Reference
R6/5/20/20/1
Title
Copy conveyance
Date free text
11 October 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) John Cumberland of Luton, auctioneer and valuer
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 seized of (a)
(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
(VII) (i), with consent of (ii), agreed to sell (a) to (iii) for £400
Operative Part:
- (iii) gave £400 to (i);
- (i), with consent of (ii) conveyed (a) to (iii)
Property [as shown on attached plan]:
(a) land in Bedford, Saint John the Baptist measuring 3 acres, 3 roods, 21 poles bounded: N and NW by the highway from Bedford to Luton; S and SW by the Leicester and Hitchin Railway; E and NE by property of [blank]; in the occupation of George Tilcock
Habendum:
- to (iii) for ever
Covenant
- by (i) to produce scheduled deeds
Schedule
- tenancy of 23rd June 1855 (1) Thomas Bennett, agent for the Duke of Bedford; (ii) George Tilcock of Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton;
- indenture of 9th October 1874 as (V) above;
- indenture of 21st January 1883 as (VI) above
Witnesses:
- Thomas Tacy Wing of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury [Middlesex];
- Frank D. Barlow of Penrhyn Estate Office, Bangor, estate agent’s clerk;
- Charles Gray of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury
Level of description
item