Reference
X95/388
Title
Abstract of title of Thomas Sworder to 1, 3 and 5 Chobham Street, Luton
Date free text
1878
Production date
From: 1853 To: 1878
Scope and Content
Abstract of title of Thomas Sworder to 1, 3 and 5 Chobham Street, Luton
(I) Conveyance of 4 Oct 1853
(i) Frederick Burr of Luton, esquire;
(ii) Thomas Smith of Luton, builder;
(iii) Peter Briden of Luton, straw hat manufacturer;
(iv) George Bowers of Luton, builder
Reciting:
- (i) caused plots of building land to be put up for auction in 18 Jul 1853 at which (ii) was highest bidder for lots 3 and 4 at £87;
- (iii) had contracted purchase with (ii)
Operative Part:
- (iii) paid £87 to (i);
- (i), at request of (ii), conveyed (a) to (iii)
Property:
(a) two building plots late part of a farmyard and outbuildings of (i) which had been pulled down by him and the ground divided into plots for building in Park Street, Luton fronting NW of a new street lately laid out by (i) called Baker Street
Habendum:
- to (iii), to uses of (iii); to use of (iii) during his life; to use of (iv) during the life of (iii), in trust for (iii), to use of (iii) for ever
(II) Mortgage of 10 Feb 1854
Parties:
(i) Peter Briden of Luton;
(ii) John Smitheman of Bryn Alt, Hertford, esquire
Operative Part:
- (i) mortgaged (a)-(b) to (ii) for £400
Property:
(a) two building plots late part of a farmyard and outbuildings of (i) which had been pulled down by him and the ground divided into plots for building in Park Street, Luton fronting NW of a new street lately laid out by (i) called Baker Street;
(b) three messuages erected on (a) by (i)
(III) Further advance by John Smitheman to Peter Briden of £100 on 12 Jun 1854
(IV) Will of John Smitheman of 11 May 1875 appointing Sir Thomas Chambers QC MP of 3 Pump Court, temple [City of London] and Thomas Young of 29 Mark Lane [City of London] as trustees and executors and devising and bequeathing the residue of all real and personal estate to Thomas Sworder of Luton, brewer, Charles Sworder of The Grange, Harbledown [Kent], John Sworder of Westmill Bury [Hertfordshire], farmer and George Sworder of Gatehampton [Berkshire] in unequal shares
(V) Death of John Smitheman on 15 May 1875
(VI) Will and codicil of John Smitheman proved in PPR on 13 Jul 1875
(VII) Indenture of 13 Apr 1877
(i) Thomas Sworder; Charles Sworder; John Sworder; George Sworder;
(ii) Sir Thomas Chambers; Thomas Young;
(iii) George Sworder;
(iv) Thomas Sworder
Reciting:
- (II)-(VI);
- (a)-(b) in (II) to be transferred to (iii);
- (iv) had paid £400 to (iii)
Operative Part:
- (iv) paid £400 to (iii);
- (i), at request of (iv) assigned (a)-(b) in (II) to (iv)
Level of description
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