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Abstract of Title of Ampthill House Estates Limited to freehold property at Ampthill; abstracted by Ralph Bond & Rutherford of Norfolk Street, London
(I) Vesting Deed of 9 Jul 1927
Parties:
(i) Anthony Henry Wingfield JP DL of Ampthill House, esquire;
(ii) Anthony Edward Foulis Wingfield of Ampthill House, captain in the Army (eldest son of (i));
(iii) Alfred Ernest Hoare JP of Lelsworth Hall, Chelsworth [Suffolk]; Henry Bensley Wells of Fountain Court, Temple [City of London], barrister at law; Sir Everard Digby Pauncefort Duncombe of Brickhill Manor [Buckinghamshire]; trustees of a settlement made for the purposes of the Settled Land Act 1925
Reciting:
- intended marriage of (ii) and Margaret Brinsmade Adam of 11 Manchester Square, London;
- marriage settlement of 8 Feb 1888 between (1) Sophia Wingfield (now dead): (2) (i); (3) Julia Benyon, spinster (now dead); (4) Edward Rhys Wingfield; William Shakespeare Wilde-Pemberton; Sir John Kelly and Henry Laurence Whateley;
- deed of disentail and conveyance of 9 Jul 1927 (1) (i); (2) (ii); (3) Charles Gibbons May; vesting (a) in (1) upon trusts subject to provisions (1) and (2) should jointly appoint;
- (i) was seized of (b)
Operative Part:
- (i) declared (a)-(b) and (i) and (ii) appointed (a) to (i) upon trusts set out in trust deed of 9 Jul 1927
Property [shown on included plan]:
(a) 121.049 acres in Ampthill and Maulden described on the schedule with Ampthill House;
(b) two smaller areas of land adjoining (a)
Schedule [only partly abstracted]
- OS106 (25inch to the mile 2nd edition) - 0.296 acres - ornamental lake;
- part OS119 - 9.793 acres - Ampthill House and grounds including 9 Church Street, Ampthill;
- OS120 - 1.634 acres in Ampthill;
- OS155 - 0.500 acres of plantation in Ampthill;
- part OS159 - 35.73 acres of parkland in Ampthill;
- part OS155 - 0.146 acres of parkland in Ampthill
(II) Marriage of Anthony Edward Foulis Wingfield and Margaret Brinsmade Adam on 11 Jul 1927 at St.Margaret's, Westminster [Middlesex]
(III) Death of Alfred Ernest Hoare at 18 Sussex Square, Paddington [Middlesex] on 7 Jan 1930
(IV) Death of Sir Anthony Henry Wingfield at Ampthill House on 20 Sep 1952
(V) Probate of will of Sir Anthony Henry Wingfield on 23 Dec 1952 granted to Judge Henry Bensley Wells of Wittenham House, Little Wittenham, Abingdon [Berkshire] and Sir Everard Philip Digby Pauncefort Duncombe of Brickhill Manor
(VI) Vesting Assent of 10 Feb 1953 in which Henry Bensley Wells and Sir Everard Philip Digby Pauncefort Duncombe as trustees and personal representatives of Sir Anthony Henry Wingfield, deceased, vested land in Ampthill and Maulden, including Ampthill House and known as the Ampthill House Estate in Gervase Christopher Brinsmade Wingfield of The Old Rectory, Henstead, Beccles [Suffolk], Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Navy - with same schedule as in (I) above
(VII) Land Registry search certificates of 18 Aug 1953 and 14 Oct 1953 - no subsisting entries
(VIII) Conveyance of 15 Oct 1953
Parties:
(i) Henry Bensley Wells MBE of Whittenham House, Little Whittenham, Abingdon [Berkshire], county court judge; Sir Everard Philip Digby Pauncefort Duncombe DSO of Brickhill Manor;
(ii) Gervase Christopher Brinsmade Wingfield of The Old Rectory, Henstead, Beccles [Suffolk], Sub Lieutenant in Royal Navy;
(iii) Thomas Oakley (Luton) Limited of Beechwood Steel Works, Beechwood Road, Luton
Reciting:
- (I) above;
- (VI) above
Operative Part:
- (ii) conveyed (a) to (iii) for £16,250
Property: [as shown in included plan]
(a) land in Ampthill and Maulden with Ampthill House along with 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35 and 35a Church Street, Ampthill and known as Ampthill House Estate reserving to (ii) the right to erect or alter buildings on adjoining land of (ii)
(IX) Land Registry search of 6 Aug 1954 against Ampthill House Estates limited - no subsisting entries and Companies Registry search of the same date against Thomas Oakley (Luton) Limited - no subsisting entries
(X) Conveyance of 11 Aug 1954
Parties:
(i) Thomas Oakley (Luton) Limited;
(ii) Ampthill House Estates Limited of Arthur Street, Ampthill
Operative Part:
- (i) conveyed (a) to (ii) for £6,000
Property: [as shown on included plan]
(a) 19.808 acres of land in Ampthill, formerly forming part of Ampthill House Estate subject to Corn Rent of £7/19/- (part of Corn Rent of £20)
Covenants:
- (i) would pay Corn Rent of £12/15/- per annum (part of Corn Rent of £20);
- (ii) would pay Corn Rent of £7/19/-
Schedule:
19.808 acres comprised:
- OS120 - 1.634 acres;
- part OS119 - 7.913 acres;
- part OS155 - 0.320 acres;
- part OS159 - 9.545 acres;
- OS106 - 0.296 acres
Endorsed Memorandum showing dates of conveyances of plot numbers to individuals
(XI) Conveyance of 6 Jul 1961 by Ampthill House Estates Limited to Bedford (Ford End) Property Company Limited of 3.55 acres of land on south side of Church Street, Ampthill with dwellinghouse, office, workshop and premises
(XII) Redemption receipt of Church Commissioners of 11 Aug 1955 for £172/7/4 for redemption of £7/12/8 Corn Rent
(XIII) Memorandum of 11 Aug 1954 by Ampthill House Estates Limited that they had deposited various searches with Westminster Bank Limited
(XIV) Receipt endorsed on (XIII) that monies secured by it had been paid off
(XV) Mortgage of 10 Sep 1962
Parties:
(i) Ampthill House Estates Limited;
(ii) Victor Richard Hill of Greenacres, Aspley Guise, a director of (i);
(iii) Mortimer Estates Limited of Calverton House, 2 Harpenden Road, St.Albans [Hertfordshire]
Operative Part:
- (i) borrowed £17,000 from (iii) on surety of (ii) and security of (a)
Property: [shown on included plan]
(a) parcels of land in Ampthill conveyed in (X) above with Verne Drive, Lea Road, Brinsmade Road and Church Avenue, Ampthill
(XVI) Receipt for redemption money for (XV) of 25 Jun 1963
(XVII) Mortgage of 25 Jun 1963
Parties:
(i) Ampthill House Estates Limited
(ii) Eileen Olive Horsman of The Tea Cosy, The Square, Woburn Sands [Buckinghamshire], widow; Jean Eileen Simms of Blackwater House, 39 Flitwick Road, Ampthill, wife of Douglas Leonard Simms
Operative Part:
- (i) borrowed £10,890 from (ii) secured on (a)
Property: [shown on included plan]
(a) land bordering Verne Drive and Lea Road, Ampthill