, gentleman, and (xi) Sir Felix Booth, Baronet, in which (a) - (bk) were conveyed, subject to a 5/- rent charge to the Manor of Steppingley and a rent charge of £5/4/- for providing the poor of Milton Ernest with bread and annuities and lump sum payments outlined in (I) above to use of (vi), to the use of (vii) on trust and with remainder to (vi) and hereditaments comprised in a term of 100 years in the will of Mary Boyden, deceased of 18 Oct 1816 and assigned to John Currie, deceased by an indenture of 24 Nov 1819 were assigned by (viii) to (x) on trust of (vi) and hereditaments comprised in a term of 1,000 years in the will of Hugh Campbell, deceased of 4 Jul 1750 and assigned to Leonard Currie, deceased by indenture of 24 Nov 1819 were assigned by (ix) to (xi) in trust for (vi).(VII) A separate Indenture of 12 Aug 1845 between (i) Philip Booth, (ii) George Rowe, Thomas Moore and Robert Muter, (iii) Thomas Massa Alsager, (iv) Rowland Evans and Mary his wife, (v) John Evans and Rowland Evans, (vi) Thomas Browning, (vii) Sir Felix Booth in which (a) - (bk) were charged as security by (i) for a payment to (v) of the annuities and lump sum payments to Dinah, Mary and Martha Donne, Beatrice Twinock and their children and (i) demised to (v) for 500 years, and the properties assigned to (vi) and (vii) under the wills of Mary Boyden and Hugh Campbell [see VI above] should stand to them in trust for (v). (VIII) A separate Indenture of 12 Aug 1845 between (i) George Rowe, Thomas Moore and Robert Muter, (ii) Thomas Massa Alsager, (iii) Philip Booth and (iv) John Hazard in which (bl) to (bx) below were conveyed to (iii) to the use of (iv) in trust for (iii), the land conveyed being in Milton Ernest and in occupation of John Ball unless stated otherwise, (letters in brackets being those referred to in the included plan) (bl) The 8 Acres - 8/0/27 of meadow (A); (bm) The Lower 6 Acres - 6/1/38 of arable (B); (bn) The 7 Acres - 7/0/18 of arable (C); (bo) The 11 Acres - 11/-/- of arable (D); (bp) The Upper 6 Acres - 6/3/34 of arable (E); (bq) The 5 Acres with barn - 5/3/10 of arable (F); (br) The 16 Acres - 16/2/17 of arable - (G); (bs) The Linch - 3/1/4 of meadow - (H); (bt) The 15 Acres - 15/2/- of meadow and arable (J); (bu) The 11 Acres - 11/3/11 of arable (K); (bv) The 9 Acres - 9/1/20 of arable (L); (bw) Farm house and yard - 3 roods 23 perches (70); (bx) Battams Field - 8/0/20 of meadow in occupation of James Ball and Thomas Ball (XLI); (bl) - (bx) together making 111/0/22 (IX) A separate Indenture of 12 Aug 1845 between (i) John Evans, (ii) George Rowe, Thomas Moore, Robert Muter and Thomas Massa Alsager, (iii) Hugh Hornby and Joseph Langton, (iv) Philip Booth and (v) Thomas Browning in which hereditaments described in indentures of 16 Feb 1825 and 15 Mar 1825 were assigned to (v) in trust for (iv).(X) Indenture of 13 Aug 1845 between (i) Philip Booth, (ii) Esther Greenwood, widow, Edward Mortimer, esquire and William Underhill, esquire, (iii) Thomas Browning, (iv) Sir Felix Booth, (v) John Greenwood and (vi) Stephen Barney Blatherwick in which (i) conveyed to (ii), (iii) conveyed to (v) in trust for (ii) and (iv) conveyed to (vi) in trust for (ii) to secure £8,000 at 5% interest the land (a) to (bx)(XI) A separate indenture of 13 Aug 1845 between (i) Thomas Browning, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) Esther Greenwood, Edward Mortimer and William Underhill and (iv) John Greenwood by which the hereditaments assigned to (i) in trust in (X) above were assigned by (i) to (iv) in trust for (iii). (XII) Indenture by way of transfer of mortgage of 1 Jul 1848 from Esther Greenwood, Edward Mortimer and William Underhill to Anne Wynne, widow; conveyance of mortgage of 1 Mar 1849 between (i) Ann Wynne, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) Samuel Ridings Grimshaw and (iv) Edward Henry Rickards; transfer of mortgage of 14 Oct 1851 between (i) Samuel Ridings Grimshaw, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) Thomas D'Oyly and (iv) Edward Henry Rickards all endorsed on indenture of 1 Jul 1848 and by which, ultimately, the premises were conveyed to Thomas D'Oyly subject to right of redemption by Philip Booth. (XIII) Indenture of 27 Jun 1848 in which Samuel Walker lent £1,350 to Philip Booth at 5% interest (making a total debt from PB to SW of £2,350) and Philip Booth conveyed (a) to (bx) to Samuel Walker subject to incumbrances (XIV) Indenture of 10 Nov 1849 in which Philip Booth borrowed a further £1,000 from Samuel Walker. (XV) Beatrice Twinock died and was buried on 29 Jan 1851 at All Saints, Charlton upon Medlock, Manchester and the sum of £1,000 noted in (I) became payable (XVI) John Evans died on 13 Aug 1851 and was buried in the cemetery at Norwood [Surrey] (XVII) Indenture of 4 Jun 1852 between (i) Rowland Evans, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) Thomas D'Oyly and (iv) Edward Henry Rickards in which (iii) paid £1,000 to (i) to pay the sum due on the death of Beatrice Twinock. (XVII) Indenture of 27 Nov 1852 by which Philip Booth conveyed to St.Pierre Butler Hook for two sums of £537/15/- and £279/15/6 due to SBH together with a further £100 paid by SBH to PB the land (a) to (bx) subject to incumbrances.(XVIII) Indenture of 4 Mar 1853 in which PB borrowed a further £100 from SBH. (XIX) Mary Donne died on 31 Mar 1853 and was buried at Marriston, near Swansea [Glamorgan]. (XX) The £1,500 payable under (I) on the death of Mary Donne remained unpaid. (XXI) On 6 Jun 1851 Richard Kirkman Lane obtained judgement in an action in Queen's Bench against Philip Booth for £2,800 debt and £3/10/- cost of suit and left a memorandum with Court of Common Pleas; and claimed to be paid £1,318/8/4 and £3/10/- costs. (XXII) On 7 Jan 1853 Richard Kirkman Lane obtained another judgement in Queens Bench against Philip Booth for debt £200 and £3/10/- costs and left a memorandum with Court of Common Pleas claiming to be paid £200 and £3/10/-. (XXIII) Default was made in payments to Samuel Walker of the mortgage in (XIII) above. (XXIV) Default was made in payments to Samuel Walker of the mortgage in (XIV) above. Witnessing (vii) paid £9,323/10/7 to (i); £7,676/9/5 to (ii) and (i) with the consent of (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) conveyed to (vii) the land (a) to (bx) subject in incumbrances, being the 5/- quit rent to the Manor of Steppingley, £5/4/- per annum to buy bread for the poor of Milton Ernest, £1,500 payable on the death of Mary Donne and the annuities payable to Dinah Donne and Martha Donne together with the two lump sums of £1,500 payable on their respective deaths.Habendum to hold to (vii) in fee simple, to the use of (viii) in trust for (vii), to the use of (vii)Witnessed by Thomas Hazard, clerk to E.H.Rickards & S.W.Walker and W.J.Watson, clerk to St.P.B.Hook Endorsement - Z 951/8/1

23 Dec 1853

From: 1853 To: 1853

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D'Oyly, Thomas,
Walker, Samuel,
Hook, St.Pierre Butler,
Kirkman, Richard,
Rickards, Edward Henry,
Booth, Philip,
Starey, Benjamin Helps,
Lawrence, Edward,
Knight, Edward,
Evans, John,
Hazard, John,
Richards, Richard,
Evans, Rowland,
Johnson, Betty,
Johnson, Elizabeth,
Donne, Dinah,
Donne, John,
Haslehurst, Mary,
Donne, Mary,
Haslehurst, Martha,
Donne, Martha,
Twinock, Joseph,
Twinock, Beatrice,
Haslehurst, Thomas,
Evans, Mary,
Ball, John,
Ball, Thomas,
Lamb, James,
Bettles, Robert,
Odell, Whitbread,
Brown, Susan,
Abbott, Jeremiah,
Cowdall, James,
Martin, John,
Woodham, Coates,
Sawfoot, Samuel,
Morton,
Hart, James,
Salisbury, Isaac,
Low, William,
Green, A.J.,
Donne, John William,
Donne, Matthew,
Currie, Isaac George,
Currie, John,
Currie, Leonard,
Currie, Edmund,
Currie, Arthur,
Currie, Raikes,
Rowe, George,
Muter, Robert,
Moore, Thomas,
Alsager, Thomas Massa,
Browning, Thomas,
Booth, Felix,
Boyden, Mary,
Campbell, Hugh,
Browning, Thomas,
Hazard, John,
Rowe, George,
Hornby, Hugh,
Langton, Joseph,
Greenwood, Esther,
Mortimer, Edward,
Underhill, William,
Greenwood, John,
Blatherwick, Stephen Barney,
Wynne, Anne,
Grimshaw, Samuel Ridings,
Lane, Richard Kirkman,
Hazard, Thomas,
Rickards, E.H.,
Walker, S.W.,
Watson, W.J.

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