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Abstract of Title of Charles George Pope and Francis Pope to freehold hereditaments in Ravensden and Goldington (I) conveyance of 29 Sep 1893 Parties: (1) Francis Charles Hastings, 9th Duke of Bedford; (2) Hon.William Edward Sackville West and Sackville Arthur Cecil; (3) Charles Pope of Sandy, miller 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: - (2), with privity of (1) conveyed (a)-(x) to (3) for 25,131 Property [shown on included plan]: (a) Great Newsbury - 55 acres pasture - Ravensden - John Horrell; (b) Hovel Yard etc. - 34 perches pasture - Ravensden - John Horrell; (c) Green Lane - 1r 38p pasture - Ravensden - John Horrell; (d) Bottom Field - 27a 1r 0p arable - Ravensden - John Horrell; (e) Top Putnoe - 86a 3r 20p arable - Goldington - John Horrell; (f) Green Lane - 3a 2r 0p pasture - Goldington - John Horrell; (g) Upper Wood - 37 acres arable - Goldington - John Horrell; (h) Lower Wood - 28a 1r 38p arable - Goldington - John Horrell; (i) Great Aldens - 32a 2r 6p pasture - Goldington - John Horrell; (j) Little Aldens - 4a 1r 3p pasture - Goldington - John Horrell; (k) The Thoroughfare - 30a 1r 12p pasture - Goldington - John Horrell; (l) house, homestead and cottage - 6a 2r 8p pasture - Goldington - William Keech senior; (m) New Field - 55a 1r 5p pasture - Goldington - John Horrell; (n) Headlands - 47a 0r 15p arable - Goldington - John Horrell; (o) Bedford New Fields - 40a 3r 18p pasture - Goldington - John Horrell; (p) allotment - 57 acres arable - Goldington - John Horrell; (q) allotment - 8a 0r 18p pasture - Goldington - John Horrell; (r) Covington's Ground Pasture - 16a 0r 32p pasture - Goldington - J.Adams Elkington; (s) part of Thoroughfare - 22a 0r 10p arable - Goldington - J.Adams Elkington; (t) part of Thoroughfare - 16a 3r 32p arable - Goldington - J.Adams Elkington; (u) Hill Ground Covett - 6a 3r 8p wood - Goldington - in hand; (v) Putnoe Wood - 25a 2r 37p wood - Goldington - in hand; (w) Plantation - 3r 27p wood - Goldington - in hand; (x) Plantation - 3r 35p wood - Goldington - in hand; (y) Plantation - 1a 2r 28p wood - Goldington - in hand (a)-(k) and (m)-(q) were Putnoe Farm - area 520a 3r 15p, rent 790; (l) rent 2/12/-; (r)-(t) area 55a 0r 34p, rent 115; (u)-(y) area 36a 0r 15p, rent 20 total area 612a 0r 24p, total rent 927/12/- (II) will of 11 Aug 1883 of Charles Pope appointing his cousins George James Newberry and Frederick Newberry (sons of his late uncle George Newberry), his son Charles George Pope and John Carrington Conquest of Bedford, solicitor his executors and G.J.Newberry, F.Newberry and J.C.Conquest his trustees; after disposing of his personal estate and devising premises in sandy in his own occupation he devised Putnoe Farm in Ravensden and Goldington to his trustees to use that his daughter Ellen Mary Pope should receive an annuity of 200 charged on the premises, to use of his sons Harry Pope and Francis Pope; (III) codicils of 28 Mar 1885 and 2 Nov 1886 to will of Charles Pope not affecting the abstracted premises; (IV) Charles Pope died at Sandy on 29 Dec 1886; (V) proof of will of Charles Pope on 1 Feb 1887 at Northampton DPR; (VI) death of Harry Pope under age of 21 on 24 Nov 1885; (VII) succession duty of 12 Mar 1888 (KR 1887 fol 369) of Charles George Pope and Francis Pope on death of Charles Pope; (VIII) Charles George Pope became 21 on 21 Jan 1893; (IX) Francis Pope became 21 on 18 Dec 1895; (X) Ellen Mary Pope became 21 on 20 Mar 1898; (XI) conveyance of 13 Jan 1910 from Ellen Mary Pope to Charles George Pope and Francis Pope of 200 annuity which was to merge and be extinguished in (a)-(y) in (I) above (XII) deed poll of 5 Feb 1910 of Francis Pope, then about to leave England, appointing his brother Charles George Pope his attorney to sell parts of Putnoe Farm Estate

1917

From: 1861 To: 1917

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Russell, Francis Charles Hastings (9th Duke of Bedford),
Sackville West, William Edward,
Cecil, Sackville Arthur,
Pope, Charles,
Foley, Thomas Henry,
Romilly, Charles,
Russell, George,
Russell, William (8th Duke of Bedford),
Russell, George William,
Whitbread, Samuel,
Horrell, John,
Keech, William,
Adams Elkington, J.,
Newberry, George James,
Newberry, Frederick,
Pope, Charles George,
Pope, Francis,
Pope, Ellen Mary,
Pope, Harry,
Newberry, George,
Conquest, John Carrington

Goldington Putnoe Farm, emigration, general family, deaths, Francis (Duke of Bedford) will: Russell, Charles will: Pope, miller, woods, specific solicitors, annuities, town & local roads, RAVENSDEN, GOLDINGTON, BEDFORD, Goldington fields, Bedford fields, Ravensden fields