Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    WB/Green4/1/Gra/BB1
  • Title
    Abstract of Title of Thomas Prime to freehold estate at Graveley [Hertfordshire]; Lot 1; abstracted by Thomas Gorham Preston of Hitchin [Hertfordshire]
  • Date free text
    13 Sep 1836
  • Production date
    From: 1721 To: 1836
  • Scope and Content
    (I) Lease & Release of 12-13 Mar 1721 (1) Thomas Waters of Weston [Hertfordshire], gentleman; (2) George Humberston of Weston, brickmaker Operative Part: - (i) released (a) to (ii) for 52/10/- Property: (a) cottage in occupation of George Smith with yard and orchard adjoining containing half an acre in Graveley between highway E and malt house of James Priest S with close of William Robertson N and W (II) Mortgage by Demise for 1,000 Years of 13 Mar 1721 Parties: (1) George Humberston; (2) James Elsome of Rushden [Hertfordshire], butcher Operative Part: - (1) borrowed 30 at 5% interest from (2) secured on (a) in (I) (III) Indorsement on (II) of payment of 31/10/- to James Elsome by Robert Thurgood of Baldock [Hertfordshire], brewer on 5 Sep 1747 (IV) Assignment of Mortgage of 5 Oct 1747 Parties: (1) James Elsome; (2) George Humberston; (3) Robert Thurgood Operative Part: - (3) paid 31/10/- to (1) by direction of (2); - (3) paid 28/10/- to (2); - (1), at request of (2), conveyed (a) to (3) subject to equity of redemption Property: (a) cottage in occupation of George Smith with yard and orchard adjoining containing half an acre in Graveley between highway E and malt house of James Priest S with close of William Robertson N and W (V) Probate of 3 May 1749 will of 6 Nov 1746 of George Humberston, the of Graveley: - to Elizabeth, his wife, his dwellinghouse in Graveley with household goods "to be at her disposing paying my debts" (VI) Probate of 1 Jun 1757 of will of 29 Aug 1754 of Elizabeth Humberston of Graveley, widow: - her dwellinghouse in Graveley to her daughter Elizabeth, wife of Richard Ravens of Little Wymondley [Hertfordshire] for her life; remainder to testatrix's granddaughters Mary, Catherine and Elizabeth equally (VII) Bargain & Sale of 26 Jan 1773 Parties: (1) Robert Thurgood; (2) Richard Ravens of Little Wymondley, farmer, and Elizabeth, his wife; Samuel Neale of Baldock, collarmaker and Mary, his wife; Catherine Ravens and Elizabeth Ravens both of Little Wymondley, spinsters; (3) John Thurgood of Baldock, brewer Reciting: - (II); - (IV); - 60 mortgage and all interest had been paid by (2) Operative Part: - to prevent term of years of mortgage from being merged into the inheritance and for 5/- paid to (1) by (3) - (1), with consent of (2) bargained and sold (a) to (3) in trust for (1) to attend the inheritance Property: (a) cottage in occupation of George Smith with yard and orchard adjoining containing half an acre in Graveley between highway E and malt house of James Priest S with close of William Robertson N and W (VIII) lease & release of 27-28 Jan 1773 Parties: (1) Richard Ravens and Elizabeth, his wife; Samuel Neale and Mary, his wife; Catherine Ravens; Elizabeth Ravens; (2) Robert Thurgood Operative Part: - (1) conveyed (a) to (2) for 105 Property: (a) cottage called Blue Boar with yard and orchard adjoining containing half an acre in Graveley between highway E and malt house of James Priest S with close of William Robertson N and W; late in occupation of George Smith, then Richard Shambrook Covenant: - by (1) to levy a fine sur conizance de droit come ceo (IX) Fine of Easter 13 George III - John Pack and Robert Thurgood, plaintiffs; - John Blanehurst and mar his wife, Richard Ravens and Elizabeth, his wife, Samuel Neale and Mary, his wife, Catherine Ravens and Elizabeth Ravens, deforciants; - 3 messuages, 2 barns, 2 stables, 2 curtilages, 2 gardens, 2 acres of land, 2 acres of pasture and common of pasture for all cattle in Ashwell [Hertfordshire] and Graveley (X) Act of Parliament of 39 George III [1799] entitled "An Act for vesting part of the settled estates of Robert Clutterbuck, esquire in trustees to be sold and for applying part of the monies arising therefrom under the direction of the Court of Chancery in manner and for the purposes therein mentioned and for laying out the residue in the purchase of other estates to be settled in lieu thereof and to the same uses" (XI) Lease & Release of 22-23 Dec 1800 Parties: (1) Isaac Hindley; Henricus Octavus Roe, both of Baldock, gentlemen; (2) Robert Clutterbuck, late of Watford [Hertfordshire], then of Cardiff [Glamorgan] (eldest son of Thomas Clutterbuck the younger, late of Watford, esquire and Sarah his wife, both deceased); (3) William Warner of Graveley, tailor Reciting: - will of Robert Thurgood of Baldock, brewer, of 20 Mar 1774 devising, amongst other things, his cottage in Graveley to trustees during the life of Sarah Clutterbuck in trust for her separate use, remainder to trustees during the life of (2) to preserve contingent uses with remainders in tail male; - death of Robert Thurgood in 1775; - death of Sarah Clutterbuck in 1788; - (X) above; - enactment that (a) should be vested in (1) freed from all existing uses, trusts etc. upon trust for sale, the sale monies to be paid into Bank of England Operative Part: - (1), with consent of (2), released (a) to (3) for 84 Property: (a) Blue Boar, Graveley with yard and orchard belonging containing half an acre then divided into 3 or more tenements late in occupation of William Warner, Richard Cocker and Joseph Barker, then William Warner (XII) Lease & Release of 26-27 May 1817 Parties: (1) William Warner of Graveley and Mary, his wife; (2) Edward Prime of Graveley, yeoman; (3) William Pallett of Graveley, yeoman Operative Part: - (1) released (a)-(c) to (2) for 200 Property: (a) cottage in Graveley in occupation of William Warner; (b) cottage adjoining (a) in occupation of Widow Deacon; (c) cottage near (a)-(b) in occupation of Henry Dawson Habendum: - to (2) to use of (2) to use of (3) in trust for (2) to use of (2) Covenant: - by (1) to levy a fine sur conizance de droit come ceo (XIII) Fine of Trinity 57 George III - Edward Prime, plaintiff; - William Warner and Mary, his wife, defociants; - 3 messuages, 3 cottages, 3 barns, 3 stables, 2 curtilages, 2 gardens, 2 orchards and common of pasture for all cattle in Graveley (XIV) Bargain & Sale of 27 May 1817 Parties: (1) Edward Ind of Romford [Essex], brewer (one of sons and only surviving executor of will of James Ind, late of Baldock, brewer, deceased who was surviving executor of John Thurgood, late of Baldock, brewer, deceased); (2) William Warner of Graveley, tailor; (3) Edward Prime of Graveley, yeoman; (4) Daniel Times of Hitchin, gentleman Reciting: - (II); - default in immediate repayment of mortgage made security an estate of Joseph Elsome; - (IV); - (VII); - death of John Thurgood and his will in which James Ind deceased was surviving executor [in margin "in proof of this fact an official extract from J.Thurgood's will of the appointment of executors should accompany this title and in proof of the fact of James Ind being the surviving executor extracts from registers [of] the burial of the deceased executors should accompany the title but as the expense is by the conditions of sale thrown upon the purchaser and 20 years have already elapsed the above evidence and the expense attending it may be deferred till it be required if it may not by then altogether [be] dispensed with"] - will of James Ind of 19 Nov 1810 appointing his sons Edward and James executors and proof of will in PCC on 13 May 1811, James Ind having since died; - (XII); - (3) wished cottages comprised in term of 1,000 years [in (II)] to be assigned by (1) to a trustee for (3) in trust to attend the inheritance Operative Part: - (3) paid 200 to (2); - (4) paid 10/- to (1); - (1), at request of (2) and on appointment of (3) bargained and sold to (4) cottages comprised in term of 1,000 years [i.e. (a)-(c) in (XII) above] (XV) Will of 16 Aug 1819 of Edward Prime, then of Kensworth, farmer devising to his son Thomas Prime all his real estate in Graveley In margin: - "q. How is Thomas Prime (the vendor) entitled?" - "is Thomas Prime married?" - "where does he reside?" - "It is presumed the cottages sold are not included in the Lease" - "If the last lease is meant I have compared the parcels & find they are not included. T.G.P." - "Thomas Prime the vendor is not married & is a farmer at present residing at Childwick near St.Albans. T.G.P."
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