Reference
UN579
Title
Conveyance
1) Mary Louisa Watson of 40 Cadogan Place, widow, William Donald Paul Watson of The Windham Club, 13 St James Square, County of London, esquire, Hugh Gordon-Watson of The Stock Exchange, City of London,
esquire, Richard Freer Austin of 3 and 4 Clements Inn, Strand
2) Albert Edward Bowen of 5 Queens Gate Place, County of London, esquire (purchaser)
Date free text
1907
Production date
From: 1907 To: 1907
Scope and Content
Recites will of William Clarence Watson, late of Colworth, esquire
(died 7 February 1906). appointed 1) as executors (Mary Louisa only during her widowhood), Austin described as a friend.
Made 4 Jan 1906; proved Principal Probate Registry 24 Mar 1906
Manor or lordship of Colworth;
Capital messuage and mansion house called Colworth House with outbuildings, gardens, and park belonging [1855 acres 23 perches] in Sharnbrook, Odell, Souldrop, Wymington, Colworth and Knotting
AND Right of Way for all purposes of the width of 16 ft over land forming part of the glebe of the Rector of Souldrop.
All lands on the estate marked on plan on 7th skin of which UN577 is a photographic copy.
They are listed in a schedule with Ordnance Survey No. name, cultivation and acreage.
a) Colworth House (in hand) [142 acres 3 roods 15 perches] in Sharnbrook and Souldrop
b) land in Sharnbrook let to Jabez Stapleton on yearly Michaelmas Tenancy [49 acres 2 roods 22 perches]
c) Antonie and Trevor Farms and 1 cottage let to William Stapleton on a yearly Michaelmas Tenancy[210 acres 2 roods 24 perches]
Mainly in Odell but some in Sharnbrook
d) Church Farm, Souldrop, let to John Lake Wallis on yearly Michaelmas Tenancy [103 acres 2 roods 20 perches]
Mainly in Souldrop but some in Sharnbrook
e) Lee Farm let to Frank Stanton on yearly Michaelmas Tenancy
[233 acres 1 rood 31 perches] in Souldrop and Sharnbrook
f) Middle Farm and Cottage let to Edmund Parr on yearly Lady Day Tenancy [225 acres 33 perches], all in Souldrop
g) New Farm let to Messrs Knight on yearly Michaelmas Tenancy
[102 acres 31 perches] in Sharnbrook and Odell
h) Souldrop Wold Farm let to Messrs Knight on yearly Michaelmas Tenancy [152 cares 1 rood 28 perches] mostly in Souldrop, small piece in Odell
i) Town Farm, Souldrop, let to Henry Inskip Cranfield on yearly
Michaelmas Tenancy[328acres 20 perches) Knotting, Souldrop and Wymington
j) Blackmere Barn Farm let to Henry Inskip Cranfield on yearly Michaelmas Tenancy [32 acres 2 roods 13 perches] Wymington and Moiety of pond of water adjoining one of the closes as Testator was entitled to
k) Allotment land let to Henry Inskip Cranfield on yearly Michaelmas Tenancy [2 acres 29 perches]
l) Kennels near Lee Farm [2 roods 3 perches]
m) Souldrop Wold Farm House (in hand) [3 roods 28 perches]
n) Land at Souldrop and grazing rights over such parts of Forty Foot Lane as abut on the estate let to Robert Bird on yearly Tenancy
[26 acres 36 perches]
o) Shop and wheelwright’s shop at Souldrop let to George Henry Brown subject to 6 months Notice to expire at Michaelmas
[3 acres 2 roods 25 perches]
p) Land at Souldrop let to Samuel Walker on yearly Lady Day Tenancy [ 2 acres 10 perches]
q) Land at Souldrop (opposite Knotting Fox Farm) let to Thomas A knights on an annual tenancy [3 acres 3 roods 30 perches] in Knotting Parish
r) Plot of land at Souldrop let to Arthur William Sanders on a tenancy terminable on 12 months notice [10 perches]
s) Blacksmith’s shop, Souldrop let to Charles Allen on a yearly tenancy terminable on any 1 January, 1 April, 1 July 1 October on one month’s notice. [6 perches]
t) Woods [207 acres 1 rood 16 perches] in Sharnbrook, Souldrop, Odell, Wymington
u) Allotments [7 acres 3 roods 25 perches] in Souldrop
v) Cottages let on weekly tenancies [5 acres 1 rood 15 perches] in Souldrop and Odell
w) Souldrop Village Schools let to Bedfordshire County Council for 21 years from 29 September 1904, terminable at 7 or 14 years on being given 6 months notice [1 rood 19 perches]
x) Bedford Arms, let to Messrs Higgins and Sons of the Castle Brewery, Bedford, as 5 acres 20 perches by Lease of 1 December 1894 for 21 years from 29 September 1894
[in fact 5 acres 38 perches]
[NB these figures add up to 1847 acres 26 perches but the difference is too trifling to produce any major distortion]
Consideration £48,000 8 Mar 1907
Attached to deed
Letter from Austin and Austin of 3 and 4 Clements inn, Strand, London WC to Paddock and Sons of Hanley (Staffordshire)
Will get W D P Watson’s signature at the earliest possible date after his return to England
8 Mar 1907
In fact signed 21 November 1907 in presence of Henry T Adkins, Secretary to the River Plate Gas Company Limited, 10/11 Austin Friars, London EC
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