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X284/8/3/5
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Assignment Parties: (i) William Haselwood of Lincolns Inn [Middlesex], esquire; (ii) Rowland Alston of Pishiobury [Hertfordshire], esquire; George Bernard of Lincolns Inn, esquire; Henry Frederic Alston of Gloucester Place [Middlesex], esquire; Rev.William Bernard of Clatworthy [Somerset]; (iii) Rowland Alston; Rev.Vere John Alston of Odell; Henry Frederic Alston; Frances Margaret Alston of Bath [Somerset], spinster; Emma Maria Alston of Bath, spinster; Caroline Matilda Alston of Bath, spinster; Charles William Horace Alston of Bath, esquire - the seven younger children of Thomas Alston of Odell Castle, deceased; (iv) Horatio Leggatt of Adelphi [Middlesex], esquire, one of the executors under the will of Robert Garstin late of Harrold, esquire, deceased; (v) Frederick Booth of New Street, Spring Gardens [Middlesex], esquire Reciting: - X284/8/1/1; - death of Margaret Garstin in Jun 1809 and Robert Garstin procured letters of administration of her will on 29 Aug 1809 in PCC, (v) having renounced execution; - at the death of Margaret Garstin there were seven children of Thomas Alston living, other than Justinian Alston, the eldest son, being: Rowland; Vere John; Henry Frederic; Frances Margaret; Emma Maria; Caroline Matilda; Charles William Horace; - the two sums of 3,000 left by Margaret Garstin were raised in Aug 1814 and paid to (v) as only living trustee of the will; - 2,000 of the first sum of 3,000 paid to (v) was used thus: 428/11/5 [one seventh of 3,000] was paid to Rowland Alston, Henry Frederic Alston, Frances Margaret Alston and Emma Maria Alston; and 285/14/4 paid to Caroline Matilda Alston as part settlement of her one seventh share of 3,000; - indenture of bargain and sale of 8 Feb 1814 recited in X284/8/3/1; - X284/8/3/1; - X284/8/3/2; - the 7,000 mortgage consisted of 1,000, residue of the first sum of 3,000 and the two other sums of 3,000, one of which was property of Robert Garstin; - death of Robert Garstin in Aug 1815; - will of Robert Garstin of 11 Apr 1811, appointing (iv) and (v) as executors and proof in PCC on 31 Aug 1815; - death of Thomas Alston on 31 Jan 1823; - indenture of transfer of mortgage 22 Jun 1824 between (1) Frederick Booth and William Haselwood; (2) Justinian Alston; (3) Edward Hughes Ball Hughes (never executed by William Haselwood) in which (i) transferred the 7,000 mortgage to (iii); - deed poll of 24 Sep 1824 of William Haselwood renouncing the trusts in the will of Margaret Garstin; - indenture of release of 6 Oct 1824 from William Haselwood to Frederick Booth of his interest in the properties mortgaged properties (a)-(h) in X284/8/1/4; - every person in (iii) had passed the age of 21; - indenture of 22 Jun 1824 invalidated the indenture of release of 6 Oct 1824, hence the need for the present assignment Operative Part: - (v) paid 10/- to (i) and (i), with the consent of (ii)-(iv) assigned to (v) any moiety remaining vested in him of 7,000 mortgage monies; - (v) paid 10/- to (i) and (i), with the consent of (ii)-(iv) assigned to (v) any moiety remaining vested in him of (a)-(h) in X284/8/3/1 Witnesses: - George Leeke Baker; - H.H.Barnes, clerk to Walker & Coulthurst of New Inn [Middlesex]; - William Greening, clerk to George Bernard; - Thomas Leach Street, clerk to Baker & Hodgson; - Thomas M.Maldon, servant to Rowland Alston; - Ann Raynsford; - J.P.Perring; - James Priscott, servant to William Bernard; - John Carter, clerk to Horatio Leggatt; - Samuel Hanrans[?], clerk to Horatio Leggatt Note as to insertions in the text witnessed by Richard John Cowell, clerk to William Haselwood and James Edward Nixon, clerk to Hutchinson & [?]Holdsworth
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5 Dec 1826
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From: 1809 To: 1826
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