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Abstract of Title of H.C.Janes Limited to 21.345 acres, part of Hillyfields Estate, in Goldington (prepared by Waltons of Luton, solicitors) (I) conveyance of 11 Oct 1883 Parties: (1) Francis Charles Hastings, Duke of Bedford KG; (2) Hon, William Edward Sackville West; Hon.Sackville Arthur Cecil, commonly called Lord Sackville Arthur Cecil; (3) Joseph Firbank of St.Julian's, Newport [Monmouthshire], esquire Reciting: - will of 7 May 1861 of Francis, Duke of Bedford, KG, devising residue of all his real estate to Hon.Thomas Henry Baron Foley, Charles Romilly and George Russell in trust for William, Marquis of Tavistock (later 8th Duke of Bedford, deceased) for life; after his death in trust for William's sons; in trust for Francis Charles Hastings Russell (eldest son of William's brother Lord George William Russell) now Duke of Bedford and (1); with powers of sale; - death of Francis, Duke of Bedford on 14 May 1861 and proof of his will and two codicils in PPR on 31 Jul 1861; - death of Thomas Henry Baron Foley on 20 Nov 1869; - succession of William, Marquis of Tavistock as 8th Duke of Bedford on death of Francis, Duke of Bedford and death of William, Duke of Bedford on 26 May 1872 unmarried and succession of (1) as 9th Duke of Bedford; - indenture of 9 Oct 1874 releasing George Russell as trustee of will of 7th Duke of Bedford and his replacement by Samuel Whitbread; - indenture of 31 Jan 1883 releasing Charles Romilly and Samuel Whitbread as trustees of will of 7th Duke of Bedford and replacing them with (2) Operative Part: - conveyance by (2), with privity of (1) of (a)-(v) to (3) for 31,354/8/4 Property: (a) part Great Jackmans, Clapham, 29a 1r 6p arable, in occupation of executors of late G.Higgins; (b) part Great Jackmans, Clapham, 13a 2r 22p arable, in occupation of executors of late G.Higgins; (c) part Little Jackmans, Clapham, 21a 2r 0p pasture, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (d) site of old buildings in Clapham, 1r 28p pasture, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (e) part of Henlows, Clapham, 8a 1r 17p pasture, in occupuation of executors of G.Higgins; (f) part of Little Jackmans, Clapham, 7a 2r 0p arable, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (g) part of Little Jackmans, Goldington, 23a 0r 8p arable, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (h) Home Ground, Goldington, 35a 1r 20p arable, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (i) part Hill House Ground, Goldington, 2a 3r 22p pasture, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (j) Cranks, Goldington, 5a 0r 30p pasture, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (k) Henlows, Goldington, 22a 0r 30p pasture, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (l) cottage and garden, Goldington, 30 poles, in occupation of Benjamin Green; (m) farm and homestead in Goldington, 1r 8p, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (n) Great Jackmans, Goldington, 38a 0r 25p pasture, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (o) part Little Jackmans, Goldington, 16a 2r 0p pasture, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (p) part Great Jackmans, Goldington 7a 3r 34p arable, in occupation of executors of G.Higgins; (q) wood, part of Hill House Farm, Goldington, 1a 3r 35p, in hand; (r) The Thoroughfare, part of Hill House Farm, Goldington, 30a 1r 16p pasture, in occupation of W.E.Taylor; (s) The Cranks, part of Hill House Farm, Goldington, 6a 3r 22p pasture, in occupation of W.E.Taylor; (t) Hill House Ground, part of Hill House Farm, Goldington, 10a 1r 9p pasture, in occupation of W.E.Taylor; (u) site of buildings, part of Hill House Farm, Goldington, 36 poles in occupation of W.E.Taylor; (v) Home Mead, part of Hill House Farm, Goldington, 21a 1r 25p pasture, in occupation of W.E.Taylor (II) will of 24 Jun 1885 of Joseph Firbank appointing his son Joseph Thomas Firbank and friends Edward James Phillips and John Throssel executors and trustees and devising to them his farms called Jackmans Farm and Taylors or Hill House Farm in Clapham and Goldington upon trusts; to use of his son Edward James Firbank, remainder to his children and widow to uses the same as those of Joseph Firbank's St.Julian's Estate (400 acres on right side of Newport to Caerleon road devised to his eldest son Joseph Thomas Firbank) (III) death of Joseph Firbank on 29 Jun 1886 (IV) proof of will of Joseph Firbank in PPR on 15 Oct 1886 (Stamp Duty paid on personalty of 7,041) (V) appointment of 17 Feb 1892 of Charles Herbert Firbank as trustee of will of Joseph Firbank to replace John Throssel who had died on 29 Jan 1891 and Edward James Phillips who wished to be discharged (VI) appointment of 28 Nov 1910 of Walter Hunter as trustee of will of Joseph Firbank to replace Joseph Thomas Firbank who had died on 7 Oct 1910 (VII) appointment of 28 Feb 1913 of Fred Reed of Central Chambers, Newport, accountant as trustee of will of Joseph Firbank to replace Walter Hunter who had died on 24 Oct 1912 (VIII) appointment of 11 Dec 1914 of Ethel Alice Firbank of Coldra, near Newport, widow and Richard Searle as trustees of will of Joseph Firbank to replace Charles Herbert Firbank who had died on 8 Dec 1914 (IX) appointment of 19 Oct 1921 of Sydney George Burge of 13 Skinner Street, Newport, solicitor as trustee of will of Joseph Firbank to replace Richard Searle who died on 17 Jul 1921 (X) will of 9 Mar 1907 of Edward James Firbank of Oldbury House, Thornbury [Gloucestershire], esquire appointing his brother Charles Herbert Firbank and Walter Hunter as his executors and trustees and, after specific legacies, appointed to his wife Laura Firbank during her widowhood a yearly rent charge of 200 as jointure charged on Jackmans Farm and Taylors or Hill House Farm, Clapham and Goldington; to use of his children; (XI) codicil of 17 Feb 1910 to will of Edward James Firbank regarding residuary estate in case of failure or loss (XII) codicil of 22 Jan 1913 to will of Edward James Firbank appointing his friend Fred Reed of Newport, estate agent, as executor and trustee in place of Walter Hunter, who had died (XIII) death of Charles Herbert Firbank on 8 Dec 1914 (XIV) death of Edward James Firbank on 21 Oct 1915 (XV) probate of 1 May 1916 of will and codicils of Edward James Firbank in PPR (XVI) marriage of 19 Feb 1917 of Laura Firbank, widow, with Edward Champ of Lodmore Farm, East Harptree, Bristol, thus forfeiting her annuity (XVII) Edward James Firbank's children (Joseph Charles Leigh Firbank, b.14 May 1911; Isabella Laura Francis Firbank, b.29 Jan 1906; May Irene Firbank, b.23 Dec 1908; Gwyneth Marguerite Firbank, b.8 Jul 1913; Barbara Joan Firbank, b.17 Jan 1915) all being under age the estate still resided in the trustees, Fred Reed and Sydney George Burge (XVIII) certificate of 21 Nov 1923 of payment of Estate Duty on death of Edward James Firbank (XIX) conveyance of 1 Jan 1924 from Fred Reed, Ethel Alice Firbank and Sydney George Burge to Jonathan Hallworth of Pavenham, farmer for 4,504 of 70a 2r 24p known as Hill House Farm, Goldington being: (a) spinney of 1.276 acres; (b) pasture of 30.326 acres; (c) pasture of 6.656 acres; (d) pasture of 10.009 acres; (e) house, farm buildings etc. of 0.398 acres; (f) pasture of 21.990 acres; as shown on included plan (XX) memorandum endorsed on (I) of (XIX) (XXI) legal charge of 17 Apr 1929 from Jonathan Hallworth of West End Farm, Pavenham, farmer to Thomas Simpson Porter of Bedford, solicitor for 4,000 at 5% interest secured on Hill House Farm of 61a 3r 8p [shown on included plan] (XXII) will of 30 Apr 1923 of Thomas Simpson Porter appointing his sons Thomas Brandam Porter and Gwyn Conway Porter as executors (XXIII) death of Thomas Simpson Porter at Bedford on 27 Feb 1932 (XXIV) proof of will of Thomas Simpson Porter in Birmingham DPR on 3 Aug 1932 (XXV) conveyance of 17 Aug 1933 from Thomas Brandam Porter of Pavenham, farmer and Gwyn Conway Porter of Llandilo [Carmarthenshire], solicitor to Harry Wallace Covington of 37 St.Augustine's Road, Bedford, gentleman, for 1,500 of pieces of land in Goldington with frontages to Kimbolton Road, being OS 53, 63 and 65, formerly known as Hill House Farm and comprising 53 acres [as shown on included plan] (reciting that 3,810 was still owing on mortgage of 17 Apr 1929) (XXVI) memorandum of conveyance of 27 Sep 1935 between (1) Harry Wallace Covington; (2) Samuel Foster Limited; (3) Edith Laurence of piece of land of 50ft frontage and depth of 180ft immediately N of property of Arthur Edwin Johnson with messuage erected thereon (XXVII) memorandum of conveyance of 6 Feb 1946 from Harry Wallace Covington to Claude Warren Haynes of part of OS54 with frontage of 100ft to proposed service road joining Kimbolton Road (XXVIII) search certificate no.503069/46 of 30 Oct 1946 against Harry Wallace Covington of 25 Park Avenue, bedford, no subsisting entries (XXIX) conveyance of 1 Nov 1946 from Harry Wallace Covington to Cephas Stuart Tucker of 2a Park Road, Kempston for 2,450 of land in Goldington fronting Kimbolton Road containing 21.345 acres, formerly part of Hill House Farm, then known as Hilly Fields Estate (XXX) memorandum on (XXIX) of conveyance of 2 Feb 1950 from Cephas Stuart Tucker and Home Counties Building Society to David Leslie Cunnington of land with frontage to Kimbolton Road of 70ft measuring 45ft at rear and depth of 200ft (XXXI) mortgage of 21 Dec 1946 from Cephas Stuart Tucker to Home Counties Building Society for 1,000 on land in Goldington of 21.345 acres (XXXII) memorandum of (XXX) on (XXXI) (XXXIII) receipt of 11 Aug 1954 by Home Counties Building Society acknowledging redemption of mortgage by Cephas Stuart Tucker (XXXIV) mortgage of 21 Dec 1946 from Cephas Stuart Tucker to Home Counties Building Society for 500 (XXXV) memorandum of (XXX) on (XXXIV) (XXXVI) receipt of 11 Aug 1954 by Home Counties Building Society acknowledging redemption of (XXXIV) (XXXVII) mortgage of 21 Dec 1946 from Cephas Stuart Tucker to Home Counties Building Society for 500 (XXXVIII) memorandum of (XXX) on (XXXVII) (XXXIX) receipt of 11 Aug 1954 by Home Counties Building Society acknowledging redemption of (XXXVII) (XL) search certificate no.480968/54 of 10 Aug 1954 against Cephas Stuart Tucker revealing Land Charges C (iv) entry reference 38051/53 registered on 9 Jun 1953 relating to agreement to sell to H.C.Janes Limited (XLI) conveyance of 11 Aug 1954 from Cephas Stuart Tucker to H.C.Janes Limited of 183 High Town Road, Luton for 8,500 of (a) 21.345 acres fronting Kimbolton Road [shown on included plan] and (b) adjoining property on SE boundary of (a) with frontage of 61ft on NW of Putnoe Lane

1957

From: 1883 To: 1957

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Waltons,
H.C.Janes Limited,
Russell, Francis Charles Hastings,
Sackville West, William Edward,
Cecil, Sackville Arthur,
Firbank, Joseph,
Russell, Francis (Duke of Bedford),
Foley, Thomas Henry,
Romilly, Charles,
Russell, George,
Russell, William (Duke of Bedford),
Russell, George William,
Whitbread, Samuel,
Higgins, G.,
Green, Benjamin,
Taylor, W.E.,
Firbank, Joseph Thomas,
Phillips, Edward James,
Throssel, John,
Firbank, Edward James,
Firbank, Charles Herbert,
Reed, Fred,
Hunter, Walter,
Firbank, Ethel Alice,
Searle, Richard,
Burge, Sydney George,
Firbank, Laura,
Champ, Laura,
Champ, Edward,
Hallworth, Jonathan,
Firbank, Joseph Charles Leigh,
Firbank, Isabella Laura Francis,
Firbank, May Irene,
Firbank, Gwyneth Marguerite,
Firbank, Barbara Joan,
Porter, Thomas Simpson,
Porter, Gwyn Conway,
Porter, Thomas Brandam,
Covington, Harry Wallace,
Samuel Foster Ltd,
Laurence, Edith,
Johnson, Arthur Edwin,
Haynes, Claude Warren,
Tucker, Cephas Stuart,
Home Counties Building Society,
Cunnington, David Leslie

Francis (Duke of Bedford) will: Russell, specific solicitors, deaths, general marriage, general family, Clapham Jackmans Farm, Goldington Hill House Farm, housing estates, Joseph will: Firbank, Edward James will: Firbank, annuities, succession duties, farmer, building societies, GOLDINGTON, BEDFORD, CLAPHAM, Clapham fields, Goldington fields, Bedford fields, London Carlisle Street, Bedford Kimbolton Road, Bedford Putnoe Lane