X668/36

Conveyance: (i) Simeon Sutton Slaney, 53 Old Compton Street, Soho, Middlesex, draper (eldest son and heir of Thomas Slaney, late of Riseley, yeoman, deceased) (ii) Thomas Howkins, Basmead, Eaton Socon, farmer (who with William Goodliffe, Little Staughton, farmer, deceased) is executor of will of Thomas Slaney (iii) Thomas Ball, Oakley, farmer (iv) James Ball, Milton Ernest, farmer. [Reciting various documents] Now in consideration of £500 due to (iii) and further sum of £630 paid to (ii) by (iii) (total £1130), (i) and (ii) release to (iii): Firstly – The Swan in Milton Ernest, close adjoining (2 acres), plots allotted to Thomas Peck at enclosure (i.e. Nos XXVII and XXVIII), now in the occupation of William Gibbins; [Details of other property] (iv) to be trustee for (iii), if necessary. Signatures of (i), (ii) and (iii). Endorsed receipt. Witnesses: Robert Shum, solicitor, 3 Kings Road, Bedford Row; Thomas W Turnley, solicitor, Bedford; John Garrard, solicitor, Olney

26 Mar 1842

From: 1842 To: 1842

Reciting various documents: Lease and release of 11 and 12 May 1835 [see X 668/24-25]. On 22 June 1841 Thomas Slaney agreed with (iii) to sell him premises (except lease to William Gibbins) for £1150 including timber. Thomas Slaney died suddenly on 8 August 1841. By will dated 5 March 1827 he bequeathed all personal estate to (ii) and William Goodliffe, in trust. William Goodliffe died in April 1834. Will of Thomas Slaney was proved on 12 February 1842 (Bedford) by (ii). No conveyance was made in his lifetime by Thomas Slaney to (iii) of the premises contracted to be sold to him. Thomas Slaney having died intestate as to said real estates, the same came to (i) as eldest son, subject to contract for sale. Principal sum of £500 still remains owing to (iii) but all interest has been paid. Details of other property: Secondly – ancient cottage, now in the occupation of Joseph Church on Love Lane and Cooks Lane, Milton Ernest, orchard or backside, little tenement or dwelling house, cottage adjoining in the occupation of Paul Summerlin, cottage near above, now in the tenure of Charles Hibbs Thirdly – cottage or hovel adjoining formerly in the occupation of Jeremiah Taylor, then Mathew Long, then William Walker, late Robert Bettles, now of Robert Parrott

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Slaney, Simeon Sutton,
Slaney, Thomas,
Howkins, Thomas,
Goodliffe, William,
Ball, Thomas,
Ball, James,
Peck, Thomas,
Gibbins, William,
Shum, Robert,
Turnley, Thomas W,
Garrard, John,
Church, Joseph,
Summerlin, Paul,
Hibbs, Charles,
Taylor, Jeremiah,
Long, Matthew,
Walker, William,
Bettles, Robert,
Parrott, Robert

deed, draper, yeoman, farmer, Milton Ernest Swan, parliamentary enclosure, solicitor, Soho, RISELEY, Bushmead, Little Staughton, OAKLEY, MILTON ERNEST, Bedford Row, BEDFORD, Olney