• Reference
    X284/8/5/20
  • Title
    Conveyance as part of a Marriage Settlement Parties: (i) Justinian Alston of Odell, esquire; (ii) William Dunbar, late of Henrietta Street, St.George's Bloomsbury [Middlesex], now of Aberystwyth [Cardigan], esquire; (iii) George Leeke Baker and James Hodgson of Lincolns Inn Fields [Middlsex], gentlemen; (iv) Rev.Vere John Alston of Odell Rectory and George Leeke Baker (v) Charles Baker of Lincolns Inn Fields, gentleman Reciting: - X284/8/5/10-11; - X284/8/5/15-16; - the principal of 400 was still owing on X284/8/5/15-16, but the interest had been paid; - X284/8/5/18; - the principal of 300 was still owing on X284/8/5/18, but the interest had been paid; - lease and release of 17 & 18 Jun 1816, recited in X284/8/2/3; - Thomas Alston died on 31 Jan 1823, being survived by Elizabeth, his wife; - lease and release and appointment of 10 & 11 Apr 1828 between (1) Justinian Alston and Mary his wife; (2) William Brian Cooke and Thomas Reeve Thornton; (3) William Charles Kerr of Northampton, doctor in physic and George Leeke Baker in which (1) appointd (3) to replace (2) as trustees of the marriage settlement; - lease and release and appointment of 9 & 10 Apr 1830 between (1) Justinian Alston and Mary his wife; (2) William Charles Kerr and George Leeke Baker; (3) James Hodgson, gentleman; (4) Vere John Alston and George Leeke Baker; in which (1) appointed (3) to replace (2) as trustees of the marriage settlement; - (iv) had recently sold the Manor of Cowesby [Yorkshire] to George Lloyd of Kirkby Hall, Kirkby Fleetham [Yorkshire] for 22,750; - (iv) agreed with (i) to purchase the freehold of [i.e. redeem] (a)-(b) below for 570; - 400 of the 570 would be used to pay off the mortgage to William Dunbar [X284/8/5/15-16] and the remaining 170 to partly pay off the mortgage to George Leeke Baker and James Hodgson [X284/8/5/18] Operative Part: - (iv) paid 400 to (ii) and 170 to (iii) and (ii) and (iii) conveyed to (v) in trust (a)-(b) below Property: (a) allotment in Nun Meadow, Chellington of 4 acres, 3 roods, 12 perches bounded by Wallingers and by allotments to Viscount Hampden and Thomas Alston; (b) part of ancient enclosure called Wallingers containing 1 acre, 2 roods, 13 perches, with mounds and fences, and bounded by allotments to Viscount Hampden, Thomas Pinkerd and Thomas Alston (a)-(b) now occupied as one close by, successively, Robert Battams, Vere John Alston and Robert Tressler Witnesses: - Henry Frederic Alston; - Henry Frederic Alston, junior; - Cecil Tufton Phelp, Lieutenant, RN, Aberystwyth; - Robert Rathill, surgeon, Cardigan Militia, Aberystwyth; - James Michael Holdship, clerk to Baker & Hodgson; - Thomas Leach Street, clerk to Baker & Hodgson
  • Date free text
    31 Jan 1832
  • Production date
    From: 1816 To: 1832
  • Level of description
    item