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Abstract of Title of Richard Key to a close of 3 acres, 2 roods and adjoining enclosure of 1 acre, 1 rood, 16 poles in Aspley Guise
(I) Will of Francis Moore of 16 February 1809:
- devising all real estate to his son-in-law Thomas Paget, Rev. Edward Tanqueray and his sister Ann Moore to the uses following:
- to the use of his son John Patrick Moore for life;
- to the use of the trustees during the life of John Patrick Moore in trust to preserve contingent remainders;
- to the use of George Griffith and Charles Savage for 200 years upon trusts, in case John Vaux Moore survive his father, to find £2,000 to be divided equally between testator’s granddaughters Frances Moore and Elizabeth Moore, daughters of John Patrick Moore
- to the use of his grandson John Vaux Moore, eldest son of his son John Patrick Moore, and his heirs;
- appointing Thomas Page, Edward Tanqueray and Ann Moore executors and executrix;
- will proved in PCC on 6 August 1810
(II) Certificate of contract for redemption of Land tax of 9 July 1803 by Francis Moore of Eggington for £8/4/8 charged on a messuage, four cottages and 130 acres of land in Aspley Guise, proprietors being John Patrick Moore, M. J. P. Moore and including The Bell public house, proprietor Richard Randall
(III) Bargain and Sale of 18 January 1822
Parties
(i) John Patrick Moore;
(ii) Rev. John Vaux Moore, only son of (i);
(iii) William Gillam Saunders White;
(iv) Thomas Oldham
Reciting:
- (II) above;
- (ii) wished to suffer a common recovery of (a) in order to bar the estate tail in remainder limited to him by the will
Operative Part:
- to bar the entail and for 10/- paid by (iii) to (i), (ii) bargained and sold (a)-(d) to (iii)
Property:
(a) arable land called Woodpiece in Aspley Guise bounded: SW by a garden of Richard How, deceased; NW by a way leading from Aspley Guise to Hogstye End, Wavendon; NE by the coachway to Aspley Woods; SE by Aspley Woods;
(b) common of waste ground in Aspley Guise bounded: SW by the coachway to Aspley Woods; N land late of Robert Sawell, then Francis Moore; S by Aspley Woods; E by Great Woodpiece;
(c) parcel of arable in Aspley Guise called Great Woodpiece bounded: S by Aspley Woods; NE by the village of Aspley Guise; E by the Common Hills; NW by (b);
(d) piece of common or waste land in Aspley Guise bounded by the road from Aspley Guise to Woburn; E by lands late of Robert Sawell, then Francis Moore; NE by land of Talbot Williamson; W by Great Woodpiece
(a)-(d) contained 63 acres conveyed in exchange by Richard Vernon Sadlier to Francis Moore on 3 February 1789
The land had previously been described as:
(a) arable and a plantation called Woodpiece containing 9 acres in the occupation of John Patrick Moore;
(b) piece of arable lying on NE and undivided from (a) containing 3 acres in the occupation of John Patrick Moore;
(c) woodland called Bakers Piece on W side of (a)-(b) and containing 12 acres
Declaration that it was lawful for (iv) to Sue forth out of Court of Chancery a writ sur diseizin.
Declaration that after suffering the common recovery the land should be held to the use of John Patrick Moore for his life, remainder to the use of John Vaux Moore for ever
(IV) Common Recovery of Hilary 2 & 3 George IV:
- demandant: Thomas Oldham;
- tenant: William Gillam Saunders White;
- 1st vouchee; John Patrick Moore;
- 2nd vouchee: John Vaux Moore
- land: 12 messuages, 12 gardens, 100 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 50 acres of wood, 20 acres of furze and heath and common of pasture for all manner of cattle with appurtenances in Aspley Guise
(V) death of John Patrick Moore on 20 April 1835
(VI) Administration of the effects of John Patrick Moore granted to John Vaux Moore by PCC on 17 November 1835
(VII) Marriage Settlement of 25 January 1839
Parties:
(i) Elizabeth Susannah Moore of Aspley Guise, spinster;
(ii) Hugh Jackson of Wisbech [Cambridgeshire], esquire;
(iii) John Vaux Moore of Aspley Guise, clerk; John Moore Paget of Cranmore Hall [Somerset], esquire
Reciting:
- intended marriage between (i) and (ii);
- (i) was entitled to £1000 under the will of her grandfather Francis Moore;
- agreement to assign £1,000 with interest in (iii) as trustees to hold for the sole benefit of (i)
Operative Part:
- (i) paid 10/- to (i);
- (i), with the privity of (ii), assigned to (iii) £1,000 to which she was entitled with interest
Habendum:
- to (iii) in trust for (i) until the marriage; in trust to pay an annuity of the yearly interest to (i) during the joint lives of (i) and (ii) for the sole use of (i)
(VIII) death of Charles Savage on 28 November 1840
(IX) will of George Griffith of 24 March 1836 appointing his nephew Edward Griffith and Charles Wells Lovell as executors
(X) death of George Griffith on 6 July 1842
(XI) proof of the will of George Griffith in PCC on 22 July 1842
(XII) Charles Wells Lovell renounced probate of the will of George Griffith on 11 February 1862
(XIII) will of Edward Griffith of 16 December 1856 appointing Edward George Griffith, Harriet Emma Griffith and Caroline Mary Griffith as executor and executrixes
(XIV) death of Edward Griffith on 8 January 1858
(XV) proof of the will of Edward Griffith in PPR on 9 April 1858
(XVI) Bargain and Sale of 20 March 1862
Parties:
(i) Rev. Edward George Griffith of Winterbourne Gunner [Wiltshire], clerk; Harriet Emma Griffith of Church Row, Hampstead [Middlesex], spinster; Caroline Mary Griffith of Church Row, Hampstead, spinster;
(ii) Frances Moore of Aspley Guise, spinster; John Vaux Moore of Aspley Guise, clerk; John Moore Paget of Cranmore Hall [Somerset], esquire; Elizabeth Jackson of Aspley Guise, widow;
(iii) John Vaux Moore
Reciting:
- (I);
- (III);
- (V)-(VI)
- (VII);
- (VIII)-(XV)
- the £2,000 in (I) had been paid and the trusts performed;
- (iii) wished the residue of the term of 200 years created by (I) and vested in (i) be assigned to him
Operative Part:
- in consideration of £1,000 paid to Frances Moore and £1,000 paid to John Vaux Moore and John Moore Paget in trust for Elizabeth Jackson and 10/- to (i) paid by (iii) then (i), by direction of (ii) bargained and sold all freehold land in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in (I) to (iii) for the remainder of the term of 200 years
(XVII) Conveyance of 9 April 1862
Parties:
(i) Rev. John Vaux Moore, bachelor;
(ii) Richard Key;
(iii) William Stacey
Operative Part:
- (ii) paid £1,470 to (i);
- (i) conveyed (a) to (ii)
Property [as shown on included plan]:
(a) 17 acres, 1 rood, 2 poles of land in Aspley Guise bounded: N or NW by the road from Woburn Sands to Aspley Guise; S or SE by woodlands of the Duke of Bedford; E or NE by the road to Aspley Woods; W or SW by land of the Duke of Bedford and by cottages of Edmund Hobbs and land of Richard Jackson
Habendum:
- to (ii) for uses declared by (ii); to the use of (ii) during his life; to the use of (iii) during the life of (ii) in trust for (ii); to the use of (ii) for ever
(XVIII) Agreement to Produce Deeds of 9 April 1862
Parties:
(i) John Vaux Moore;
(ii) Richard Key
Reciting:
- (XVII);
- several scheduled deeds would remain with (i)
Operative Part:
- (i) covenanted to produce scheduled deeds to (ii)
Schedule:
- indenture of 3 January 1789: (1) Richard Vernon Sadlier; (2) Francis Moore;
- (III);
- (IV);
(XVI)
(XIX) Declaration by Robert Crute of Aspley Guise, labourer of 11 April 1862:
- he was 53 years old and had lived in Aspley Guise all his life and was well acquainted with the lands of John Vaux Moore;
- he was employed by John Patrick Moore in 1820 and continued in his employ until Moore’s death in 1835 and frequently worked on his land;
- he was referred to the two descriptions of the land in (III) and confirmed that they were the same property as that described in (XVII);
- that John Vaux Moore had been in occupation and receipt of rents since the death of his father in 1835;
- witnesses by John Green, commissioner of oaths
(XX) Mortgage of 16 December 1864
Parties:
(i) Richard Key;
(ii) Cadwallader Davis, 12th Baron Blayney
Operative Part:
- (i) borrowed £5,000 at 4% interest from (ii) on security of (a) in (XVII)
(XXI) Re-conveyance endorsed on (XX) from Cadwallader Davis, 12th Baron Blayney to Richard Key on redemption of the mortgage