Reference
R6/5/20/21/1
Title
Copy conveyance
Date free text
25 March 1887
Production date
From: 1861 To: 1887
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) Francis Thomas de Grey, 7th Earl Cowper; Samuel Whitbread of Southill, esquire, M. P.; Francis John Thynne of Hawnes Park, Wilshamstead, esquire; William Francis Higgins of Turvey, esquire
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)-(b)
(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)-(b) to (iii) for £3,350
Operative Part:
- (iii) gave £3,350 to (i);
- (i), with consent of (ii) conveyed (a)-(b) to (iii)
Property [as shown on attached plan]:
(a) close of land in Bedford, Saint Mary containing 4 acres, 3 roods, 2 poles bounded: NW by road from Bedford to Kempston; SE and part NE by other property of the Governors of Bedford General Infirmary; part NE by (b); SW by property of Theed William Pearse;
(b) land adjoining (a) containing 2 acres, 1 rood, 26 poles bounded: part SW by (a); part SW by other property of the Governors of Bedford General Infirmary; NE by Britannia Road; NW by the road from Bedford to Kempston; SE by road from Bedford to Ampthill
Habendum:
- to (iii) upon trust for the “subscribers to the Bedford General Infirmary for the reception of the sick and lame of Bedfordshire and for endowing and managing the same and to be disposed of as the subscribers for the time being to the said institution shall direct or appoint” and to assure to new trustees when the subscribers think fit
Witnesses:
- Frank Barlow of Penrhyn Estate Office, Bangor, estate agent’s clerk;
- C. H. Denman of Penrhyn Estate Office, assistant clerk;
- John Dewar of 33 Saint James Square [Middlesex], domestic servant;
- Margaret E. Cecil of 33 Saint James Square, spinster;
- Thomas Tacy Wing of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury [Middlesex];
- Charles Gray of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury
Level of description
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