Scope and Content
Item previously catalogued with five others as "Six schedules of deeds relating to Luton Brewery, all apparently different"
"Schedule of title deeds handed over to Mr.Thos Sworder on payment off of the mortgages on the Luton Brewery and Reassignment of the Business"
(a) Royal Oak, Leagrave:
- 25-26 Jan 1790: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Thomas Birchmore and Sarah, his wife; (2) Thomas Godfrey Burr;
- "and earlier deeds"
(b) Crown, Luton: [all struck through and annotated "These Deeds were handed to S&L [Sworder & Longmore] in 1878, property sold"]:
- 23 Sep 1782: indenture: (1) Lydia Hubbins; (2) Richard Guteridge;
- 29-29 Sep 1795: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Lydia Hubbins; (2) Thomas Godfrey Burr;
- 29 Sep 1795: indenture: (1) Richard Gutteridge; (2) Lydia Hubbins; (3) Thomas Godfrey Burr; (4) William Hampson;
- "number of earlier deeds"
(c) Clerk's House, Brewing yard, Luton: ["Property sold to Ransome. These old deeds of no value handed to S&L"]:
- 17-18 Aug 1801: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Stephen Spratt the elder and Sarah, his wife; (2) William Spratt and John Hill Spratt; (3) John Hill; (4) William Burr, Jonathan Burr;
- Michaelmas 42 George III: fine: (1) William Burr and Jonathan Burr; (2) Stephen Spratt the elder and Sarah, his wife, John Hill Spratt and John Hill;
- 15-16 Sep 1806: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Stephen Spratt the younger; (2) William Burr and Jonathan Burr
(d) Chequers, Caddington:
- 14-15 May 1813: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Francis Smart and Richard Markham; (2) John Bradshaw and Elizabeth, his wife, Benjamin Bradshaw and Hannah, his wife, William Smith and Ann, his wife, James Ward and Sarah, his wife and Jane Bateman; (3) William Burr and Solomon Burr;
- "number of earlier deeds"
(e) Part of Crown, Luton: [struck through and annotated: "Handed to Sworder & Longmore 1878"]:
- 26-27 Jul 1792: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Samuel Musson; (2) Joseph Stennett;
- 13-14 Oct 1813: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Joseph Stennett and Martha, his wife, Sarah Coles and Elizabeth Galloway; (2) William Burr;
- Michaelmas 54 George III: fine: (1) William Burr; (2) Joseph Stennett and Sarah, his wife, Sarah Coles and Elizabeth Galloway
(f) Half Moon, Pepperstock:
- 29 Oct 1810: office copy will of Hannah Simons;
- 6-7 May 1826: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Shadrach Godwin; (2) John Simons; (3) George Edwards;
- 11-12 May 1826: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) John Simons; (2) Francis House Kingstone;
- 13-14 Feb 1827: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) John Simons; (2) George Edwards; (3) Richard Gutteridge;
- 14 Sep 1827: indentures: (1) John Clayton and Mary, his wife; (2) George Cooper;
- 29-30 Jun 1827: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Francis House Kingston; (2) Richard Gutteridge; (3) George Hooper;
- 22 May 1828: deed poll of George Brown with office extract letters of administration of Hannah Simons 3 Apr 1827;
- 22 May 1828: deed poll of George Hooper;
- 24 May 1828: apportionment and feoffment: (1) John Simons; (2) Richard Gutteridge and Jane, his wife; (3) George Hooper; (4) William Burr; (5) John Samuel Hay; (6) William Minshall;
- 29-30 Jun 1830: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) George Hooper; (2) Elizabeth Burr and Thomas Burr;
- "number of earlier deeds"
(g) Rising Sun, Caddington:
- 2-3 Jun 1837: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) William Thorogood; (2) Frederick Burr; (3) Charles Burr; (4) Rev.Thomas Sikes;
(h) Plough, Caddington
- 18-19 Jun 1840: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) William Thorogood; (2) Frederick Burr; (3) Charles Burr; (4) Rev.Thomas Sikes
"As to all the foregoing premises"
- 12-13 Feb 1841: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Frederick Burr and Charles Burr; (2) Smyth Churchill
(i) Robin Hood, Luton:
- 21 May 1841: indenture: (1) John Chase; (2) James Musson; (3) Frederick Chase;
- 2-3 Jul 1831: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) James Musson; (2) John Chase;
- 25 Oct 1842: indenture: (1) John Chase; (2) James Musson; (3) Frederick Burr; (4) Charles Burr; (5) William Senhouse
(j) Bull, Houghton Regis:
- 27 Nov 1845: indenture: (1) Edward Burr; (2) Frederick Burr and Charles Burr
(k) Sun, Luton:
- 23 Apr 1834: indenture: (1) John Barrett; (2) Richard Brown; (3) William Cotching;
- 26 Feb 1844: indenture: (1) Richard Brown; (2) Francis Chase, Emma Chase and Frederick Chase; (3) Joseph Holden Turner and Robert Jennings Crosse;
- 24 Jun 1845: indenture: (1) Richard Brwn; (2) Frederick Chase; (3) Frederick Augustus Knight;
- 31 Dec 1847: indenture: (1) Joseph Holden Turner and Robert Jennings Crosse; (2) Edward Chase; (3) Frederick Chase; (4) George Bailey;
- 1 Nov 1850: indenture: (1) Frederick Chase; (2) Frederick Burr
(l) Boot, Aley Green (copyhold): [crossed out and annotated: "handed to Sworder & Longmore 1878"]:
- 28 Aug 1829: steward's copy admission of William Adams;
- 19 Oct 1850: indenture: (1) William Adams; (2) Frederick Burr;
- 18 Dec 1850: steward's copy admission of Frederick Burr
(m) Part of Robin Hood, Luton:
- 21 May 1841: indenture: (1) John Chase; (2) John Parkins; (3) Francis Chase;
- 26 Oct 1841: indenture: (1) John Parkins; (2) John James Johnson;
- 3 May 1851: indenture: (1) John Parkins; (2) John James Johnson; (3) Frederick Burr
(n) private house, late Windsor Castle, Luton:
- 20 Aug 1844: indenture: (1) Marquis of Bute; (2) James Hopkins; (3) James Hawkes;
- 5 Sep 1844: indenture: (1) James Hopkins; (2) Richard Gutteridge; (3) Daniel Gutteridge;
- 12 Feb 1852: indenture: (1) James Hopkins; (2) Richard and Daniel Gutteridge; (3) Frederick Burr;
- 31 Aug 1857: indenture: (1) Richard Gutteridge and Daniel Gutteridge; (2) Edward Burr and Richard Hatley Crabb
(o) house, formerly Greyhound, Toddington:
- 16 Feb 1852: indenture: (1) John Freeman and Mary, his wife; (2) Ann Osborn; (3) Frederick Burr
(p) residue of Roebuck, Luton [annotated "Windsor Castle formerly the Roebuck as to part. these deeds were retained by Messrs Burr & Crabb Trustees of Fredk Burr's will and covenanted to be produced by Indre of 26th Decr 1869"]:
- 4-5 Feb 1834: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) John Chase; (2) Frederick Burr
(q) Foresters Arms, Luton:
- 6 Jul 1844: indenture: (1) Marquis of Bute; (2) John Parker; (3) Joseph Everitt;
- 15 Jul 1844: indenture: (1) John Parkins; (2) John Bailey; (3) John Chalkley;
- 22 Jul 1844: indenture: (1) John Bailey; (2) Edward Snell;
- 16 Dec 1850: indenture: (1) Edward Snell; (2) John Bailey; (3) William Burr;
- 24 Jun 1852: indenture: (1) William Brown; (2) John Bailey; 3x Frederick Burr
(r) New Crown, Dunstable (Borough Arms):
- 29 Dec 1851: indenture: (1) Edward Burr; (2) Frederick Burr;
- 18 Jan 1853: indenture: (1) Edward Burr; (2) Frederick Burr;
- 5 Jan 1853: indenture: (1) Frederick Burr; (2) Henry Lockhart
(s) Red Lion, Kensworth:
- 17-18 Mar 1809: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) William Roberts; (2) Richard Roberts;
- 21 Mar 1809: indenture: (1) Richard Roberts; (2) Abraham Fossey; "and mortgage & bond";
- 29-30 Sep 1837: Conveyance by Lease & Release: (1) Richard Roberts; (2) Abraham Fossey the elder; (3) Thomas Jones;
- 15 Aug 1853: indenture: (1) Thomas Jones; (2) George Collins; (3) Frederick Burr
(t) Wellington Arms, Luton:
- 26 Dec 1842: indenture: (1) Marquis of Bute; (2) John Abbott; (3) John Inwards;
- 14 Feb 1843: indenture: (1) John Abbott; (2) Elizabeth Abbott;
- 3 Aug 1843: indenture: (1) Marquis of Bute; (2) John Abbott; (3) John Inwards;
- 15 Sep 1843: indenture: (1) Elizabeth Coote; (2) John Abbott;
- 1 May 1844: indenture: (1) John Abbott; (2) Edmund Waller;
- 4 Aug 1845: indenture: James Waller and William Webb; (2) John Abbott; (3) Francis Piggot;
- 23 Dec 1846: indenture: (1) John Abbott; (2) Francis Piggott; (3) Frederick Burr
- "In hands of Messrs Burr & Crabb Trustees of Fdk Burr's Marriage Settlement";
- 1 Oct 1862: deed of composition: (1) Thomas Sworder; (2) his creditors;
- 1 Oct 1862: deed or arrangement and trust: (1) Thomas Sworder of Luton; William Anstee, John Cook and Benjamin Bennett the younger;
- 1 Oct 1862: lease of several public houses: (1) Thomas Sworder; (2) William Anstee, John Cook and Benjamin Bennett;
- 1 Oct 1862: lease and counterpart of Bedford Road Brewery and other hereditaments in Luton: (1) Henry Vyse, Thomas Foster, Edmund Waller Vyse and Thomas Sworder of Hertford; (2) William Anstee, John Cook and Benjamin Bennett;
- 19 Nov 1862: lease of public houses in Luton and elsewhere: (1) Edward Burr and Richard Hatley Crabb; (2) Thomas Sworder of Hertford; (3) William Anstee, John Cook and Benjamin Bennett;
- 29 Jan 1878: agreement: (1) Thomas Sworder; (2) William Anstee and Benjamin Bennett;
- 4 Jul 1889: reassignment and release: (1) William Anstee and Benjamin Bennett; (2) William Anstee, Benjamin Bennett and John Kinder; (3) Benjamin Bennett; (4) William Anstee; (5) William Tait and Adam Tait; (6) John Cook and William Tait; (7) Thomas Sworder
(u) Antelope, Luton:
- 25 Oct 1851: conveyance: (1) Frederick Burr; (2) Joseph Keeling;
- 25 Oct 1851: conveyance: (1) Frederick Burr; (2) George Hayward; (3) William Tranter;
- 12 Jun 1852: conveyance: (1) Joseph Keeling; (2) George Hayward;
- 21 Aug 1852: Mortgage: (1) George Hayward; (2) Thomas Sworder;
- 19 Feb 1853: reconveyance: (1) Thomas Sworder; (2) George Hayward;
- 19 Feb 1853: Mortgage: (1) George Hayward; (2) Henry Gates;
- 19 May 1855: transfer of Mortgage and further advance: (1) George Hayward; (2) Henry Gates; (3) George Woodward, James Malden and Thomas Maulden;
- 31 May 1855: Mortgage: (1) George Hayward; (2) Samuel Joseph Carter;
- 12 Nov 1857: assignment for the benefit of creditors: (1) George Hayward; (2) George Bowers; (3) Robert Smith, Charles Liddon Hayward and William Barnett;
- 29 Nov 1859: transfer and assigment of Mortgage: (1) Samuel Joseph Carter; (2) Levi Cornwall;
- 11 Aug 1863: reconveyance: (1) George Woodward, James Maulden, Thomas Maulden: (2) Levi Cornwall; (3) Robert Smith, Charles Liddon Hayward and William Barnett;
- 18 Feb 1867: certificate of death of George Hayward;
- 18 Feb 1867: conveyance: (1) Robert Smith, Charles Liddon Hayward and William Barnett; (2) Thomas Sworder;
- 19 Feb 1867: Mortgage: (1) Thomas Sworder; (2) William Anstee, John Cook and Benjamin Bennett;
- 4 Jul 1889: reconveyance: (1) William Anstee and Benjamin Bennett; (2) Thomas Sworder
(v) Green Man, Chalk Hill:
- 6 Feb 1844: conveyance: (1) Edward Burr; (2) Frederick Byrr and Charles Burr; (3) William Senhouse Gaitskell;
- 18 Oct 1852: conveyance: (1) Frederick Burr; (2) Thomas Sworder and Robert Sworder;
- 6 Nov 1855: conveyance: (1) Robert Sworder; (2) Thomas Sworder;
- 10 May 1864: Mortgage: (1) Thomas Sworder; (2) William Anstee, John Cook and Benjamin Bennett;
- "some earlier titles";
- 4 Jul 1889: reconveyance: (1) William Anstee and Benjamin Bennett; (2) Thomas Sworder
(w) Tower Hill messuage [Luton?]
- "early deeds and documents";
- 8 Aug 1805: Conveyance by Lease & Release: Rev.Richard Lucas and Elizabeth, his wife; (2) Charles Butcher, Edward Barnett and Sarah, his wife and James Poole and Anne, his wife; (3) William Gray and Thomas Laidlaw;
- 6 Mar 1845: Mortgage: (1) Robert Todd and Elizabeth, his wife; (2) John Gray;
- 1 Jan 1846: reconveyance: (1) John Gray; (2) Robert and Elizabeth Todd;
- 2 Jan 1846: conveyance and release: (1) John Clarke and Mary, his wife; (2) John Gray;
- 2 Jan 1846: conveyance: (1) Robert Todd and Elizabeth, his wife; (2) John Gray;
- 13 Jul 1846: Mortgage: (1) John Gray; (2) John Anstee;
- 7 Mar 1850: conveyance: (1) Thomas Hyde; (2) Sophia Gray, George Gray, William Gray and Mary Gray; (3) John Anstee; (4) William Hunt;
- 7 Mar 1850: indemnity: (1) Sophia Gray, George Gray, William Gray and Mary Gray; (2) John Anstee;
- 18 Jul 1854: conveyance: (1) Thomas Hyde; (2) Sophia Gray, George Gray, William gray, Francis Hawks and Mary, his wife; (3) John Anstee; (4): Alfred Anstee;
- 20 Jul 1854: office copy acknowledgement;
- 28 Mar 1855: conveyance: (1) John Anstee; (2) Thomas Sworder
(x) Eagle and two messuages [Luton?]:
- 26 Nov 1847: conveyance: (1) E.J.Beale; (2) Samuel Burgess; (3) William Alfred Jonathan Southam;
- 8 Jul 1848: conveyance: (1) Samuel Burgess; (2) John Jackson; (3) William Bartholemew;
- 16 Nov 1849: conveyance: (1) John Jackson; (2) Charles Lowen; (3) John Gray; (4) George Gregory;
- 14 Feb 1851: memorandum of agreement: (1) John Gray; (2) Thomas Hurry Riches;
- 22 Dec 1854: release: (1) John Gray; (2) Thomas Sworder
(w) and (x):
- 1 Apr 1855: Mortgage: (1) Thomas Sworder; (2) John Anstee;
- 29 Nov 1880: Mortgage: (1) Thomas Sworder; (2) William Anstee;
- 4 Jul 1889: transfer of mortgage: (1) William Anstee, Benjamin Bennett and John Kinder; (2) William Anstee; (3) Sir George Bourchier and Charles Ellon Longmore
(y) Melson Arms, Luton:
- 31 Dec 1863: conveyance: (1) John Barritt Melson and Rev.John Barnes; (2) Charles Lawford;
- 18 Jul 1864: Mortgage: (1) Charles Lawford; (2) John Anstee;
- 30 Jun 1879: notice of conveyance of equity of redemption;
- 4 Jul 1889: transfer: (1) William Anstee, Benjamin Bennett and John Kinder; (2) Sir George Bourchier and C.E.Longmore
(z) private house, formerly Duke of York:
- "The deeds relating to this were retained by Messrs Burr & Crabb and covenanted to be produced by Indre of 26th Decr 1860"
(aa) Cross Keys, Luton:
- "earlier deeds and documents of title";
- 30 Sep 1861: conveyance: Richard How; (2) Charles Addington Austin; (3) William Young, Richard Young, Thomas Young, Amos Young, Matthew Young; (4) Thomas Deacon; (5) Robert How;
- 5 Oct 1861: Mortgage: (1) Thomas Deacon; (2) Frances Mortlock;
- 5 Apr 1875: transfer of mortgage: (1) John Mitchell Howard, John Dent Goodman, Richard Thomas Cook; (2) Sarah Deacon, William Deacon and Alfred Deacon; (3) Robert Smith;
- 1879: abstract of title;
- 5 Jan 1880: conveyance: (1) Joseph Smith, Henry Piggott Newland; (2) Sarah Deacon; (3) William Deacon and Alfred Deacon; (4) William Deacon, Sarah Deacon, Alfred Deacon, Matthew Timberlake and Charlotte, his wife, Annie Deacon; (5) Thomas Sworder;
- 5 Jan 1880: acknowledgement by Charlotte, the wife of Matthew Timberlake;
- 5 Jan 1880: bond by Sarah Deacon, William Deacon, Alfred Deacon, Sarah Deacon, Matthew Timberlake and Charlotte, his wife and Annie Deacon to Thomas Sworder;
- 11 Mar 1880: Mortgage: (1) Thomas Sworder; (2) William Anstee and Benjamin Bennett;
- 4 Jul 1889: reconveyance: (1) William Anstee and Benjamin Bennett; (2) Thomas Sworder