Z1093/1/1/2

Mortgage Parties: (i) Francis Bassett of Leighton Buzzard, banker; (ii) Henry Meux Smith of Flamstead Lodge [Hertfordshire], esquire; (iii) William Cotton of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], esquire Reciting: - marriage settlement of 19 Nov 1861 between (1) Henry Meux Smith; (2) John Dorrien Magens of Park Road, Twickenham [Middlesex], esquire; (3) Mary Louisa Magens, daughter of John Dorrien Magens and Stephana Magens; (4) Richard Thomas Gilpin of The Grange, Hockliffe, MP, Colonel in Bedfordshire Militia; Sir John Montague Burgoyne of Sutton Park; Frederick Dorrien Magens of St.James' Place [Middlesex], esquire; Levett Thoroton of Leande [Carmarthen], esquire; (5) Richard Thomas Gilpin; George William Shury of George Street, Euston Square [Middlesex], gentleman, the two surviving trustees of will of Captain Henry Nealson Smith, father of Henry Meux Smith; reciting intended marriage of (1) and (3); witnessing that (4) should be trustees of 10,000 in will of Henry Nealson Smith bequeathed to benefit of Henry Meux Smith and his children in Sir Henry Meux & Company of Horse Shoe Brewery, Tottenham Court Road [Middlesex] secured by the firm's promisory note, so that interest should be paid to Henry Meux Smith upon trust for him, his wife and children; - settlement of 28 Mar 1862 between (1) Richard Thomas Gilpin; George William Shury; Sir John Montague Burgoyne; (2) Henry Meux Smith in which (1) took possession of 11,000 secured by bond of Sir Henry Meux & Company together with interest in trust to pay interest to (1), remainder to his wife, subject to payment of 50 annuity to Elia du Boscq de Beaumont with option to advance up to 1,000 from the 11,000 to Henry Meux Smith provided to take out a life assurance policy for the same amount, to be invested in the name of the settlement; - 1,000 paid to Henry Meux Smith as in Z1093/1/1; - on 23 Jul 1863 Henry Meux Smith was declared bankrupt and on 11 Aug 1863 his creditors chose Francis Bassett assignee of Henry Meux Smith's estate; - Francis Bassett, as assignee, was entitled to several Law Life Insurance Society London assurance policies on Henry Meux Smith of 7 Jun 1860 (16916) for 800 and 8 Apr 1861 (17158) for 1,000 and Economic Life Assurance Society policy of 25 Sep 1863 (16103) for 3,200 Operative Part: - (iii) lent 4,000 to (i) on security of 10,000 in settlement of 1861 and 10,000 remaining from settlement of 1862 in Sir Henry Meux & Company and the three assurance policies noted above Witnesses: - Francis Ward, clerk to Hunter, Gwatkin & Hunter, solicitors, of 9 Lincolns Inn; - John Watney, solicitor of 16 Loudon Street, Fenchurch Street, London Memoranda: - assignment of 12 Sep 1865 between (1) Henry Cotton of Dorset Place, Dorset Square [Middlesex], esquire; Edward Browne of Oaklands, St.Albans, esquire; Frederick Gwatkin of Lincolns Inn, solicitor; (2) Frederick Gwatkin; Thomas Kiernan of East India United Service Club, St.James' Square [Westminster], esquire, retired major in Madras Army; reciting will of William Cotton of 6 Sep 1864 appointing (1) executors and trustees and bequeathing 4,000 to (1) in trust for his great niece Emma Stapleton, her husband Major George James Stapleton and their children, specifying that the 4,000 lent to Francis Bassett should be that bequeathed; death of William Cotton on 17 Jun 1865 and proof of his will in PPR on 13 Jul 1865; Henry Cotton replaced as trustee, at his own request, by Thomas Kiernan; witnessing assignment of 10,000 and 3 assurance policies from (1) to (2); witnessed by Richard P.Thompson of Trinity College, Cambridge and Charles Whitby, clerk to Hunter Gwatkin & Hunter; - assignment of 4 Aug 1874 between from (1) Thomas Kiernan to (2) Thomas Kiernan and Arthur John Campbell Gwatkin of 9 New Square, Lincolns Inn reciting death of Thomas Gwatkin on 17 Nov 1873; witnessed by E.C.Haynes of Lincolns Inn - payment of claim on policies 16916 and 17158 on 18 Dec 1882 and of payment of claim on Economic Life Office policy; - note that document was D in affidavit of John Hunter in Chancery case of Cotton v.Gilpin 16 Jan 1864

25 Nov 1863

From: 1861 To: 1882

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Bassett, Francis,
Cotton, William,
Magens, John Dorrien,
Magens, Mary Louisa,
Smith, Mary Louisa,
Magens, Stephana,
Gilpin, Richard Thomas,
Burgoyne, John Montague,
Magens, Frederick Dorrien,
Thoroton, Levett,
Shury, George William,
Smith, Henry Nealson,
Sir Henry Meux & Company,
Beaumont, Elia du Boscq de,
Law Life Assurance Office,
Ward, Francis,
Hunter, Gwatkin & Hunter,
Watney, John,
Cotton, Henry,
Browne, Edward,
Gwatkin, Frederick,
Kiernan, Thomas,
Stapleton, Emma,
Stapleton, George James,
Thompson, Richard P.,
Whitby, Charles,
Gwatkin, Arthur John Campbell,
Haynes, E.C.

banker, marriage settlements, MPs, militia, Sir Henry Meux & Company, brewing, Henry Nealson will: Smith, assurance, Law Life Assurance Office, specific solicitors, solicitors' clerks, Gwatkin & Hunter Hunter, Major, Cambridge Trinity College, deaths, Chancery