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1) Robert Hibbert of East Hyde, Esq ( vendor) 2) Most Hon John Crichton Stuart, Marquess Of Bute & Earl of Dumfries ( purchaser) produce Title Deeds etc East Hyde, Beds & Herts. a) Lease & Release 1) John Bettesworth 2)Benjamin Gibbon of Hatton Garden, Middlesex. 3) John Harward of St Bride, London Gentleman 1 & 2 Nov 1772. b) Recovery c) Deed Poll of John Bettesworth, the Son 15 Dec 1779 d) Lease & Release 1)John Bettesworth 2) Francis Tomkins of Oxenden St Parish of St Martin in the Fields ( London) Esq, Frances Tomkins, eldest daughter. 3) Thomas Purnell Purnell of Lincoln's Inn Esq & Michael Bray of Lincoln's Inn Esq. 4) Edmund Bettesworth of Islington, Clerk. 1 & 2 Feb 1780 . e) Decree in Chancery in Suits, Arabella Penelope Bettesworth, widow ( plaintiff) John Bettesworth ( defendant) AND by Arabella Penelope Bettesworth( above) plaintiff) ,John Bettesworth & Frances his wife, John Trevanion Prunell Bettesworth, Francis Tomkins, Thomas Purnell Purnell ,Michael Bray Edmund Bettesworth ( defendants AND Michael Bray, John Carter, Samuel Harrison Esqs. ( plaintiff) & Arabella Penelope, Bettesworth & John Bettesworth , both defendants, 13 Nov 1781. f) Lease & Release 1) John Bettesworth & Frances, his wife 2) Thomas Purnell Purnell Michael Bray 3) Francis Tomkins, Edmund Bettesworth. 4) Arabella Penelope Bettesworth, 5) Francis Reynolds, Capt R.N. Edmund Bettesworth again 14 & 15 Mar 1782. g) Fine h) Deed, 1) John Trevanion Purnell Bettesworth Trevanion of Cahairs, Cornwall Esq ( eldest son & heir of John Bettesworth deceased. 2) Frances Bettesworth, widow 3) Edward Goode the younger of St Austell, Cornwall, Gentleman 10 May 1805. i) Fine J) Lease & Release 1) John Trevanion Purnell Bettesworth Trevanion 2) Frances Bettesworth 3) James Fair bank of Ely Place, Middlesex Gentleman. 4) Charles Rashleigh of St Austell, Cornwall, Gentleman, 14 & 15 June 1806 . K) Recovery Lease & Release 1)John Trevanion Purnell Bettesworth Trevanion 2) Frances Bettesworth 3) Robert Hibbert 4) William Wells of Blackwall, Midlesex Esq. 5) 1) again , 20 &21 May 1807. 1) 1) Peter Peirson Esq,John Harwood 2) Ann Bettesworth of Islington, widow & administratrix of will of Edmund Bettesworth 3)Thomas Trensdale Clarke Esq 4) J.T.P.B. Trevanion AS ABOVE 5) Robert Hibbert 6)William Wells 7) Edward Grose Smith of The Barbers Hall, London, Gent. 21 May 1807 . m) Lease & Release 1) William Metcalf of Theobalds Park Herts Esq. Gentleman, Daniel Mitchell of Datchworth, Herts, Gentleman, executors of John Mitchell deceased 2) John Mitchell of Codicott Herts Cousin & heir of John Mitchell deceased 3) Aleyn Smith of Battersea ,Sugar Baker ,16 &17 Dec 1690 n) Deed Poll of Charles Floyer of Beaufort Buildings Middlesex Esq, John Bettesworth of Doctors Commons L.D.D. John Shotbolt of Leighton Buzzard, Gentleman, Samuel Salt of ......... o) Mortagage 1) Robert Hibbert ( Mortgagor) 2) Robert Hibbert the elder of Bertles, Cheshire Esq (Mortgagee) P) Deed 1) Rt Hon Earl Grey 2) Hon Lady Hannah Alethia Grey Spinster & daughter of 1) 3) George Edmund Byron Bettesworth Esq 4) J.T.P.B. Trevanion , Samuel Whitbread, 23 Sep 1807
(Note this Earl Grey is Earl Grey of Howick Northumberland. NOT Earl de Grey of Wrest Park. He died 14 Nov 1807. His eldest son was Charles 2nd Earl Grey who got the 1832 Reform passed. His eldest daughter Elizabeth, married Samuel Whitbread II & his 2nd daughter Hannah Alethia married Captain Bettesworth R.N. who was killed in action off Bergen, Sweden 25 May 1808, she married 2ndly Edward Ellice who appears later in the deeds).q) Deed 1) J.T.P.B. Trevanion, 2) George Edmund Byron Bettesworth, 16 Oct 1807. r) Deed 1) G.E.B. Bettesworth, 2) T.J.P.B. Trevanion,Samuel Whitbread 17 Oct 1807. s) Lease & Release 1) Robert Hibbert the younger & Elizabeth his wife 2) William Wells 3) J.T.P.B. Trevanion & Samuel Whitbread 4) Hon Hannah Alethea Bettesworth
5) Robert Hibbert the Elder 6) John Hibbert of Cambridge Esq Rev John Mansfield of Rawner, Hants Clerk ,Sir Simon Haughton Clarke of St Mary in Jamaica Bart ,John Smith of Russel Square Middlesex Esq, (Trustees of Thomas Hibbert Esq 7) Ambrose Humphreys of Harpur St, Gentleman 8) Samuel Mansfield of Bath Esq 9) Plowden Pressland of Brunswick Sq, ( London) Esq. 8 & 9 Sept 1809. t) Assignment 1) Edward Grose Smith 2) Robert Hibbert the Younger 3) William Wells 4) J.T.P.B. Trevanion Samuel Whitbread, 5) Hon H.A. Bettesworth, widow ,6) Robtert Hibbert the elder 7) John Hibbert, John Manfield, Sir S.H. Clarke, John Smith
8) Ambrose Humphreys, 9 Sept 1809, u) Deed Poll of Edward Ellice Esq. Lady H.A. his wife [see note above] 11 sept 1809
v) Fine x) Lease and Release 1) John Hibbert, John Manfield, Sir S.H. Clarke & John Smith 2) Ambrose Humphreys
3) Robert Hibbert the younger, 4) George Hibbert Esq, 5) Samuel Mansfield, 6) Plowden Presland, 7) John Smith Esq
8) Robert Trower, 9) Edward Grose Smith. 9 & 10 May 1815. Red No 55