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Photocopy Conveyance Parties: (i) Samuel Lucas of Hitchin [Hertfordshire], brewer and maltster; (ii) W.& S.Lucas Limited; (iii) Arthur Lucas of Darlington [Durham], solicitor; Samuel Lucas the younger of 11 Stone Buildings, Lincolns Inn, London, solicitor [trustees for (ii)] Operative Part: - (i), at request of (ii), conveyed (a)-(o) to (iii) for 10,000; - (i), covenanted to surrender (q)-(s) to (iii) at request of (ii) for 3,000 Property: (a) Kings Arms, Bucklersbury, Hitchin formerly in occupation of John Powell, now Robert Street (at one time part being separately occupied by George Carrington as undertenant) with passage between Bucklersbury and Angel Street (now Sun Street) abutting: Bucklersbury W; estate formerly of Sarah Goodwin, now Robert Newton S; estate of Hammerton Crookall, deceased, then Samuel Emily Hobbs, then John Lucas, now Joseph Lucas, deceased N; estates of Samuel bell and Robert Kent E; with blacksmith's shop in one of yards in occupation of C.L.Barkam; (b) Adam & Eve, Silver Street, Hitchin formerly in occupation of Emma Hunt, now James Sharp abutting: Silver Street E; cottage of William Pierson S; footpath from Hitchin to Ickleford [Hertfordshire] N; (c) Tilbury otherwise known as Three Horse Shoes, Hoppers End, Datchworth [Hertfordshire] with garden and paddock orchard of 6a 1r 17p formerly part of Dove House Close or Mead; (d) Five Bells, Meppershall [Hertfordshire] in occupation of James Harris, now C.Taylor except entrance from high road on N side which formed part of adjoining property of Theophilus Sneeds Eli Plowman; with right of way over entrance at N side; (e) Red Sign Post, Shillington with yard, garden, orchard and close of meadow or pasture in occupation of Paul Linly Poulter, now Thomas Haynes containing 2a 2r 35p; (f) Five Bells, Church End, Shillington of 3 roods formerly in occupation of James Waller, now R.Smith abutting: cottage of Samuel Whitbread, esquire E; lane W; close of pasture of Thomas Crouch N; street S; (g) malting houses, kilns, houses, malt shops and barley shops in Bridge Street, Hitchin part of 80 on Tithe Commutation map abutting: S on Bridge Street; garden of Samuel Lucas in occupation of Campion Dawson N; messuage of Edwin Herbert Crusler and garden of Samuel Lucas in occupation of James Shilcock W; buildings late of Daniel Marsh E; (h) Boot, Langford formerly in occupation of Charles Smith, now Thomas Bates; piece of land, formerly part of Low Common, Langford of 0a 3r 10p bounded: part N by Henlow Road; part E and part N by Boot; part E by private road from Henlow Road; S by land of Richard Street; W by land of William Endersby, esquire; (i) Live and Let Live, now Cricketers beer shop, Ickleford on W side of road formerly in occupation of William Barner and now of Charles Waller; with cottage adjoining, formerly part of Cricketers, formerly in occupation of George Abbiss now George Olney; and site of cottages formerly in occupation of William Buck and James Gudgin, since pulled down; (j) Coach & Horses, Barton-le-Clay with yard and garden containing 20 perches formerly in occupation of John Mead, now William Peck abutting: London Road W; part of common field called Dunstall S; yard formerly of messuage of Edward Willes, esquire, then Rev.Willes formerly called Crown in occupation of James Bridden N; orchard in occupation of James Bridden E; also small piece of ground in Barton-le-Clay, formerly part of an orchard being 170ft N-S being 64ft 6in at W end and 58ft at E end; (k) Axe & Compasses, Braughing [Hertfordshire], formerly divided into two messuages with barns, stables, outhouses, yards, gardens, orchards etc.; also closes of arable adjoining of 5 acres total; all formerly in occupation of H.Barron, now William Barron; also messuage adjoining orchard in Braughing formerly in occupation of Joseph Fox; (l) piece of ground in Bulls Green, Datchworth fenced off by Samuel Lucas on NW and SW sides from land of William Lawrance; also Horns with outbuildings; (m) Bulls Head, fronting Tilehouse Street, Hitchin to N with yard and garden formerly in occupation of Elizabeth Thompson, now George Storer; (n) Sun beerhouse with yard, garden, paddock and arable field containing together 3 acres in Stotfold in occupation of Thomas Mitchell; (o) Black Swan, Limbury formerly in occupation of Thomas Stokes, now Ann Elizabeth Stokes; with orchard or pasture adjoining (formerly part of Hallyard Close) of 0a 1r 38p; and piece of land comprising a spring at end of previous orchard and containing 36 perches; (p) Black Lion, Stotfold, held of Manor of Stotfold, numbered 131 on Inclosure Award map to which Samuel Lucas was admitted on 3 Jun 1867 on surrender of John Ellis, deceased; (q) 40 poles of land called Ley Field Close, Kings Walden [Hertfordshire] abutting: E on land of squires, then Richard Sheppard; Ley Green S; land formerly of William Robinson Lytton, esquire and late William Hale, esquire N and W; also three cottages built on land and held of Manor of Kings Walden at rent of 1/- per annum, one of the cottages now being Crown to which Samuel Lucas was admitted on 6 Dec 1883; (r) Bull, Whitwell Street [Hertfordshire] held of Manor of St.Paul's Walden and in occupation of Mark Lunnis to which Samuel Lucas was admitted on 26 Jun 1867; (s) Highlander, Tilehouse Street, Hitchin formerly in occupation of Sarah Bailey, now Luke Paul; also half an acre of land on which Highlander was erected at place formerly called Collins Towns End in Moormead Field abutting: N on highway from Hitchin to Moormead Corner; footway dividing it from baptish chapel burial ground E; continuation of Wratten Lane S; all except 10 poles previously surrendered to use of Abraham Butterfield and 10 poles surrendered to use of William Austin; site numbered 1340 of Tithe Survey; whole containing 0a 1r 35p to which Samuel Lucas was admitted tenant in 1867 Witnesses: - G.D.Lucas of Tile House, Hitchin; - Stephen Lucas of Tile House, Hitchin
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30 Sep 1898
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From: 1898 To: 1898
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