HF40/3/29/4

Property near Cock Inn, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

1934

From: 1889 To: 1934

Abstract of Title of Messrs George Elliott Smyth and Maynard Tomson to Bullock Sale Yard, Paynes Park, Hitchin, Hertfordshire a) mortgage in £5500 and 4% interest 1) George Jackson of Hitchin, auctioneer (mortgagor) 2) James Hack Tuke, Francis Lucas, Frederick Seebohm, William Tindall Lucas and Hugh Exton Seebohm, bankers (mortgagees) (Supplemental to Charges of 6 September 1889, 19 August 1891, 6 March 1894, and 1 August 1894) (to cover overdraft of George Jackson and Son) includes sale yard in occupation of 1) abutting N. property of devisees of C W H Llewellyn deceased S. property of Francis Shillitoe and the mortgagees E. property of Pryor and Company W. West Lane Hitchin, Hertfordshire 19 Sep 1894 £2000 in Assurance due from Emma Jackson, widow (executrix under Will of mortgagor) as from 22 May 1895 b) Will of George Jackson (dies 16 Jan 1895) everything to wife Emma made 20 Dec 1894 proved 5 Mar 1895 c) Will of Emma Jackson (died 25 August 1904) to trustees for sale and executors son in law Hugh Rankin, son in law Frederick Reynolds, son Ernest Conder Jackson (who renounces property) made 7 Jun 1902 proved 9 Nov 1904 d) Deed Poll of Ernest Conder Jackson renounces Trusteeship 3 Feb 1905 e) Conveyance 1) Hugh Rankin and Frederick Reynolds (Trustees) (vendors) 2) Ernest Conder Jackson Joseph Jackson of Hitchin, auctioneer, under firm of George Jackson and son (purchaser) £1600 only owed on mortgage secondly: sale yard site in Paynes Park (formerly West Lane) Hitchin, Hertfordshire frontage 66 ft to Paynes Park and depth of 234 ft with building erected on it then in occupation of purchasers abutting N. property formerly or lately belonging to Executors of Samuel Perks deceased part S. property then or late belonging to F Shillitoe part S. property belonging to Messrs Pryor and Company known as Cock Inn W. Paynes Park in Hitchin, Hertfordshire Consideration £600 8 Feb 1904 f) Estate Duty Certificate for Emma Jackson 30 Mar 1905 g) Reconveyance including plan 1) Frederick Seebohm, William Tindall Lucas and Hugh Exton Seebohm of Hitchin, bankers (James Hack Tuke died 13 January 1896 and Francis Lucas died 29 June 1896) 2) Ernest Conder Jackson and Joseph Jackson (mortgagees) Further reduction by Trustees for Sale by £400 recites conveyance 1) Hugh Rankin and Frederick Reynolds 2) mortgagees 3) Alfred Doughty piece of land coloured green on plan (abutting High Street near Cock Inn, Hitchin, Hertfordshire 7 Nov 1905 recites conveyance 1) Ernest Conder Jackson and Joseph Jackson 2) mortgagees 3) William Onslow Times section yellow on plan 2 (which is not included in this Abstract) Consideration £1500 31 Mar 1905 land not sold above coloured pink on plan Consideration £100 7 Nov 1905 h) Will of Joseph Jackson (died 25 May 1909) appointed Walter Jackson and Frederick William Field executors made 5 Apr 1908 proved 3 Sep 1909 i) Conveyance 1) Walter Jackson of Biggleswade, architect Frederick William Field of Hitchin, auctioneer’s clerk 2/5th shares in freehold properties including property above Consideration £480 j) Will of Ernest Conder Jackson (died 24 February 1924) all real and personal estate to Lucie Talfourd Jackson (wife) made 21 Jan 1924 proved 9 May 1924 k) Lease for 14 years 1) Lucie Talfourd Jackson of “St David’s”, Walsworth Road, Hitchin, widow (landlord) 2) George Elliott Smyth and Maynard Tomson (both of Hitchin) auctioneers (carrying on business as George Jackson) (tenants) includes piece of land on E. side of Payne’s Park, Hitchin N. property of – E. property of Alfred Doughty S. Trustees W. Payne’s Park with office, calf shed, bullock ring and pens erected on it (same has for many years been in occupation of George Jackson and Son and used by them as a bullock yard) and right of entry from High Street, under covered gateway of Cock Inn to High Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire over yard of Cock Inn Schedule of fittings bullock yard as fixed, (wood), bull ring (iron and wood) enclosure to Sale Ring and covering and supports of same, selling rostrum as fixed with cement flooring rent £140 per annum 25 Aug 1924 l) Conveyance 1) G T [?L T] Jackson (vendor) 2) George Elliott Smyth and Maynard Tomson (purchase property as above) (except E. abuttals now described as property of Percy Charles Creasey and Annie Elizabeth Lipsham) Consideration £2700 25 Mar 1930 m) and n) Search Certificates o) Lease for 14 years (and plan) 1) George Elliott Smyth and Maynard Tomson, both of Hitchin (landlords) 2) Betty Galletly of Midland Hotel, Bedford (wife of Thomas) (tenant) piece of land at West end of Cock Hotel Yard, High Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire tenant to erect and maintain stock proof with gateway 12 ft wide with double gates and locks allowed to use as covered car park in connection with Hotel 8 Jun 1931 made 1934

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Hooper & Fletcher,
Smyth, George Elliott,
Tomson, Maynard,
Jackson, George,
Tuke, James Hack,
Lucas, Francis,
Seebohm, Frederick,
Lucas, William Tindall,
Seebohm, Hugh Exton,
George Jackson & Son,
Llewellyn, C W H,
Shillitoe, Francis,
Pryor & Company Limited,
Jackson, Emma,
Rankin, Hugh,
Reynolds, Frederick,
Jackson, Ernest Conder,
Jackson, Joseph,
Perks, Samuel,
Doughty, Alfred,
Times, William Onslow,
Jackson, Walter,
Field, Frederick William,
Jackson, Lucie Talfourd,
Creasey, Percy Charles,
Lipsham, Annie Elizabeth,
Galletly, Betty,
Galletly, Thomas

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