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Conveyance Parties: (i) Thomas Procter of Great Gaddesden [Hertfordshire], gentleman; Hugh Procter of Boxted House, Fields End, Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire], estate agent; Harold Procter of Lords Mill, Chesham [Buckinghamshire], miller; (ii) James Procter of Argyle, Manitoba [Canada], gentleman; Joseph Procter of 41 Hillmarton Road, Camden Road, Holloway [Middlesex], gentleman; Hugh Procter; Harold Procter; John Goldsmith Procter of Branston [Lincolnshire], brewer; Joseph Procter of The Hoo, Great Gaddesden, gentleman [an infant of 19 years]; (iii) John Newton of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman; (iv) Hugh Procter; Harold Procter; John Goldsmith Procter; Jane Procter of The Hoo, Great Gaddesden, spinster Reciting: - will of Percy Procter of 24 Nov 1882 appointing his brother Thomas and nephews Hugh and Harold [i.e. (i)] as his executors and trustees and, after bequeathing certain legacies, devised all his real estate and bequeathed the residue of his personal estate to (i) for sale within three years of testator's death, paying legacies and dividing residue equally between his nephews [i.e. (ii)]; - death of Percy Procter on 1 Feb 1884 and proof of his will (and codicil of 1 Sep 1883) in PPR on 5 mar 1884 Operative Part: - (i) conveyed (a)-(j) for 10,000 paid by (iv) to (iii) Habendum: - to (iii) to use of (iv) Property: [all properties shown on detailed plans, with additional detail shown on the plan in square brackets after the corresponding entry below] (a) brick, slate and tile messuage called St.George & Dragon in Leighton Buzzard with forecourt in front next High Street and brick and timber built, boarded and tiled brewhouse and tun room with brick and tile malthouse and brick and slate stable and counting house, timber and slate cartshed, timber and tile cooperage and piggery and brick shed etc, on brewery premises with yard and walled in garden attached extending from High Street to Friday Street with frontage to High Street of 56 feet and depth of 460 feet [North Street, Church Square, Pulford Road, Grove Road, Grove Place, land of Robert Richmond, land of F.Emery, land of executors of C.Ridgway, land of Clark Loke, land of Misses A. and E.Procter, boot shop, Baptist Chapel, Town Hall, Market Cross, bank]; (b) brick and tiled messuage called Cross Keys public house in Middle Row or Market square, Leighton Buzzard with brick, stucco and tile dwellinghouse and offices adjoining also toft or paved square adjoining dwellinghouse and Market Cross ("used on Market and Fair days as the calf market") with yard and garden on other side of street (N side of Market Square) held with Cross Keys with brick and tile granary, stable etc.; (c) brick and tile messuage called Roebuck public house in Hockliffe Street (abutting on Market Square), Leighton Buzzard, with stables, yard, outbuildings and ground belonging; (d) brick and slate messuage called Peacock public house in lake Street and Exchange Alley, Leighton Buzzard near Corn Exchange with yard and stabling in rear and brick and slate blacksmith's and wheeler's shops and brick and tile dwellinghouse and shoemaker's shop adjoining in Lake Street; (e) brick, tile and thatch messuage called Sun in Lake Street, Leighton Buzzard with yard, stables and outbuildings belonging and two brick and thatch cottages adjoining Sun and brick and slate cottages adjoining last two dwellings with outbuildings, gardens and ground in occupation of James Atkins and William Hemley; with close of land called Sun Close at rear of public house with piece of garden ground adjoining containing 1a 2r 0p; (f) brick and thatch messuage called Duke's Head public house, Heath & Reach adjoining High Road with bakehouse, blacksmith's shop, outbuildings, orchard and ground containing 1 acre [schools, chapel, Holly Tree Farm, Duke's Road, Birds Hill, Heath & Reach Farm, Sheepcote Corner]; (g) brick and slate messuage called Buckinghamshire Arms public house, Linslade [Buckinghamshire] at junction of Old Station Road and Soulbury Road with forecourt, yard, outbuildings and ground belonging [St.Mary's Lodge, Station Road, New Station Road, Church Street, station, Southcott Road]; (h) messuage called Hare & Hounds public house in Ledburn, Mentmore [Buckinghamshire] with yard, outbuildings , garden and ground belonging and close of meadow adjoining containing 1a 0r 7p with frontage to Mentmore Road of nearly 400 feet (subject to 2 rights of way of 15 feet width to cottages in rear of close) [Baptist Chapel, Ledburn House, Ledburn Farm, land of Lord Roseberry]; (i) messuage called Plough public house with bakehouse, brewhouse, stable, yard, garden, outbuildings and ground adjoining in Church End, Wavendon [Buckinghamshire] [land of Mrs.John King, land of Charles Claridge, land of George Spreckley, land of Nash, Wheatsheaf Inn, Rectory garden, wc of public house]; (j) brick and tile messuage in Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard with yard and ground in occupation of Miss Turnham Witnesses: - John J.Cullen of Stock Exchange; - Eliza Jane Taylor of Flamstead Grove [Hertfordshire], spinster; - George L.Berkeley Calcott of Leighton Buzzard, solicitor; - F.Weatherhead of Queensberry Lodge, Luton

28 Oct 1884

From: 1882 To: 1884

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Procter, Thomas,
Procter, Hugh,
Procter, Harold,
Procter, James,
Procter, Joseph,
Procter, John Goldsmith,
Newton, John,
Emery, F.,
Ridgway, C.,
Loke, Clark,
Atkins, James,
Hemley, William,
King, John,
Claridge, Charles,
Spreckley, George,
Turnham,
Cullen, John J.,
Taylor, Eliza Jane,
Calcott, George Lancelot Berkeley,
Weatherhead, F.

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