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Abstract of title of Thomas Sworder to stables and premises in Gordon Street, Luton
(I) Conveyance of 31 Dec 1877
Parties:
(i) Henry Holyoak of Luton, auctioneer; William Clarke of Breache Farm, Luton, farmer;
(ii) Frederick Hurst of Upper George Street, Luton, bleacher
Reciting:
- will of Emma Gregory of Luton of 20 Jan 1871devising and bequeathing her real and personal estate to (i) upon trust for sale;
- death of Emma Gregory on 11 Oct 1874 and proof of her will in Northampton DPR on 6 Nov 1874
Operative Part:
- (i) conveyed (a) to (ii) for £230
Property [as shown on attached plan]:
(a) cottage, bleaching and dyeing premises adjoining, yard and premises in Upper George Street, Luton in occupation of Frederick Hurst; with right of Dew Drop public house to take water from pump in yard and right of way from Dew Drop through yard to Foster's Yard and right of way of (ii) through Foster's Yard
(II) Deed of Covenant of 31 Dec 1877 by Henry Fowler of Woburn, brewer to Frederick Hurst to produce deeds scheduled in the covenant [not abstracted]
(III) Mortgage by Deposit of Deeds by Frederick Hurst with London & County Banking Company Limited of 27 Aug 1884 - deeds being (I) and (II) above
(IV) of 20 Sep 1892
Parties:
(i) London County Banking Company Limited of 21 Lombard Street [City of London];
(ii) Frederick Hurst of Luton, straw plait binder (heir at law of Frederick Hurst deceased);
(iii) Thomas Sworder
Reciting:
- (III);
- the bank had demanded monies secured by (III) be paid but no such payment was ever made;
- death of Frederick Hurst on 24 May 1889
Operative Part:
- (iii) paid £79/10/- to (i);
- (iii) paid 10/- to (ii);
- (i) conveyed and (ii) confirmed (a) to (iii)
Property:
(a) cottage, bleaching and dyeing premises adjoining, yard and premises in Upper George Street, Luton in occupation of Frederick Hurst; and right of way of (iii) through Foster's Yard
Executed by (i)'s joint general managers William Howard, James Gray and Josiah Blaylock James
Indorsed memorandum that part of (a), forming the garden of the Dew Drop was conveyed to John Hill of Luton on 26 Mar 1897
(V) Conveyance of 28 Jan 1888
Parties:
(i) Maria Louise Welch of West Croft, Kingston Hill [Surrey], widow; John Welch of Sussex Place, Regents Park [London], merchant; Alfred Phippen Welch of Stanmore [Middlesex]; Charles Edward Gaselee of 90 Lower Thames Street, London (executors and trustees of John Davis Welch, late of Gutter Lane, Cheapside [City of London] and Luton, straw hat merchant and manufacturer, deceased);
(ii) Alfred Wood Welch of East Castle Street, Bridgnorth [Shropshire];
(iii) John Welch;
(iv) Henry Cumberland Brown of Luton, gentleman;
(v) Alfred Phippen Welch
Reciting:
- indentures of 1st and 2nd part of 2nd schedule;
- since the two indentures the land coloured yellow in an accompanying plan [NE corner of Gordon Street and Upper George Street and north side of Upper George Street bordering a passage to west] had been sold to John Hill and J.Webdale respectively;
- indenture of 30 Jul 1860 in which (1) John Welch (since deceased) conveyed to his sons (2) John Davis Welch and Alfred Phippen Welch the property conveyed in the indentures in the second schedule;
- in 1871 John Welch, son of John Davis Welch, was admitted into partnership by his father and Alfred Phippen Welch but no partnership deed or conveyance was ever executed;
- in 1874 Alfred Wood Welch, son of Alfred Phippen Welch, was admitted into partnership by his father and John Davis Welch but no partnership deed or conveyance was ever executed;
- in 1876 Alfred Wood Welch retired from the partnership but no deed of dissolution was ever executed;
- will of John Davis Welch of 26 Oct 1875 appointing (i) as his executors and trustees and devising and bequeathing all his real and personal estate to them upon trusts;
- death of John Davis Welch on 7 Apr 1880;
- proof of will of John Davis Welch on 30 Apr 1880 in PPR;
- the amount of share of John Davis Welch in the partnership at the time of his death had been settled and that remaining unpaid secured to (i);
- an adjustment had lately been made between (v) and (iii) "in reference to matters of business in which they are jointly interested" under which it was arranged that (v) should be entitled to (a) for his own use and benefit
Operative Part:
- (i) conveyed title to (a) under the will of John Davis Welch to (iv)
Property:
(a) plots of land described in parts 1 and 2 of 1st Schedule other than the portions conveyed to John Hill and J.Webdale
Habendum
- to (iv) to use of (v) with the intent that (v) should hold (a) discharged from all claims of (i)-(iii)
1st Schedule [as in attached plan]
1st Part - land on which a dwellinghouse, cottages, warehouse, bleach house had formerly been erected on NE side of Upper George Street, Luton partly fronting onto the road conveyed to John Welch, John Davis Welch and Alfred Phippen Welch trading as Welch & Sons by indenture in 1st part of 2nd Schedule;
2nd Part - land of 0a 3r 1p with messuage, stable and tenement having been erected thereon on NE side of Upper George Street adjoining premises in 1st Part and conveyed to Welch & Sons by indenture in 2nd part of 2nd Schedule
2nd Schedule
1st part - conveyance of 29 Apr 1857 from (1) John Jones to (2) John Welch, John Davis Welch and Alfred Phippen Welch trading as Welch & Sons
2nd part - conveyance of 29 Apr 1857 from (1) Richard Lloyd Jones to (2) John Welch, John Davis Welch and Alfred Phippen Welch trading as Welch & Sons
(VI) Indenture of 6 Oct 1884
Parties:
(i) Charles Inwards of Luton, professor of music;
(ii) Ann Batteson Inwards, wife of (i);
(iii) Alfred Phippen Welch
Reciting:
- indenture of 23 Jun 1862 between (1) George Sole and (2) Mary Anstee…[the abstracted indenture is crossed out and the remaining page(s) not included, however the following schedule is included
Schedule
- 21 Jun 1862 - indenture (1) George Bailey and John Cumberland; (2) Henry Tomson, Henry Gates, Henry Scarborough and Edmund Holt; (3) George Sole;
- 23 Jun 1862 - indenture above;
- 10 Oct 1869 "hereinbefore recited indenture" [not recited]
Endorsement on rear - memorandum of indenture of 28 Nov 1885 between (1) Alfred Phippen Welch, (2) Joseph Smith of Dunstable, shoemaker and (3) Charles Bowler of Manchester Street, Luton, tailor in which a portion of premises with a frontage of 16 feet 9 inches to Manchester Street and a return of 64 feet 9 inches to a newly laid out street called Gordon Street was conveyed to (3) and (1) acknowledged right of (2) to production of the deed
(VII) Conveyance of 14 Sep 1888
Parties:
(i) Alfred Phippen Welch;
(ii) Thomas Sworder
Operative Part:
- (i) conveyed (a) to (ii) for £294
Property:
(a) land on SE side of a new street called Gordon Street, Luton, bounded NW by Gordon Street, with a frontage of 84 feet, SW by land of John Hill measuring 25 feet 6 inches, SE by premises of Thomas Sworder, Hurst and Charles Inwards measuring, in a zigzag line 79 feet and NE by other land of (i) not intended to be conveyed measuring 35 feet
Acknowledgement to (ii) of right of production of scheduled deeds
Schedule
- 29 Apr 1857;
- 22 May 1857;
- 30 Jul 1860;
- 25 Jan 1888;
- 6 Oct 1884