Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    RH9/96
  • Title
    Assignment of Fifteen* Terms in Trust to Attend the Inheritance *[Endorsed abstract gives “15” but from recitals and listed terms it appears that only 14 terms are involved]
  • Date free text
    27 Sep 1842
  • Production date
    From: 1842 To: 1842
  • Scope and Content
    i) the Reverend Sir George Stamp Robinson of Cranford, Northamptonshire clerk, baronet, Robert Willis Blencowe of Hook, near Lewes, Sussex esquire ii) Wilmer Wilmer of Old Palace Yard in the City of Westminster administrator of goods of Laurence Cotham of Shifnal, Shropshire deceased iii) said Wilmer Wilmer administrator of goods of Gray Arnald late of the Town of Bedford deceased iv) : Right Honourable Elizabeth Vassall Dowager Lady Holland, widow and relict of Right Honourable Henry Richard Vassall Lord Holland deceased, Right Honourable Henry Edward Lord Holland, Charles Richard Fox esquire, a colonel in her Majesty’s Army v) Most Noble Duke of Bedford vi) Thomas Wing of Grays Inn, Middlesex gentleman Recites Indentures: 25 March 1664 (RO2/45) 25 March 1664 (RO2/49) 13 June 1667 (RO2/56) 9 May 1740 (RO2/109) (3 terms) 9 November 1703 (RO5/319) 12 May 1741 (RO5/321) (1 term) 20 March 1717 (RO5/348) 3 December 1703 (RO5/329) 1 January 1710/11 (RO5/338) Endorsed on (RO5/351 Deed Poll 12 May 1741 Endorsed on (RO5/351 (3 terms) 3 November 1726 (RO367) 12 May 1741 (RO5/368) (1 term) 15 November 1728 (RO5/369) 12 May 1741 (RO5/370) (1 term) 29 January1724/5 (RO5/365) 12 May 1741 (RO5/366) (1 term) 15 May 1723 (RO5/356) 12 May 1741 (RO5/357) (1 term) 9 May 1726 (RO6/10) 19 May 1741 (RO6/29) (1 term) 19 October 1683 (RO5/323) 14 September 1724 (RO5/326) Deed Poll 14 June 1733 (Endorsed on RO5/326) (1 term) [no assignment 1741] 23 June 1714 (RO5/339) Whereas: monies due from said Benedict Conquest the father to John Tuffnaile and secured by last mentioned term of years were paid off and the fee simple and inheritance of the premises comprised in the same term were sold and Prerogative Court of Canterbury conveyed by Benedict Conquest to John Earl of Upper Ossory Recites: Will of John Earl of Upper Ossory, 1749 (RO31/1) and his death 23 September 1758 Marriage Settlement 25 March 1769 (RO31/4) Recovery 1769 (RO31/7) Will of John Earl of Upper Ossory 1817 (RO31/16) and his death in 1818 Release 29 January 1820 (RH5/14) Assignment and Release 10 October 1828 (RH5/19) Release 18 November 1829 (RH5/20) Assignment and Release 25 July 1835 (RH5/22) Will of Lord Holland 1838 (RH8/1 and codicil (RH8/2) Assignment and Release 7 February 1842 (RH9/45) Release 5 March 1842 (RH9/46) Appointment and Release 6 June 1842 (RH9/59) Whereas: Sir John Robinson made will 8 March 1758 and appointed as executor his eldest son, afterwards Sir George Robinson baronet Sir John made codicil 19 July 1759 Sir John died 31 August 1765 Probate of will and codicil by Sir George at Prerogative Court of Canterbury 23 September 1765 Sir George Robinson made will 2 March 1796 and appointed his wife Lady Robinson and son, afterwards Sir George Robinson baronet, executors; codicil 2 March 1797 appointed Thomas Ludbey esquire executor jointly with above; George died 10 October 1815; will proved by Sir George the son in Prerogative Court of Canterbury 7 November 1815. said Sir George the son survived the other 2 executors. Sir George Robinson the son made will 13 April 1833 and appointed as executors Charles Hoare esquire and Robert Willis Blencowe. Codicil 26 July 1833 revoked appointment of Charles Hoare as executor and substituted Sir George Stamp Robinson jointly with said Robert Willis Blencowe. Sir George Robinson the son died 23 November 1833 will and codicil proved by executors in Prerogative Court of Canterbury 4 March 1834 Whereas: search has been made in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, in the Diocesan Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Archdeaconry Court of Bedford for probate of will of Laurence Cotham without success and proof is consequently wanting that premises assigned by Elizabeth Cotham and Richard Parkinson as executives of the will of Laurence Cotham to Sir John Robinson by said Deed Poll 12 May 1741 and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th recited Indentures of 12 May 1741 actually became vested in said Sir John Robinson Recites: RH9/95 (administration of Laurence Cotham granted to Wilmer Wilmer) Whereas: Gray Arnald made will 20 September 1721, appointed Thurlo Brace executive; Gray Arnald died February 1723. Thurlo Brace renounced executorship; Administration with will annexed granted to Francis Brace esquire by Prerogative Court of Canterbury 23 February 1723. Francis Brace is dead Recites: RH9/94 Whereas: it is thought probable that the residues of the said terms of 500 years and 1,000 years assigned to Laurence Cotham by recited Deed Poll 14 June 1733 and residue of term of 1,000 years assigned to Gray Arnald by said Indenture 23 June 1714 were assigned to the said Sir John Robinson upon the respective purchases by the said John Earl of Upper Ossory the father, of the fee simple and inheritance of the premises, although no instruments assigning the residue of the same terms or any of them can be found NOW: i) ii) and iii) assign at request of iv) and nomination of v) to vi) - premises comprised in aforesaid recited Indentures for residue of several terms of 200; 200; 1,000; 500; 2,000; 1,000; 500; 1,000; 500; 1,000; 500, 1,000, 500; 1,000 years in trust for v) to attend the inheritance signed: i) ii) and iii) Witnesses: Edmund Francis Laws architect, Northampton Henry James Grant, Dawlish John Chambers, Tibshelf, Derbyshire
  • Russell 'wallpaper books' (Vol. V. no.297 pg.237)
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