WL1000/1/SHEF/1/12

Conveyance: Parties: (i) Edward Crouch of Cainhoe, Clophill, farmer; James Crouch of Biggleswade, draper; (ii) Charles King of Shefford, brewer; (iii) John King of White Hall, Meppershall, gentleman Reciting: - will of 2 Oct 1839 Thomas Inskip of Shefford, watch and clock maker giving all real and personal estate to William Freshwater, George Honeybone Field and George Crouch in trust for the benefit of his wife, after her death or remarriage in trust for sale; - death of Thomas Inskip on 2 Sep 1849; - proof of will of Thomas Inskip on 8 Feb 1850 in Archdeaconry Court of Bedford and PPR on 12 Nov 1874; - George Honeybone Field died on 3 Aug 1856; - William Freshwater died on 6 Jul 1859; - WL1000/1/SHEF/1/7 and conveyance of even date of land noted in WL1000/1/SHEF/1/7 to Midland Railway Company; - Isabella Inskip, widow of Thomas, died on 1 Aug 1874; - sale by auction of estate of Thomas Inskip on 2 Oct 1874 in 12 lots, (ii) being highest bidder for Lot 6; - suit in Chancery of 9 Nov 1874 by Alfred Collins and Isabella, his wife and Martha Ayres against George Crouch, Hampden Inskip and Clementia Handscombe Freshwater for appointment of new trustees of estate of Thomas Inskip; - death of George Crouch on 16 Dec 1874; - will of George Crouch of 26 Sep 1873, proved in PPR in Jan 1875 appointing nis nephews (i) as executors, devising all real estate to them opon trusts; - motion for decree in Chancery case of 17 Jul 1875 in which (i) were appointed trustees of will of Thomas Inskip and instructed to continue the sale of his estate; - (ii) had, meanwhile, subsold Lot 6 to (iii) at the original auction price Operative Part: - (i), at request of (ii), conveyed (a) to (iii) for 580 Property: (a) Palmers Close of 4a 1r 28p in Shefford bounded: S by property of (ii), Midland Railway Company and Rev.William Williamson; E by property of Rev.William Williamson and William Caton; W by property of Midland Railway Company; N by River Ivel as previously conveyed to Thomas Inskip (together with 0a 1r 1p previously sold to Midland Railway Company) in WL1000/1/SHEF/1/2 Witness: - Arthur Staunton Wade Gery of Shefford, solicitor

11 Oct 1875

From: 1839 To: 1875

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Crouch, Edward,
Crouch, James,
King, Charles,
King, John,
Inskip, Thomas,
Freshwater, William,
Field, George Honeybone,
Crouch, George,
Crouch, Edward,
Inskip, Isabella,
Midland Railway Company,
Collins, Alfred,
Collins, Isabella,
Ayres, Martha,
Inskip, Hampden,
Freshwater, Clementia Handscombe,
Williamson, William,
Caton, William,
Wade-Gery, Arthur Staunton

Midland Railway Company, 5th built railways, Thomas will: Inskip, George will: Crouch, deaths, farmer, draper, brewer, watchmaker, clockmaker, Chancery, Ivel, solicitors, Shefford fields