Reference
R6/5/20/22/1
Title
Conveyance
Date free text
28 February 1894
Production date
From: 1861 To: 1894
Scope and Content
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) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford;
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) agreed to convey (a) to (ii) for £8,000 as valued by Henry Wood of 97 Gresham Street, City of London
Operative Part:
- (i) conveyed at to (ii) for £8,000
Property [as shown on attached plan]:
(a) close or arable in Bedford, Saint Cuthbert containing 23 acres, 2 roods, 3 poles bounded: N by the Bower Estate and Saint Cuthbert’s glebe; S by the Ouse Embankment Road; E by the Campion Estate; W by the Bower Estate
Witnesses:
- Thomas Tacy Wing of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury [Middlesex];
- Frank Barlow of Penrhyn Estate Office, Bangor, estate agent’s clerk;
- Thomas Molyneux of Hayes [Kent], domestic servant
Level of description
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