Reference
R6/5/20/18/1
Title
Copy conveyance
Date free text
29 September 1883
Production date
From: 1861 To: 1883
Scope and Content
Copy conveyance
Parties:
(i) William Edward Sackville West, late lieutenant colonel, Grenadier Guards of Limegrove, Bangor [North Wales]; Sackville Arthur Cecil of The Oasthouse, Hayes Common, Bromley [Kent];
(ii) Francis Charles Hastings, 9th Duke of Bedford;
(iii) The Bedford Town and County Club House Company Limited
Reciting:
(I) will of Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford, of 7th May 1861 devising all his real estate to Charles Romilly, George Russell and Thomas Henry, Baron Foley 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) death of Thomas Henry, Baron Foley on 20th November 1869
(IV) death of William, 8th Duke of Bedford on 26th May 1872
(V) indenture of 9th October 1874 (1) Hastings, 9th Duke of Bedford; (2) Charles Romilly (3) George Russell (4) Samuel Whitbread appointing (4) instead of (3) as trustee of the will of 7th Duke of Bedford
(VI) indenture of 31st January 1883 (1) Duke of Bedford; (2) Charles Romilly and Samuel Whitbread; (3) William Edward Sackville West and Sackville Arthur Cecil in which (3) replaced (2) as trustees of the will of Francis, 7th Duke of Bedford
Operative Part:
- (iii) gave £500 to (i);
- (i), with consent of (ii), conveyed (a) to (iii)
Property [as shown on attached plan]:
(a) land in Bedford, Saint Paul bounded: N by stabling forming part of the Swan Hotel – 72 feet 4 inches; S by a strip of land of 10 feet width intended to be added to The Embankment adjoining the River Great Ouse – 72 feet 6 inches; W by stabling and garden forming part of the Swan Hotel – 87 feet 10 inches; E by gardens held with the Swan Hotel – 87 feet 7 inches
Habendum:
- to (iii) for ever
Level of description
item