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Z1118/1/21/39
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Conveyance Parties: (i) Edward Procter of Leighton Buzzard, farmer; Percy Procter of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman; (ii) John Procter of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman; James Procter of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman; Richard Procter of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman; Mary Ann Procter of Leighton Buzzard, spinster; Henry Procter of Rotherfield Street, London, gentleman; Edward Procter; Emma Procter of Leighton Buzzard, spinster; Elizabeth Procter of Leighton Buzzard, spinster; Percy Procter and Thomas Procter of The Hoo, Great Gaddseden [Hertfordshire], gentlemen; (iii) James Procter of Gresham Street, London, woollen draper; (iv) Percy Procter Reciting: - will of 21 Feb 1846 of Joseph Procter of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman appointing his brothers, (i), as executors and trustees for sale of his real estate and proceeds to be divided equally between his siblings and their children; - death of Joseph Procter on 27 Jun 1865 ((ii) being his siblings) and proof of his will in Northampton DPR on 7 Aug 1865 Operative Part: - (i), by direction of (ii) conveyed (a)- to (iv) for 6,354/16/6; - (ii) quitclaimed the copyhold premises of Joseph Procter to (iii) [see Z1118/1/21/38] Property: (a) messuage some time past divided into 3 tenements in occupation of Thomas Smith, John Emerton and George Reeve then John Fox, Joseph Stevens and George Reeve, then John Oliver and William Bennett, then Samuel Reeve in Leighton Buzzard with freehold part of little close or pightle of pasture, formerly garden ground formerly in occupation of Daniel Reeve, then William Bennett, then Samuel Reeve; abuttals: messuage late of Elizabeth Perrott, spinster, then John Loke, then Elizabeth Loke, widow in part W; messuage of Oliver Taylor, deceased, then William Leopard, since Prince Webster then Michael Lockett and Edward Webster E; common street S; (b) brewhouse with malthouse, chambers etc. adjoining in yard of (a) in occupation of Samuel Reeve (c) cottage for some time past known as Duke's Head, formerly divided into 2 dwellings with close, pightle or orchard adjoining of 1 acre in occupation of Susannah How and William Brightwell then Benjamin Sear, John King and Thomas Culverhouse successively, then John Cook, then William Tompkins, now William Fossey Pettit, in Heath, Leighton Buzzard abutting: messuage formerly of Charles Vaux then Hon.Charles Leigh then Rev.Thomas Leigh then Chandos Leigh S; cottage of Francis Tompkins then Thomas Fountain then [blank] N; street W; (d) allotment of land on The Heath in Heath & Reach of 11 perches allotted to owner of (c) in lieu right of common in Leighton Buzzard Inclosure bounded: NW by Linslade Road, NE land allotted to Joseph Powell, SW and SE by land allotted to Eleanor Bailey; (e) yard, backside and curtilage behind Middle Row, Leighton Buzzard; (f) garden or orchard at N end of yard with gateway and gates next to the street in occupation of Edward Osmond and John Marshall, then Woodell Iredale and John Layton then Thomas Iredale, Thomas Warner and James Sharpe successively then Henry Samuel and William Drage, now William Fossey Pettit; (g) Hare & Hounds, Ledburn, Mentmore [Buckinghamshire] with outbuildings etc. in front and next to Ledburn Green with garden and yard lying in front from W corner to Ledburn Green and from NE corner near back yard adjoining dairy to Leighton Lane in occupation of James Monday then Edward Sayell, now William Fossey Pettit; (h) plot of pasture of 1a 7r 0p on Ledburn Green, adjoining (g) abutting: NE on premises of James Symonds and Charles Meacher; SE on road from Ledburn to Mentmore; SW on premises of Ann Macauley in occupation of Edward Sayell then William Fossey Pettit; subject to two rights of way of 15 feet width to certain cottages at rear of land; (i) site of former cottage divided into 2 tenements and in occupation of Thomas Smith, now William Fossey Pettit in Leck End, Leighton Buzzard; (j) messuage in Eagle Street, Leighton Buzzard, next to gatehouse formerly of John Marshall, then William Bennett, then Joseph Procter to NE and ground formerly Eagle & Child formerly of Thomas Coles, now Robert Thorpe on SW; (l) two cottages and yard behind (j), now used as slaughterhouse late in occupation of Benjamin Church and William Collings, now William Yirrell, with right of way through gatehouse and yard to use well; (m) messuage in Linslade [Buckinghamshire] in occupation of George Bonham, then Sarah Smith, widow, then Daniel Hands, now William Fossey Pettit previously called Railway Tavern, now Buckingham Arms erected some years since by Austin Horwood on garden bought from John Cobb; garden of John Cobb, now William Arnold W; road from Leighton Buzzard to Soulbury [Buckinghamshire] N; road branching off to Soulbury and London & North Western Railway Company station E; road to station S; (n) allotment used as garden ground of 0a 1r 26p inclusive of private footway in occupation of Percy Procter in Parsons Close, Leighton Buzzard bounded: E by old inclosures of Grace Millard; S by allotment to Trustees of Hoddesdon's Charity Estates; W by allotment to William Claridge; N by inclosure formerly of Charles Claridge the elder, then William Claridge Copyhold premises also listed as in Z1118/1/21/38 Witness: - John Newton of Leighton Buzzard, solicitor Endorsed with release of 20 Apr 1866 Parties: (i) James Procter of London; (ii) Percy Procter Reciting: - after above conveyance was engrossed, James Procter died on 8 Feb 1866, having made a will dated 14 Jan 1866 (proved 5 Mar 1866 in PPR) in which he bequeathed: 100 to each of his sisters; 19 guineas to each of the children of his brother Thomas; 500 to each of the children of his brother Henry; appointing his Godson James Procter of London, son of Henry, as executor and residuary legatee Operative Part: - (i), at request of (ii), released and confirmed to (ii) (a)-(n) above Witness: - John Newton of Leighton Buzzard, solicitor
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1 Feb 1866
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From: 1846 To: 1866
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