Reference
R6/5/20/11/2
Title
Copy conveyance
Date free text
24 June 1868
Production date
From: 1861 To: 1868
Scope and Content
Copy Conveyance [Lots 2 and 3]
Parties:
(i) Thomas Henry, Baron Foley; Charles Romilly of Wilton Place, Belgrave Square [Middlesex]; George Russell of Chesham Place, Belgrave Square, esquire;
(ii) William, 8th Duke of Bedford;
(iii) George Handscomb Miller of Bedford, stone mason;
(iv) James Pearse of Bedford, solicitor
Reciting:
(I) will of Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford, of 7th May 1861 devising all his real estate to (i) in trust for (ii) with power for (i) to sell
(II) death of Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford on 14th May 1861 and proof of his will and two codicils in PPR on 31st July 1861
(III) (i), with the consent of (ii), had agreed to sell (a) to (iii) for £290
Operative Part:
- (iii) gave £290 to (ii);
- (ii), with consent of (i), conveyed (a) to (iii)
Property [as shown on attached plan]:
(a) land in Bedford, Saint Paul containing 9,555 square feet bounded: N by land agreed to be sold to Eleanor Sim [R6/5/20/11/3]; E by land intended to be laid out as a road called Cook Street; S by land to be sold to John Tacchi [R6/5/20/11/1]; W on property of George Handscomb Miller
Habendum
- to (iii); to the use of (iii) for ever
Covenant
- by (iii) to erect fences at least 4 feet high on the E and S boundaries
Witnesses:
- Thomas Tacy Wing of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury [Middlesex];
- Thomas J. R. Davison
- James Pearse [who seems to play no part in the deed despite being party of the fourth part]
Level of description
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