Reference
R6/4/2/1
Title
Conveyance
Date free text
29 Apr 1931
Production date
From: 1861 To: 1931
Scope and Content
Conveyance
Parties:
(i) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford;
(ii) Hon. Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell of 17 Hornton Street, Campden Hill, London; Frederick William Fane of 1 Fleet Street, City of London, banker;
(iii) Charles John Kilby of Hockliffe, J. P.
Reciting:
- by virtue of the documents in Schedule 1 (i) was entitled to possession of receipt of rents from (a) under the will of Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford;
- vesting deed of 30th April 1926 under Section 37 of the Settled Land Act 1925 between (ii) as trustees of the will of Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford and (i) vesting (a) in (i)
Operative Part:
- (iii) paid £45 to (ii) by direction of (i);
- (i) conveyed (a) to (iii)
Property [as shown on included plan]:
(a) 1 rood, 8 poles in Battlesden
Covenants:
- (iii) covenanted to erect and maintain a stock proof fence at least 4 feet 6 inches high;
- (i) covenanted to produce scheduled deeds and copies to (iii)
Witnesses:
- Evelyn B. Gordon, lieutenant-colonel, of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury, London, agent in chief to the Duke of Bedford;
- C. G. Talbot-Ponsonby of 5 Crown Office Row, Temple, City of London, barrister at law;
- E. M. Haines of 1 Fleet Street, London, spinster;
- R. Hobourn of Woburn, solicitor
Schedule 1:
- will of Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford of 7th May 1861;
- death of Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford on 14th May 1861;
- probate of the will and two codicils of Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford in PPR on 31st July 1861;
- death of Thomas Henry, Baron Foley on 20th November 1869;
- death of William, 8th Duke of Bedford on 26th May 1872;
- deed of appointment of new trustees of 9th October 1874: (1) Francis Charles Hastings, 9th Duke of Bedford; (2) Charles Romilly; (3) George Russell; (4) Samuel Whitbread M. P.;
- Land Improvement Company charge of 6th November 1879, discharged on 21st October 1904;
- deed of appointment of new trustees of 31st January 1883: (1) Francis Charles Hastings, 9th Duke of Bedford; (2) Charles Romilly and Samuel Whitbread; (3) Hon, William Edward Sackville West and Sackville Arthur Cecil;
- conveyance of 30th April 1885: (1) Rev. Thomas Isaac Guest and Dame Mary Ann Page Turner, his wife; Rev. Frederick Henry Marvel Blaydes; Frederick Saint Vincent Ricketts and Katherine Jane, his wife; (2) John Henry Warre and Joseph James Maberly; (3) Samuel Harvey Twining; Rev. Charles Seward Beachcroft; George Frederick Downing Fullarton; (4) Francis Charles Hastings, 9th Duke of Bedford; (5) Hon. William Edward Sackville West and Sackville Arthur Cecil;
- death of Francis Charles Hastings, 9th Duke of Bedford on 14th January 1891;
- death of George William Francis Sackville, 10th Duke of Bedford on 23rd March 1893;
- appointment of new trustees of 20th April 1894: (1) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford; (2) William Edward Sackville West; (3) Lord Sackville Arthur Cecil; (4) Cosmo Romilly;
- death of William Edward Sackville West on 30th September 1905;
- appointment of new trustees of 18th October 1905: (1) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford; (2) Cosmo Romilly; (3) Sir Walter Roper Lawrence;
- appointment of new trustees of 7th February 1910: (1) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford; (2) Cosmo Romilly; (3) Walter Roper Lawrence; (4) Hon, Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell; (5) Trustees
- appointment of new trustees of 27th March 1919: (1) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford; (2) Sir Walter Roper Lawrence; (3) Hon. Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell; (4) Frederick William Fane; (5) Sir Walter Roper Lawrence; Hon. Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell; Frederick William Fane;
- deed of discharge of 14th May 1922 of Sir Walter Roper Lawrence between (1) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford; (2) Sir Walter Roper Lawrence; (3) Hon. Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell; William Frederick Fane;
- certificate of redemption of tithe rentcharge of 16th April 1923
Schedule 2
- vesting deed of 30th April 1926: (1) Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell; William Frederick Fane; (2) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford
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