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Marriage Settlement Parties: (i) St.Andrew Beauchamp, Lord St.John; (ii) St.Andrew St.John, son of (i); (iii) Ellen Georgiana Senior of Drenagh [Londonderry], spinster of 19; (iv) Beauchamp Moubray St.John, second son of (i); Oliver Claude Pell of Wilburton Manor, Ely [Cambridgeshire], esquire Recitals: - impending marriage of (ii) and (iii); - marriage treaty called for (i) to secure 600 per annum to (ii) and 500 per annum to (iii) for her sole use if she survive (ii) as jointure in bar of dower and freebench; - marriage treaty called for life assurance for (ii) for 5,000 to be settled upon trusts, the policy having been taken out with Law Life Assurance Office, policy no. 18,732 of 1 Apr 1868, premium 127/14/2 per annum (to be paid by (i) until his death, then by (ii)) and assigned to (iv) in trust Operative Part: - (i) granted an annuity of 600 to (ii) charged on Grange Farm, Melchbourne and 500 to (iii) from death of (ii) also charged upon Grange Farm, Melchbourne as her jointure in bar of dower and freebench; - (i) demised Grange Farm, Melchbourne to (iv) for 99 years upon trust to pay the annuities; - (iv) stood possessed of life assurance policy on (ii) to invest the proceeds, on death of (ii), and pay interest to (iii) and, on her death, her children or, in default of issue, to use of her will Schedule: - lands etc. comprising Grange Farm, Melchbourne, in occupation of Robert Crawley, of 990a 0r 21p and 1,200 annual value, including the following field names: Chadwell; Mill Ground; Clay Furlong; Bottom Ewe Ground; Top Ewe Ground; Home Pagsden; Shelton Pagsden; Barn Pagsden; Top Ground; Milking Ground; Barn Close; Bottom Ground; Bottom Stiches; The Moors; Middle Stiches; First Stiches; Great Toft; Fourteen Acres; Bulls Close; Little Meadow; Seventeen Acres; Hand Croft; Sutton's Close; Barton's; Barton's Spinney; Sheep Hovels; Little Crow Slade; Sheep Hovel Close; Yelden Road Close; Yelden Balk Close; Cottage Field; Crow Slade; Reddle Meadow; Mill Piece; Reddle Ten Acres; Little Reddle Close; Reddle Mill Close; Great Reddle; Third Bellam; Second Bellam; First Bellam; Maseberry Bushes; Home Close; Coney Gear Witnesses: - William James Farrer of 66 Lincolns Inn Fields [London]; - James James Sluepin Memorandum: - life assurance policy amounting to 6,551 was paid on 19 Dec 1887 and invested on 3 Jan 1888, with 4,500 in 4,342/11/7 Queensland 4% stock at 103.275% and 2,046/16/- in 2,054/10/1 New South Wales 3.5% stock @ 99.275 the balance and 4/4/- in payment of costs of Farrer & Co.

24 Apr 1868

From: 1868 To: 1888

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St.John, St.Andrew,
St John, St Andrew Beauchamp,
St.John, Ellen Georgiana,
Senior, Ellen Georgiana,
St.John of Bletsoe, Beauchamp Mowbray, 17th Baron,
Pell, Oliver Claude,
Farrer, William James,
Sluepin, James,
Law Life Assurance Office,
Crawley, Robert

marriage settlements, assurance, annuities, equity investments, Melchbourne Grange Farm, Melchbourne fields, MELCHBOURNE