Reference
R6/3/6/26
Title
Conveyance
Date free text
27 Nov 1901
Production date
From: 1885 To: 1901
Scope and Content
Conveyance
Parties:
(i) Jane Emma Cox of Croyland, Aspley Heath, widow;
(ii) Henry Livesey Cole of 14 King’s Arms Yard, Moorgate Street, City of London, esquire; Frederick John Gordon of 9 Eton Avenue, Hampstead [Middlesex], esquire;
(iii) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford;
(iv) William Edward Sackville West of Basil Mansions, Belgravia [London], late lieutenant-colonel, Grenadier Guards; Cosmo Romilly of 25 Old Broad Street, City of London, esquire
Reciting:
- will and codicil of Cornelius Cox of 28 July 1885 and 5 June 1889 making (ii) trustees of his will and the codicil devising (a) to (i) for her life; proved in PPR on 20 July 1889;
- will of Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford of 7 May 1861 creating a trust of which (iv) were current trustees;
- death of Francis, Duke of Bedford on 14 May and proof of his will in PPR on 31 July 1861
Operative Part:
- (iv) paid £2,000, by direction of (iii) to (ii) by direction of (i);
- (i) conveyed (a) to (iv)
Property [as shown on included plan]:
(a) several pieces of land on Aspley Heath lying SE of the highway from Woburn Sands to Little Brickhill comprising Croyland with tennis lawn, shrubberies, fruit and kitchen gardens, ornamental paddock and grounds
Witnesses:
- James Milne of Aspley Heath, gentleman;
- Percy C. Quilter of 14 King’s Arms Yard, London, stockbroker;
- George M. Campbell of 53 Coleman Street, London, accountant;
- Rowland E. Prothero of Bedford Office
Level of description
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