Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    WL1000/1/POTT/1/9
  • Title
    Reconveyance Parties: (i) Thomas William Pickering of 44 Mayton Street, Holloway [Middlesex], gentleman; (ii) William Cooper late of Shefford, now of Winchfield [Hampshire], farmer; William Ingram Franklin of Mark Lane, City of London, wine merchant; James Home of Ely [Cambridgeshire], wine merchant Reciting: - WL1000/1/POTT/1/7; - death of Joseph Dickason and proof of his will appointing his son Joseph Dickason and William Newling executors and devising to Thomas Russell all his real estate vested in him by way of mortgage; - WL1000/1/POTT/1/8; - death of Thomas Jepps; - death of Thomas Pickering and grant of letters of administration to his eldest son, (i); - will of Thomas Strickland appointing (ii) as his executors and trustees devising all his real estate to them in trust for sale; - death of Thomas Strickland and proof of his will; - bill of complaint of 28 Feb 1873 in Chancery for administration of real and personal estate of Thomas Strickland in which Thomas Strickland Cooper and others were plaintiffs and (ii) and others defendants; decree of 3 Jun 1874 of Master of the Rolls ordering usual accounts and enquiries including as to what real estate the testator was seised at death and what had been sold; - affidavit of (ii) of 28 Jun 1875 that (a)-(b) below was part of real estate of Thomas Strickland which remained unsold; - (a) was put up at auction on 15 Sep 1876 as Lot 1; - (i) as mortgagee gave his consent to the sale; - Lot 1 was sold for 7,400; - sale was certified by Chief Clerk on 22 Sep 1876 and approved by Master of the Rolls on 28 Sep 1876; - Order of Master of the Rolls of 16 Apr 1878 that Taxing Master tax costs of (i) and that (ii) pay (i) the 250 mortgage plus 5% interest from 29 May 1875 and that (i) then reconvey (a)-(b) to (ii) Operative Part: - (ii) paid 289/8/3 to (i) and (i) reconveyed (a)-(b) to (ii) Property: (a) 2a 1r 0p in Potton (formerly part of 6a 1r 38p in occupation of Jacob Allen) bounded: N by turnpike road from Sandy to Potton; E land of William Kitchen; S by land of W.H.Whitbread, esquire; W by land of Thomas Decimus Franklyn; (b) messuage lately built on (a) by (i) and used as a beer shop Witnesses: - Joseph Mole of 2 South Square, Greys Inn, London, solicitor; - W.Thomas Chapman of Biggleswade, solicitor
  • Date free text
    9 Aug 1878
  • Production date
    From: 1878 To: 1878
  • Level of description
    item
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