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R6/5/20/6/4
Title
Abstract of Title of the Duke of Bedford to the land as recited in R6/5/20/6/1
Date free text
1855
Production date
From: 1810 To: 1855
Scope and Content
Copy Conveyance Parties: (i) Francis Charles Hastings Russell of 8 Eaton Place West [Middlesex], esquire, M. P. eldest son, heir at law and sole executor of George William Russell, called Lord George William Russell [later 9th Duke of Bedford]; (ii) Francis, 2nd Duke of Bedford; (iii) Thomas Philip, 2nd Earl de Grey, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire; Charles James Fox Russell, called Lord Charles James Fox Russell; Richard Thomas Gilpin, esquire, M. P., colonel of the Bedfordshire Militia; Thomas Charles Higgins, esquire, chairman of the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for Bedfordshire; John Harvey, esquire, deputy chairman of Quarter Sessions; William Bartholomew Higgins, esquire, lieutenant-colonel of the Bedfordshire Militia; Henry Littledale, esquire, J. P.; Robert Newland, esquire, J. P.; John Gibbard, esquire, J. P; Reciting: (I) lease and appointment of 26th-27th July 1810 between (1) John, 6th Duke of Bedford; (2) Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford, then Marquess of Tavistock and Anna Maria, his wife; (3) Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington; (4) William Adam; William Drew; (5) John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory; William Adam; (6) Edward Adolphus Saint Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset; Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham in which (a)-(c) was limited to the use of (5) for 2,000 years from the death of (2) as trustees to raise £10,000 for each of (2)’s children apart from his eldest son (II) lease and appointment of 20th and 21st July 1824 between (1) John, 6th Duke of Bedford; (2) Francis, Duke of Bedford; (3) William Russell, commonly called Lord William Russell, now dead, brother of (1); William George Adam; (4) Lord William Russell; Lord George William Russell; William George Adam; (5) Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath; Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (appointments of 20th June 1829 between (1) John, 6th Duke of Bedford; (2) Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford; (3) Lord William Russell; William George Adam; (4) and 29th and 31st March 1834 between (1) John, 6th Duke of Bedford; (2) Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford; (3) Lord William Russell; William George Adam indorsed upon it) in which (a)-(c) was settled for 1,500 years from 20th July 1824 on (5) to the use of (2) for his life after the death of (1) with power of sale for Lord George William Russell (III) death of William George Adam on 16th May 1839 and Lord William Russell on 6th May 1840 (IV) death of Lord George William Russell on 16th July 1846 having, in his will of 2nd March 1841, proved in PCC on 14th December 1846 appointed (i) as sole executor (V) (i), with the consent of (ii), had agreed sale of (a) to (iii) for £450 (VI) (iii) had purchased (a) under the Militia Law Amendment Act 1854 as a place on which to build a store for the “arms, accoutrements, clothing and other stores” of the Bedfordshire Militia and also to provide quarters for permanent staff of the regiment and “cells and other conveniences as may appear” (XI) (ii)’s only issue was William, Marquess of Tavistock, aged 46, and no other child and it was agreed that (ii) would enter into the covenant Operative Part: - (iii) paid £450 to (i) out of money borrowed under the act; - (i), with consent of (ii), voided all powers over (a) set out in the deed of 21 July 1824; - (i), with consent of (ii), appointed (a) to (iii) Property (a) piece of pasture in Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton containing 3 acres, 1 rood, 12 poles including hedge and ditch on N side being part of a larger piece in the occupation of John Burr, part of an allotment to the Duke of Bedford of 14 acres, 1 rood, 15 poles made at inclosure and bounded: N by the other part of the allotment; E by allotment to John, Earl of Ashburnham, now of George Peter Livius, esquire; S by the road from Bedford to Goldington [Goldington Road]; W by another part of the allotment Habendum - to (iii) in trust for purposes defined by the Militia Law Amendment Act 1854 Schedule - marriage settlement of 6th August 1808 (1) John, 6th Duke of Bedford; (2) Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford; (3) Charles, Earl Harrington; Lady Anna Maria Stanhope; (4) William Adam; William Drewe; - lease and appointment of 26th-27th July 1810: (1) John, 6th Duke of Bedford; (2) Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford, then Marquess of Tavistock and Anna Maria, his wife; (3) Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington; (4) William Adam; William Drew; (5) John FitzPatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory; William Adam; (6) Edward Adolphus Saint Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset; Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham; - lease and appointment of 20th and 21st July 1824: (1) John, 6th Duke of Bedford; (2) Francis, Duke of Bedford; (3) William Russell, commonly called Lord William Russell, now dead, brother of (1); William George Adam; (4) Lord William Russell; Lord George William Russell; William George Adam; (5) Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath; Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland; - appointment of 20th June 1829: (1) John, 6th Duke of Bedford; (2) Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford; (3) Lord William Russell; (4) William George Adam; - appointment of 29th and 31st March 1834: (1) John, 6th Duke of Bedford; (2) Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford; (3) Lord William Russell; William George Adam Witnesses: - Christopher Haedy of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury; - Charles Parker of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury; - Arthur J. E. Russell of 2 Audley square, London; - James Mallet, servant to Francis Charles Hastings Russell