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Abstract of Title of Thomas Sworder to Bedford Road Brewery, Crown & Anchor and Volunteer Canteen, Luton

1897

From: 1831 To: 1897

Abstract of Title of Thomas Sworder to Bedford Road Brewery, Crown & Anchor and Volunteer Canteen, Luton (I) Release and Conveyance of 3 Oct 1843 Parties: (i) John Crichton Stuart, 2nd Marquis of Bute and 7th Earl of Dumfries; (ii) John Gray of Luton, builder Reciting: - lease & release of 25/26 Apr 1831 (1) Rev.John Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln; William Stuart, esquire [trustees of marriage settlement of (ii) of 14/15 Jul 1818); (2) (i) and Maria, Marchioness of Bute and Countess of Dumfries; (3) John Gray; (4) Charles Austin in which (1) and (2) conveyed (a)-(b) to (3) with (4) as his trustee for 81 - (i) had lent (ii) 700 on mortgage; - Marchioness of Bute had died without issue, all land subject to the marriage settlement thus becoming solely vested in (i) Operative Part: - (ii) repaid 700 to (i) who conveyed (a)-(c) to (ii) Property: [as shown on accompanying plan] (a) 35 poles of ground in Luton near Red Cow, being corner of close of pasture called Lancrofts or Longcrofts bounded: W by new road from Luton to Barton-le-Clay; (b) meadow, lately part of common land called Great Moor adjoining (a) to E and containing 0a 2r 12p - (a)-(b) bounded: S by highway from Luton to Horsepool Bridges; NE by River Lea; W by new road from Luton to Barton-le-Clay; (c) Crown & Anchor with stables etc. and another messuage in occupation of (ii) recently erected (II) Release of 17 Jul 1844 Parties: (i) John Crichton Stuart, Marquis of Bute and Earl of Dumfries; (ii) John Gray of Luton, builder Operative Part: - (i) released (a) to (ii) for 5 Property: (a) 1.5 poles of land in Luton adjoining Horse Pool Bridges and extending next to River Lea NE 15 ft and NW next to land of (ii) purchased on 3 Oct 1843; 46 ft bounded S by road from Luton to Horse Pool Bridges (III) Mortgage of 15 Mar 1847 Parties: (i) John Gray of Luton, builder; (ii) Thomas Riches of Uxbridge [Middlesex], gentleman Operative Part: - (i) borrowed 2,000 at 5% interest from (ii) secured on Property: (a) 35 poles of ground in Luton near Red Cow, being corner of close of pasture called Lancrofts or Longcrofts bounded: W by new road from Luton to Barton-le-Clay; (b) meadow, lately part of common land called Great Moor adjoining (a) to E and containing 0a 2r 12p - (a)-(b) bounded: S by highway from Luton to Horsepool Bridges; NE by River Lea; W by new road from Luton to Barton-le-Clay; (c) 1.5 poles of land in Luton adjoining Horse Pool Bridges and extending next to River Lea NE 15 ft and NW next to (a)-(b) 46 ft bounded S by road from Luton to Horse Pool Bridges; (d) Crown & Anchor with stables etc. with brewhouse and malthouse and other buildings erected by (i) in occupation of John Everett (IV) Conveyance and Assignment of 31 Dec 1849 Parties: (i) John Gray; (ii) Thomas Harry Riches; (iii) John Anstee of Chalton, farmer; (iv) Lovel Smeathman of Great Missenden [Buckinghamshire], surgeon; (v) Thomas Sworder and Robert Sworder, both of Luton Reciting: - (I) above; - (III) above; - (V) above; - mortgage of 1 May 1848 in which (i) borrowed from £2,000 from (iii), as a further advance to three previous mortgages of £250, £500 and £250; - Conveyance of 25 Jan 1844 in which John Crichton Stuart, 2nd Marquis of Bute, 7th Earl of Dumfries conveyed a plot of land in Luton, formerly part of a pasture in occupation of John Jones bounded: SE by land of John Hunter; SW by part of same close of (i); NW by part of same close sold to John Cox; NE by new road called Peel Street; containing 46 perches; with right of way along new road called Wellington Street (on part of a close formerly in occupation of Francis Butterfield leading from George Street to Maze's Lane) and along Peel Street laid out on land formerly in occupation of John Jones from a lane running south into Wellington Street nearly opposite NE corner of land of Edmund Waller to (i) for £289/16/-; - statutory declaration by way of mortgage of 15 Aug 1846 in which (i) borrowed £6,000 from (iv) secured on: (a) plot of land in Luton, formerly part of a pasture in occupation of John Jones bounded: SE by land of John Hunter; SW by part of same close; NW by part of same close sold to John Cox; NE by new road called Peel Street; containing 46 perches; with right of way along Wellington Street and Peel Street; (b) six messuages erected on (a) in occupation of Harrison, Sims, Samuel Brett, John Denby and John Pedly; (c) messuage erected on (a) in occupation of Charles Squires with slaughterhouse, stable and outbuilding; - (IV) above; - mortgage of 2 Jun 1845 in which (i) borrowed a further £250 from (iii); - mortgage of 24 Jun 1845 in which the residue of a term of 1,000 years originally created by a mortgage of 29 Feb 1823 was vested in (i); - further advance of £250 from (iii) to (i) on 15 Jun 1847; - (v) had contracted to buy (a)-(g) from (i) free from all incumbrances for £3,420; - (1) had agreed with (ii)-(v) that the £3,420 should be applied as follows: £2,093 to (ii) for (IV) above; £379/10/- and two sums of £268/15/- to (iii); £410 to (iv) Operative Part: - (ii)-(iv) by direction of (i) released (a)-(g) to (v) Property: (a) land in Luton bounded: NE by piece of land retained by (i); SE by highway from Luton to Horse Pool Bridges; W by new road from Luton to Barton-le-Cley; NE by SE bank of River Lea; (b) brewhouse, malthouse and othet buildings eretced on (a) by (i); (c) Crown & Anchor public house built by (i) on another part of (a), in occupation of Joseph Everitt; (d) Bute Arms, Peel Street, in occupation of Herbert Harrison; (e) Boot beershop, Burr Street in occupation of Thomas Bates; (f) tenement formerly occupied as two cottages at Donkey Hall, Luton, then called Volunteer beershop, formerly in occupation of Edward Dimmock, then Thomas Yates; (g) cottage adjoining (f) formerly in occupation of James Wilson, then Barford (V) Conveyance of 9 Sep 1851 Parties: (i) John Everitt of Luton, straw hat manufacturer; (ii) Thomas Sworder and Robert Sworder Reciting: - indenture of 25 Aug 1851 between (1) Thomas and Robert Sworder; (2) Thomas Harry Riches; (3) John Anstee; (4) John Everitt; (5) Robert How in which (a) was limited and assured to uses in favour of (4) for ever; - (ii) had agreed absolute purchase with (i); Operative Part: - (i) conveyed (a) to (ii) for £200 Property: (a) land fronting the turnpike road from Luton to Bedford being part of ground late the property of John Gray, recently purchased by (i) extending 44ft along the road with a depth of 120ft next to other property of (i), a breadth of 21ft next to River Lea and a depth of 132ft next to Crown & Anchor Brewery of (ii)

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Sworder, Thomas,
Bute, John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of,
Gray, John,
Kaye, John (Bishop of Lincoln),
Stuart, William,
Bute, Maria, Marchioness of,
Riches, Thomas,
Everett, John,
Riches, Thomas Harry,
Anstee, John,
Smeathman, Lovel,
Sworder, Robert,
Sworder, Thomas,
Jones, John,
Hunter, John,
Cox, John,
Butterfield, Francis,
Waller, Edmund,
Harrison,
Sims,
Brett, Samuel,
Denby, John,
Pedly, John,
Squires, Charles,
Harrison, Herbert,
Dimmock, Edward,
Yates, Thomas,
Wilson, James,
How, Robert,
Austin, Charles

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