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Abstract of Title of Herbert Charles Janes to freehold land at Dunstable; abstracted by Ivo L.Currall of Luton

1934

From: 1910 To: 1934

(I) Mortgage of 14 Apr 1910 Parties: (1) Edward Barnard; (2) James Spearing of 15 Sidney Street, Cambridge, solicitor; Frederick Cresswell Lees of Constitutional Club, Northumberland Avenue, London, esquire Operative Part: - (1) borrowed 2,000 from (2) secured on (a), amongst others Property: (a) two fields of pasture lying next to Gas Works and London North Western Railway goods yard containing together 4a 3r 35p in occupation of George Heady; conveyed to Edward Barnard on 16 Mar 1868 as: meadow of 3a 2r 0p in Houghton Regis near Dunstable Railway Station in occupation of William Sharp bounded: SE by next piece of land; NW land late of William Maddocks; NE by Dunstable Branch of London & North Western Railway; SW by land of devisee of John Cook; also meadow of 2a 2r 0p in Houghton Regis in occupation of William Sharp bounded: NW by last mentioned land; SE by land of Edward Beale; SW by land of devisee of John Cook; NE by close of Sworder (II) Assignment of 5 Oct 1912 Parties: (1) James Spearing; (2) John Frederick Eaden of Cambridge, solicitor; Grace Eaden and Margaret Eaden both of Little Shelford [Cambridgeshire], spinsters Reciting: - (I) above; - death of Frederick Cresswell Lees on 21 Feb 1912; - 2,000 remained outstanding; - (2) had become entitled to mortgage debt Operative Part: - (1) assigned 2,000 debt and (a) in (I) to (2) (III) Assignment of Mortgage of 5 Oct 1912 Parties: (1) John Foster Gaskell of Uplands, Great Shelford [Cambridgeshire], esquire, MD; (2) Margaret Eaden; (3) John Frederick Eaden, Grace Eaden and Margaret Eaden; (4) William Luard Raynes of Cambridge, solicitor; William Bate Hardy, fellow and Tutor of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge; as trustees Reciting: - (I) above; - (II) above; - 2,000 remained outstanding; - impending marriage of (1) and (2) Operative Part: - (3) assigned Mortgage debt and (a) in (I) above to (4) in trust under marriage settlement of 5 Oct 1912 between (1) John Foster Gaskell; (2) Margaret Eaden; (3) Walter Holbrook Gaskell; (4) John Frederick Eaden; (5) John Frederick Eaden, Grace Eaden and Margaret Eaden; (6) James Spearing; (7) William Luard Raynes and William Bate Hardy (IV) will of 22 Aug 1901 of Edward Barnard appointing his sons E. and John and his sister Mary Jane Walker as executors and trustees (V) death of Edward Barnard senior on 7 Jan 1927 (VI) proof of will of Edward Barnard senior on 15 Mar 1927 in PPR (VII) Acknowledgement of 31 Oct 1927 by William Luard Raynes and Sir William Bate Hardy of receipt of 2,000 mortgage money from Edward Barnard of 9 George Street West, Luton and John Barnard of 177 High Street North, Dunstable (VIII) Vesting assent of 31 Dec 1927 by Edward Barnard and John Barnard Reciting: - will, death and proof of will of Edward Barnard senior; will devising all real estate to (1) and (2) upon trust for sale Operative Part: - E. and John Barnard vested all scheduled land, including (a), in themselves as trustees of will of Edward Barnard senior Property: (a) pasture near the gas works in Dunstable of 5 acres let to George Heady (IX) Appointment of 1 Oct 1930 Parties: (1) Edward Barnard; (2) Robert Weatherhead of 7 Alexandra Avenue, Luton, solicitor's managing clerk Reciting: - will of Edward Barnard senior; - death of John Barnard on 14 Feb 1929 Operative Part: - (1) appointed (2) as trustee of will of Edward Barnard senior in place of John Barnard (X) Appointment of 1 Oct 1930 Parties: (1) Edward Barnard; (2) Robert Weatherhead Reciting: - (VIII) above; - death of John Barnard Operative Part: - (1) appointed (2) as trustee of Vesting Assent listed at (VIII) above Schedule of land including: (a) plot of land near gas works in Dunstable of 5 acres let to F.H.Brooks (XI) Conveyance of 16 Mar 1932 Parties: (1) Edward Barnard; Robert Weatherhead; (2) Edward Barnard; Fanny Edith Barnard of Alma House, High Street North, Dunstable, spinster; Alice Maria Hillier, wife of William A.Hillier of valley Farm, Studham, farmer; Hilda Barnard of New Lands, Hyde Heath, Amersham [Buckinghamshire], widow; Minnie Mary Barnard of 4 Conway Road, Luton, spinster; Edward Alexander Storey Barnard of Albion House, Dunstable, articled clerk; (3) Edward Barnard Reciting: - seisin of Edward Barnard senior and his will - Arthur Frank Barnard, son of Edward Barnard senior had died on 24 Dec 1923 leaving Edward Alexander Storey Barnard as his only son; - death of Edward Barnard senior and proof of his will; - (VIII) above; - death of John Barnard and (IX) and (X) above; - Edward Barnard's only children were Edward Barnard, John Barnard, Fanny Edith Barnard and Alice Maria Hillier; - will of John Barnard of 9 Feb 1929 devising and bequeathing his entire estate to his wife Hilda and his daughter Minnie Mary in equal shares; - proof of will of John Barnard in PPR on 27 Aug 1930 by his executors Edward Barnard and Robert Weatherhead; - charge of 22 Aug 1928 of (a), with others, to Barclays Bank Limited for 2,000; - 1,300 still owing to Barclays Bank; - (1) had tried to sell the land but had failed to find a purchaser at the right price; - (3) had offered 2,500 for the land; - (2) had had an independent valuation which stated that 3,800 was the highest price the land would obtain; - (3) had disclosed all facts known to him about the land to (2); - (2) had had independent legal advice and were aware of legal objections to a purchase of trust property by a trustee for sale and had agreed to waive such objections Operative Part: - (3) paid 2,500 to (1) with agreement of (2); - (1), at request of (2), conveyed (a), amongst others, to (3) Property [as shown on included plan]: (a) two fields of pasture in Dunstable lying next to the gas works and London North Eastern Railway goods yard totalling 4a 3r 25p in occupation of F.H.Brooks (XII) Conveyance of 29 Sep 1934 Parties: (1) Edward Barnard of 55 Baldslow Road, Hastings [Sussex], gentleman; (2) Herbert Charles Janes of Park Way, Luton, builder Operative Part: - (1) conveyed (a) to (2) for 750 Property [as shown on included plan]: (a) two fields of pasture in Dunstable lying next to the gas works and London North Eastern Railway goods yard totalling 4a 3r 25p in occupation of F.H.Brooks

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Janes, Herbert Charles,
Currall, Ivo L.,
Barnard, Edward,
Spearing, James,
Lees, Frederick Cresswell,
Heady, George,
Sharp, William,
Maddocks, William,
London & North Western Railway Company,
Cook, John,
Beale, Edward James,
Sworder,
Eaden, John Frederick,
Eaden, Grace,
Eaden, Margaret,
Gaskell, John Foster,
Raynes, William Luard,
Hardy, William Bate,
Gaskell, Walter Holbrook,
Barnard, John,
Walker, Mary Jane,
Barnard, Mary Jane,
Weatherhead, Robert,
Brooks, F.H.,
Barnard, Fanny Edith,
Hillier, Alice Maria,
Hillier, William A.,
Barnard, Hilda,
Barnard, Minnie Mary,
Barnard, Alice Maria,
Barnard, Edward Alexander Storey,
Barnard, Arthur Frank,
Barclays Bank Limited,
London North Eastern Railway Company

Ivo L. Currall, specific solicitors, James Spearing, gas, London & North Western Railway Company, Dunstable LNWR station, 2nd built railways, John Frederick Eaden, solicitors' clerks, doctor, William Luard Raynes, Cambridge Gonville & Caius College, Edward will: Barnard, deaths, solicitor's managing clerk, farmer, Studham Valley Farm, widow, articled clerk, John will: Barnard, London & North Eastern Railway Company, builder, LUTON, Cambridge, HOUGHTON REGIS, Great Shelford, STUDHAM