Reference
Z1278/2/2/1
Title
Photocopy Conveyance
Date free text
12 Dec 1939
Production date
From: 1904 To: 1939
Scope and Content
Photocopy Conveyance
Parties:
(i) Charles Pynsent Elliott of Woburn, land agent; John Charnock Smith of Aspley Heath;
(ii) Clement James Barnwell of Theydon Avenue, Woburn Sands [Buckinghamshire]
Reciting:
- will of Charles Villiers Somerville Downes, late of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, of 1 Oct 1904 appointing his wife Catherine Elizabeth Anne Downes, his brother John Sheen Downes and his brother-in-law Colonel James Keith DSO as executors and trustees, devising residue of his real estate to them in trust to receive income and pay annuities;
- death of Charles Villiers Somerville Downes on 8 Apr 1909 and proof of his will, with a codicil of 1 Oct 1904 in Northampton DPR on 19 Jul 1909;
- death of James Keith on 5 Feb 1919;
- principal vesting deed of 21 Dec 1926 vesting all real estate in Catherine Elizabeth Anne Downes upon trusts;
- will of Catherine Elizabeth Anne Downes of 15 May 1934 appointing her cousin Harold Gurney and Charles Pynsent Elliott as executors;
- codicil to will of Catherine Elizabeth Anne Downes of 10 May 1935 revoking appointment of Harold Gurney and appointing John Charnock Smith in his place;
- death of Catherine Elizabeth Anne Downes on 20 Feb 1938 and proof of her will in Oxford DPR on 3 Jun 1938
Operative Part:
- (ii), as personal representatives of Catherine Elizabeth Anne Downes conveyed (a) to (i) for £100
Property: [as shown on included plan]
(a) two pieces of pasture of 5a 0r 30p with a frontage to Church Street and Mill Lane, Aspley Guise subject to use of the clay pit by the Rector and parishioners of Aspley Guise
Witnesses:
- William G.Haysman of Park farm Office, Woburn, Chief Clerk to Woburn Estate;
- Kate Ping of Stone Cottage, Aspley Heath, married woman
Level of description
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