Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    HN10/271/Duke3
  • Title
    Abstract of Title of Daniel Hobbs to freehold hereditaments in Sheep Lane, Potsgrove; abstracted by Frederic Willis of Leighton Buzzard Property bought of George Luke Ridge (I) Conveyance of 24 Jan 1877 Parties: (i) George Luke Ridge of Cambridge Villas, Brentford Road, Turnham Green, Chiswick [Middlesex], gentleman; (ii) John Lansbury of Sheep Lane, dealer; (iii) Daniel Hobbs of Sheep Lane, hay tyer Reciting: - (i) had agreed to sell (a)-(b) to (ii) for £15 and that (ii) had since agreed with (ii) to that for £1 (iii) may purchase (a) instead Operative Part: - (iii) paid £15 to (i) and £1 to (ii); - (i), at request of (ii), conveyed and (ii) confirmed (a)-(b) to (iii) Property: (a) cottage and piece of land in Sheep Lane, on S side of high road from Woburn to Leighton Buzzard adjoining a cottage and land of Hannah Butler to E and cottage and land of J.Brassington W; in occupation of John Lansbury (b) garden land in Sheep Lane on S side of the road adjoining cottage and land of J.Brassington E and garden of Hannah Butler W and measuring 24ft E-W; in occupation of John Lansbury Property bought of John Brassington (II) Conveyance of 11 Jul 1877 Parties: (i) John Brassington of 47 Pembroke Square, Kensington [Middlesex], gentleman and Emma Maria, his wife; (ii) Daniel Hobbs Reciting: - Mortgage of 17 Feb 1832 in which Samuel Cawthra borrowed £80 from Robert Feake Nixon on security of (a); - will of Robert Feake Nixon of 8 Jul 1836 in which he devised some of his real estate to his daughter Maria; - death of Robert Feake Nixon in 1836 and proof of his will in PCC on 13 Sep 1836; - will of Maria Cawthra of 31 Jan 1852 devising cottage and land in Sheep Lane to Emma Maria Corbishley (then living with the testatrix); - death of Maria Cawthra on 1 Sep 1863 and proof of her will in PPR on 30 Sep 1863; - Emma Maria Corbishley since became wife of John Brassington Operative Part: - (i) conveyed (a)-(b) to (ii) for £45 Property: (a) cottage in Sheep Lane, Potsgrove "several years since erected" by Thomas Foxley on part of (b); (b) garden ground measuring 40ft on N part next to road from Woburn to Leighton Buzzard and bounded: N by road; E by cottage and garden of Hannah Butler, widow; S by land of Duke of Bedford; W by hereditaments of [blank] (III) Memorandum of acknowledgement of (II) by Emma Maria Brassington of 11 Jul 1877 (IV) Official Copy certificate of acknowledgement - 11 Jul 1877
  • Date free text
    1887
  • Production date
    From: 1877 To: 1887
  • Level of description
    item
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