WB/W4/1/Clop/FH1

Release Parties: (i) Herbert Haynes Twining of 48 Ennismore Gardens, London; Whitfield Glanville-Johns of 75 Dartmouth Park Hill, London; (ii) William Henry [Grenfell, 1st] Baron Desborough and Ethel Anne Priscilla, Baroness Desborough; (iii) Baron Desborough; James Fitzalan Hope of Herons Ghyll, Uckfield [Sussex], MP; (iv) Nan Ino, Baroness Lucas Reciting: - marriage settlement of 3 Oct 1833 (1) George Augustus [Frederick 6th] Earl Cowper [then Viscount Fordwich]; (2) Thomas Philip [Robinson, then Weddell, the de Grey, 2nd] Earl de Grey; (3) Anne Florence Countess Cowper (then Anne Florence de Grey); (4) Richard [Charles Francis Christian Meade, 3rd] Earl of Clanwilliam; Anthony Ashley Cooper in which (2) charged several manors of Flitton with Silsoe, Over Gravenhurst, Nether Gravenhurst and Meppershall, Clophill and Cainhoe, Beadlow otherwise Bewlow and Clophill Hall as well as Wrest House and Wrest Park and properties in Flitton, Silsoe, Flitwick, Maulden, Upper Gravenhurst, Lower Gravenhurst, Meppershall, Higham Gobion, Clophill and Pulloxhill with 30,000 to be paid to (4) after his death for 1,000 years, the income to go to (2) and (3) and their children; - death of Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey on 14 Nov 1859 whereupon the 30,000 was raised; - George Augustus, Earl Cowper and Anne Florence, Countess Cowper had five children - Francis Thomas de Grey, [7th] Earl Cowper, Henry Frederick Cowper, Florence Amabel Cowper (afterwards Florence Amabel Herbert), Adine Eliza Anne Cowper (afterwards Adine Eliza Anne Fane) and Amabel Henrietta Frederica Cowper (afterwards Amabel Henrietta Frederica Kerr); - death of George Augustus, Earl Cowper on 15 Apr 1856; - deed poll of 27 Sep 1866 in which Anne Florence, Countess Cowper appointed trustees to stand possessed of fourth part of the 30,000 after her death in trust for Adine Eliza Anne Fane; - marriage settlement of 28 Sep 1866 (1) Julian Henry Charles Fane; (2) Adine Eliza Anne Cowper; (3) Anne Florence, Countess Cowper; (4) Francis William Henry [Fane, 12th] Earl of Westmorland; Henry Weigall; Francis Thomas de Grey, Earl Cowper; Henry Frederick Cowper in which the fourth part of 30,000 to which (2) was entitled on the death of (3) was assigned to (4) as trustees during joint lives of (1) and (2) for their children; - death of Adine Eliza Anne Fane on 20 Oct 1868; - death of Julian Henry Charles Fane on 19 Apr 1870 leaving two surviving children - Ethel Anne Priscilla Fane and a son who died on 9 Mar 1876 as an infant; - marriage settlement of 15 Feb 1887 (1) Ethel Anne Priscilla Fane; (2) Henry Frederick Cowper and Rose Sophia Mary Weigall; (3) William Henry Grenfell; (4) Henry Frederick Cowper; Henry Weigall; Claud George Grenfell; Arthur Francis Walrond; in which 7,500 to which (1) was entitled was assigned to (4) as trustees; - deed poll of 5 Aug 1871 by Anne Florence, Countess Cowper that fourth part of 30,000, subject to her life interest, be held in trust for Florence Amabel Herbert; - by various deeds one fourth part of 30,000 appointed to Florence Amabel Herbert was now vested in Nan Ivo, Baroness Lucas absolutely; - deed poll of 15 Nov 1873 by Anne Florence, Countess Cowper appointing one fourth part of 30,000 after her death to Amabel Henrietta Frederica Cowper; - marriage settlement of 17 Nov 1873 (1) Walter Talbot Kerr; (2) Amabel Henrietta Frederica Cowper; (3) Anne Florence, Countess Cowper; (4) Francis Thomas de Grey, Earl Cowper; (5) Schomberg Henry [Kerr, 9th] Marquis of Lothian; Henry Frederick Cowper in which one fourth of 30,000 to which (2) was entitled on death of (3) was assigned to (5) as trustees; - death of Anne Florence, Countess Cowper on 23 Jul 1880; - by deed polls of 27 Sep 1866, 5 Aug 1871 and 15 Nov 1873 and provision of hotchpot remaining fourth part of 30,000 was vested in Henry Frederick Cowper in default; - will of Henry Frederick Cowper of 2 Jul 1884 devising the residue of his estate to Francis Thomas de Grey, Earl Cowper whom he appointed executor; - death of Henry Frederick Cowper on 10 Nov 1887 and proof of his will on 2 May 1888; - will of Francis Thomas de Grey, Earl Cowper of 29 Nov 1887 appointing his wife Katrine Cecilia, Countess Cowper as executrix and devising the residue of his estate to her; - death of Francis Thomas de Grey, Earl Cowper on 19 Jul 1905 and proof of his will on 1 Dec 1905; - will of Katrine Cecilia, Countess Cowper of 7 May 1808 devising the residue of her estate to Baroness Desborough, her executrix; - death of Katrine Cecilia, Countess Cowper on 23 Mar 1913 and proof of her will on 15 Jul 1913; - (i) were entitled, as trustees of Desborough Settlement, to two sums of 7,500 (shares of Adine Eliza Anne Fane and Henry Frederick Cowper); - (iii) were entitled, as trustees of Kerr Settlement, to 7,500 (share of Amabel Henrietta Frederica Kerr); - (iv) was entitled to hereditaments charged with raising 30,000 and remaining 7,500 share which she wanted to sink into the hereditaments; - three other shares of 7,500 remained outstanding but all interest had been paid Operative Part: - (iv) paid 15,000 to (i); - (iv) paid 7,500 to (iii); - (i) and (iii) released to (iv) all hereditaments charged with raising 30,000

29 Sep 1917

From: 1833 To: 1917

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Twining, Herbert Haynes,
Glanville-Johns, Whitfield,
Desborough, William Henry Grenfell, 1st Baron,
Desborough, Ethel Anne Priscilla Grenfell, Baroness,
Hope, James Fitzalan,
Lucas of Crudwell, Nan Ino Herbert-Cooper, 9th Baroness,
Cowper, George Augustus Frederick, 6th Earl,
de Grey, Thomas Philip Weddell, 2nd Earl,
Cowper, Anne Florence, Countess,
Clanwilliam, Richard Charles Francis Christian Meade, 3rd Earl of,
Ashley Cooper, Anthony,
Cowper, Francis Thomas de Grey, 7th Earl,
Cowper, Henry Frederick,
Cowper, Florence Amabell,
Cowper, Adine Eliza Anne,
Cowper, Amabell Henrietta Frederica,
Fane, Julian Henry Charles,
Westmorland, Francis William Henry Fane, 12th Earl,
Weigall, Henry,
Fane, Ethel Anne Priscilla,
Cowper, Henry Frederick,
Weigall, Rose Sophia Mary,
Grenfell, Claud George,
Walrond, Arthur Francis,
Kerr, Walter Talbot,
Lothian, Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquis,
Cowper, Katrine Cecilia, Countess

marriage settlements, Flitton with Silsoe Manor, Over Gravenhurst Manor, Nether Gravenhurst with Meppershall Manor, Clophill & Cainhoe Manor, Beadlow alias Bewlow Manor, deaths, Henry Frederick will: Cowper, Katrine Cecilia will: Cowper, Countess, FLITTON, SILSOE, UPPER GRAVENHURST, LOWER GRAVENHURST, MEPPERSHALL, CLOPHILL, Cainhoe, Beadlow, Wrest, Wrest Park, FLITWICK, MAULDEN, HIGHAM GOBION, PULLOXHILL, Clophill Hall