Reference
R6/5/20/11/14
Title
Copy conveyance
Date free text
24 June 1868
Production date
From: 1861 To: 1868
Scope and Content
Copy Conveyance [Lots 20-25]
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) James Thomas Hobson of New Wharf, Bedford, timber merchant
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)-(c) to (iii) for £222
Operative Part:
- (iii) gave £222 to (ii);
- (ii), with consent of (i), conveyed (a)-(c) to (iii)
Property [as shown on attached plan]:
(a) piece of land in Bedford, Saint Mary of area 6,696 square feet; bounded: N by various properties; E by Midland Railway Company line; S by (c); E by various properties;
(b) piece of land in Bedford, Saint Mary of area 5,353 square feet bounded: N by (c); E by Midland Railway Company line; S by Midland Railway Company private road; W by various properties;
(c) a piece of land in Bedford, saint Mary intended to be used as part of Britannia Place of width 35 feet – 3,648 square feet bounded N by (a); E by Midland Railway Company line; S by (b); W by various properties
Note: the map shows a pound on the corner of Britannia Road, Ampthill Road and the Midland Railway Company private road.
Habendum:
- to (iii) to the use of (iii)
Covenant
- by (iii) to erect fences at least 4 feet high on the W boundary
Witnesses:
- Thomas Tacy Wing of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury [Middlesex];
- Thomas J. R. Davison of Bedford Office;
- William Windell, clerk to Wing & Du Cane of Grays Inn [Middlesex]
Level of description
item