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Abstract of Edward Leonard Welstead and trustees to land in Keysoe [abstracted by Wade Gery & Brackenbury of St.neots, solicitors] (I) will of 8 May 1857 of Benjamin Welstead of Kimbolton [Huntingdonshire], esquire: - all real estate in Great and Little Catworth, Molesworth and Keyston [all Huntingdonshire], Raunds and Hargrave [both Northamptonshire], Little Staughton and Keysoe to use of George William Rowley of The Priory, St.Neots [Huntingdonshire], esquire, George Dawson Rowley, his eldest son and Benjamin Aislabie Green of St.Ives [Huntingdonshire], solicitor for 100 years in trust to use of testator's ldest son John Richards Welstead for life, to use of his sons for ever; - lawful for John Richards Welstead to charge property with sum not exceeding 800 per year to any woman he might marry as a portion; - lawful for John Richards Welstead to charge the property with portions for children - 5,000 for one child, 7,500 for two and 10,000 for three or more with interest at 4% per annum; - trustees to raise 350 per annum from property as annuity to testator's widow Mary Welstead; (II) codicil of 11 Mar 1858 to (I) not affecting the land (III) death of Benjamin Welstead on 14 Mar 1858 (IV) will and codicil of Benjamin Welstead proved in PPR on 30 Sep 1858 (V) death of Benjamin Aislabie Green on 16 Apr 1860 and his burial at St.Ives (VI) marriage settlement of 18 Mar 1861 Parties: (1) John Richards Welstead of KImbolton, esquire; (2) Brenda Fanny Wyatt of St.Helier [Jersey], spinster; (3) Alexander Henry Louis Wyatt of 11th Regiment of Foot, colonel; George Richards Welstead of Stonely Hall, KImbolton, esquire; (4) William Ker Park of 16th Lancers, doctor of medicine; Arthur Henry Welstead of Farcombe Lodge [Hampshire], esquire Operative Part: - (1) granted a rentcharge of 800 to use of (2) if she survived him; - (1) demised (a), amongst others, to (3) for 300 years (subject to term of 100 years in (I)) upon death of (1) in trust for person receiving the annuity of 800; - (1) charged to (2) for raising portions for any children of (1) and (2) other than eldest or only son or daughter in sums of 5,000, 7,500 or 10,000 as in (I); - (1) appointed (a), amongst others, to (4) for 1,000 years to secure the portions for the children Property: (a) farm in Keysoe purchased by Benjamin Welstead from Thomas Sturgess on 1 & 2 Apr 1819 in occupation of William Wilkinson at total rent of 32/10/- (VII) death of John Richards Welstead on 15 Dec 1873 and burial at Tilbrook, leaving his wife (later remarrying as Brenda Fanny Browne) and four children, the eldest son being Edward Leonard Welstead, born Aug 1862 (VIII) replacement of 15 Jul 1873 of George Dawson Rowley as trustee of (I) by George Richards Welstead (IX) replacement of 17 Dec 1878 of George William Rowley (who had died on 21 Nov 1878) by Charles Marion Welstead of Wallington, near Battle [Sussex], esquire and Henry Richard Woodhouse of 7 Stone Buildings, Lincolns Inn [Middlesex], barrister at law as trustees of (I) (X) appointment of 24 Mar 1883 by Brenda Fanny Browne (now wife of Thomas Henry Browne of Kimbolton) of George Richards Welstead, Charles Marion Welstead and Henry Richard Woodhouse to replace William Ker Park (died on Jersey on 23 Nov 1864) and Arthur Henry Welstead (died 28 Jul 1879) as trustees for 1,000 to secure portions for her children under (VI) (XI) conveyance of 17 Aug 1883 from Edward Leonard Welstead of Kimbolton to William Barrott Montfort Bird of 5 Grays Inn Square [Middlesex], gentleman to bar his estate in tail in all lands he inherited from Benjamin Welstead (XII) marriage settlement of 17 Oct 1883 Parties: (1) Edward Leonard Welstead; (2) Ethel Mary Bell of Brington [Huntingdonshire], spinster; (3) William Francis Bond Jemmett of Ashford [Kent], banker; Edward Milner of New Cavendish Street [Middlesex], surgeon; William Barrott Montfort Bird Reciting: - (1) and (2) were to marry; - (1)'s property was subject to a rentcharge of 800 per annum to his mother and 10,000 for the benefit of his younger brothers and sisters with interest at 4% per annum Operative Part: - (1), with consent of (2) conveyed his mansion house in Kimbolton called Kimbolton House and his other lands in Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshie and Northamptonshire and including (a), to (3) Property: (a) 33 acres of land, house, barn, yard and stable in Keysoe purchased from W.Freeman's trustee and let to Mr.Wilkerson as tenant at annual rent of 32/10/- Habendum: - to (3); to use of (1) before the marriage; to use of (1) and (2), with (2) to receive a yearly rentcharge of 600 for her sole use after the marriage; to use of (1) for life (XIII) Mortgage in which Arthur Basil Markham of The Coplow, Billesden [Leicestershire] lent 1,000 to Edward Leonard Welstead at 5% interest per annum secured on all his real estate, with proviso that repayment of the principal should not be required within five years following the death of Brenda Fanny Browne, mother of Edward Leonard Welstead (XIV) indenture of 8 Oct 1890 in which Brenda Fanny Browne replaced Alexander Henry Louis Wyatt (who had died on 3 Nov 1876) and George Richards Welstead (who had died on 4 May 1887) as trustees for 300 years in (VI) with Henry Trafford of Stowell Park, Marlborough [Wiltshire], esquire and William Barrott Montfort Bird (XV) mortgage of 19 Nov 1890 Parties: (1) Charles Marion Welstead and Henry Richard Woodhouse; (2) Henry Trafford and William Barrott Montfort Bird; (3) Brenda Fanny Browne; (4) Richard Park Welstead of Beaconsfield, near Kimberley [South Africa], esquire, Mary Louise Agnes Caroline Markham, wife of Arthur Basil Markham and Julia Welstead of La Maison Blanche, Dinan [France], spinster; (5) Edward Leonard Welstead; (6) Mary Earp of Wolverhampton [Staffordshire], widow and John Lycett of Wolverhampton, medical doctor, surviving trustees of will of Henry Smith Earp, deceased Reciting: - children of John Richards Welstead and Brenda Fanny Browne were: Edward Leonard Welstead, eldest son, Richard Park Welstead, Mary Louise Agnes Caroline Markham (nee Welstead) and Julia Welstead; - Mary Welstead, grandmother of the four children, had died on 25 Aug 1873 and their mother had married Thomas Henry Browne on 16 Dec 1880 without a marriage settlement; Mary Louise Agnes Caroline Welstead had married Arthur Basil Markham on 31 Jan 1889 without a marriage settlement; - (5) was tenant for life of various properties and wished to raise portions amounting to 10,000 payable to his siblings, with 200 for expenses; - (6) were involved in a case in Chancery being Earp v.Earp of 1891 and Mr.Justice Stirling on 27 Feb 1890 had agreed that the lands of (5) in Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire and Bedfordshire were sufficient security for a loan of 10,200 Operative Part: - (6) lent 10,200 to (5) via a mortgage by demise for 1,000 years secured on lands of (5) including 31 acres in Keysoe purchased on 2 Apr 1919 from Thomas Sturgess and rented to Charles King for 25 per annum (XVI) Mortgage of 19 Nov 1890 Parties: (1) Charles Marion Welstead and Henry Richard Woodhouse; (2) Henry Trafford and William Barrott Montfort Bird; (3) Brenda Fanny Browne and Thomas Henry Browne; (4) Richard Park Welstead, Mary Louise Agnes Caroline Markham and Julia Welstead; (5) Edward Leonard Welstead; (6) William Barrott Montfort Bird Reciting: - marriage settlement of 31 Jan 1889 between (1) Mary Louise Agnes Caroline Welstead; (2) Arthur Basil Markham; (3) Richard Park Welstead, Charles Paxton Markham, William Barrott Montfort Bird in which it was agreed that 3,000, part of (1)'s portion of 3,333/6/8 would be paid to (3) in trust for (1); - 10,000 raised in (XV) had been paid between Richard Park Welstead, Mary Louise Agnes Caroline Markham and Julia Welstead; - interest payments had fallen into arrears since death of John Richards Welstead which now stood at 1,500 with an additional 45 in costs needed to raise them Operative Part: - (6) lent 545 to (5) secured on his properties by mortgage by demise for 1,000 years at 5% interest per annum (XVII) Mortgage of 4 Feb 1894 Parties: (1) Edward Leonard Welstead; (2) Henry Trafford Rawson of Roche Court, near Salisbury [Wiltshire], colonel in 3rd West Yorkshire Militia Operative Part: - (2) lent 1,250 to (1) secured on all his lands by mortgage by demise for 100 years with proviso that the principal would not be requested within 5 years of the death of Brenda Fanny Browne (XVIII) assignment of mortgage of 19 May 1894 Parties: (1) William Barrott Montfort Bird; (2) Richard Park Welstead and Julia Trafford Rawson, wife of Henry Trafford Rawson Operative Part: - (2) paid 1,545 to (1); - (1) assigned mortgage at (XVI) to (2) (XIX) Assignment Parties: (1) Edward Leonard Welstead; (2) Mildred Alice Browne, wife of Frederick George Francis Browne of 11 Watts Avenue, Rochester [Kent], captain in the army Reciting: - bond of 23 Jul 1886 by Edward Leonard Welstead binding himself to (2) [then Mildred Alice Bell) to repay 1,000 at 5% interest and agreeing to assign her his interest in his various properties, but no such assignment had occurred Operative Part: - (1) covenanted to repay 1,000 with interest at 3.5% interest to (2) secured on his various estates which he assigned to her (XX) Transfer of Mortgage at (XV) from Mary Earp and John Lycett to Mary Earp, John Lycett, Charles Henry Bramley Firth of Ashwicke Hall, Marshfield [Gloucestershire] and Hugh Louis Heber Percy of Purslow Hall, Ashton on Clun [Shropshire] (XXI) death of Brenda Fanny Browne on 24 Oct 1904 (XXII) payment of estate duty of Brenda Fanny Browne in Dec 1906 (XXIII) Surrender on redemption of mortgage by John Lycett, Charles Henry Bramley Firth and Hugh Louis Heber Percy to Edward Leonard Welstead of his various estates on repayment of 10,200 (XXIV) Receipt of 1912 by Julia Trafford Rawson and Richard Park Welstead for 1,545 repaid them by Edward Leonard Welstead of Stonely, Kimbolton

1912

From: 1857 To: 1912

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Welstead, Edward Leonard,
Wade Gery & Brackenbury,
Welstead, Benjamin,
Rowley, George William,
Rowley, George Dawson,
Green, Benjamin Aislabie,
Welstead, John Richard,
Welstead, Mary,
Wyatt, Brenda Fanny,
Welstead, Brenda Fanny,
Browne, Brenda Fanny,
Wyatt, Alexander Henry Louis,
Welstead, George Richards,
Park, William Ker,
Welstead, Arthur Henry,
Sturgess, Thomas,
Welstead, Charles Marion,
Woodhouse, Henry Richard,
Browne, Thomas Henry,
Bird, William Barrott Montfort,
Bell, Ethel Mary,
Welstead, Ethel Mary,
Jemmett, William Francis Bond,
Milner, Edward,
Freeman, W,
Wilkerson,
Wilkinson, William,
Markham, Arthur Basil,
Trafford, Henry,
Welstead, Richard Park,
Markham, Mary Louise Agnes Caroline,
Welstead, Mary Louise Agnes Caroline,
Welstead, Julia,
Earp, Mary,
Lycett, John,
Earp, Henry Smith,
Stirling,
King, Charles,
Markham, Charles Paxton,
Rawson, Henry Trafford,
Browne, Mildred Alice,
Bell, Mildred Alice,
Browne, Frederick George Francis,
Firth, Charles Henry Bramley,
Percy, Hugh Louis Heber

Wade Gery & Brackenbury, specific solicitors, Benjamin will: Welstead, deaths, burial, marriage settlements, general marriage, service personnel 1815-1914, doctor of medicine, annuities, barristers, banker, surgeon, Chancery, KEYSOE, Great Catworth, Little Catworth, Molesworth, Keyston, Raunds, Hargrave, LITTLE STAUGHTON, St Ives [Huntingdonshire], TILBROOK, Kimbolton House