MB2/BBRP/6/4554

Abstract of Title of the Trustees for sale of Freehold Building Land near Bromham and Woburn Roads in the Parish of Saint Paul, Bedford 1885

1885

From: 1885 To: 1905

(I) Lease and Release of 18-19 May 1813 Parties: (i) George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham of Ashburnham [Sussex], only son and heir at law of John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham; (ii) John Trapp of Bedford, draper; (iii) Barber Best of Putnoe, gentleman, trustee for (ii) Reciting: - deed to lead to the uses of a fine of 23 March 1813 between (1) George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham and Charlotte, his wife; (2) Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland and Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydir; (3) William Martin Forster of Lincoln’s Inn [Middlesex], gentleman and by fine sur conizance de droit come ceo etc. later levied by (1) to (3) in Hilary 1813; and Lease and Release of 24-25 March 1813 between (1) Philip Martin of Leeds Castle [Kent], esquire; (2) George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham; (3) William Martin Forster in which (a)-(c) were settled to the use of persons appointed by the George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham during his life; - (i) sold (a)-(c) at auction on 24-25 November 1812 as Lots 3, 31, 39, 43 and 44 and that (ii) bought the lots for £2,845 and the timber for £134/10/-, together £2,979/10/- Operative Part: - (ii) paid £2,979/10/- to (i); - (i) appointed (a)-(c) to trusts; - (i) released Property: (a) close of pasture called Coneygree, Coneygrey or Coneygrove with the dovehouse standing thereon; (b) moated garden called Creamer’s Garden containing 4 acres, 2 roods, 37 poles in Bedford, Saint Paul, late part of a farm called The Friars or The Friars Minors [Franciscan or Greyfriars in Bedford from at least 1295 to 1538] and in the occupation of William Sharp abutting: N on the turnpike road from Bedford to Newport Pagnell [Buckinghamshire]; E on homestall of the farm lately sold by the Earl of Ashburnham to William Sharp; S and W by (c); (c) land called Conduit Field and Iron Well, part of the common field called Conduit Field in Bedford, Saint Paul containing 18 acres, 19 poles bounded: N by part of the land set out as a gravel, stone and sand pit and by the turnpike road from Bedford to Newport Pagnell; part N and part E by (b); part E by the homestall of the farm of The Friars; part S by Dovehouse Close sold to Thomas Gurney and S by a close of pasture called Turner’s or Tyrill’s or Friars’ Spinney Close, late part of The Friars Farm and sold in lots to James Gibbon and John Pulley ; part W by land late of John Hawes then belonging to Leonard Thompson, esquire; part W by the stone, gravel and sand pit allotted on 12 June 1797 by inclosure commissioners Thomas Stone, Robert Edmonds and Joseph Pawsey to John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham, the act also extinguishing tithes in all the allotted land Habendum: - to the use of (ii) to trusts appointed by (ii), to the use of (ii) for life, to the use of (iii) during the life of (ii) in trust for (ii) to the use of (ii) for ever. Covenant: - by (i) to deliver scheduled deeds to (ii) Schedule: - Lease and Release of 1-2 March 1805 [sic 1705] (1) Ursula Taylor; (2) John, 1st Baron Ashburnham; - Lease and Release of 28-29 May 1708 (1) John, 1st Baron Ashburnham; (2) Ursula Taylor, William Ashburnham and Catherine, his wife; (3) Edward Southwell, esquire and Sir Richard Hoare; - fine sur conizance de droit come ceo etc of Trinity 7 Anne, Edward Southwell and Sir Richard Hoare, plaintiffs and William Ashburnham and Catherine, his wife, deforciants; - indenture of 24 December 1706 (1) William Risley, Barnardiston Risley and Nathaniel Mason; (2) Sir John Mordaunt, bart.; - deed poll of 27 March 1707 by Sir John Mordaunt, Sir Cholmely Dering and Anthony Kent; - Lease and Release of 26-27 March 1707 (1) Sir John Mordaunt; (2) William Fawkner, William Dixon and Thomas Rorke; - indenture of 3 December 1707 (1) Sir John Mordaunt; (2) William Fawkner, William Dixon and Thomas Rorke; - Lease and Release of 19-20 April 1711 (1) Sir John Mordaunt and Dame Penelope, his wife; (2) William Fawkner, William Dixon and Thomas Rorke; (3) John, 3rd Baron Ashburnham and Bryan Fairfax the younger; - fine sur conizance de droit come ceo etc of Easter 10 Anne John, 3rd Baron Ashburnham (later 1st Earl of Ashburnham) and Bryan Fairfax, plaintiffs and Sir John Mordaunt and Penelope, his wife, deforciants; - bargain and sale of 20 April 1711 (1) Sir John Mordaunt and Penelope, his wife; (2) William Fawkner, William Dixon and Thomas Rorke; (3) John, 3rd Baron Ashburnham and Bryan Fairfax; - indenture of 21 April 1711 (1) Sir John Mordaunt; (2) William Fawkner, William Dixon, Sir William Meredith and Thomas Rorke; (3) John, 3rd Baron Ashburnham, Richard Waring, esquire and James Marburney, gentleman; - Lease and Release of 18-19 November 1723 (1) Edward Southwell; (2) John, 3rd Baron Ashburnham; - Lease and Release of 22-23 November 1723 (1) John, 3rd Baron Ashburnham; (2) Bertram Ashburnham; (3) Bryan Fairfax and John Middleton; (4) Edward Southwell and Richard Waring; - common recovery of Hilary, 10 George I with Bryan Fairfax and John Middleton, demandants, Edward Southwell and Richard Waring, tenants, John, 3rd Baron Ashburnham, first vouchee and Bertram Ashburnham’s second vouchee; - bargain and sale of 9 May 1751 (1) John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham; (2) Nicholas Coulthurst, gentleman; (3) Matthew Lamb; - extract of a common recovery of Easter 1751, Matthew Lamb, demandant, Nicholas Coulthurst, tenant, John, 2nd of Ashburnham, vouchee; - Lease and Release of 9-10 January 1752 (1) Elizabeth Montgomery, widow, John Perrin alias Perring, Robert Perrin alias Perring, James Perrin alias Perring and Davis Perrin alias Perring; (2) John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham; - Lease and Release of 18-19 June 1756 (1) John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham, (2) Theodosia Crowley the elder, widow and Elizabeth Crowley, spinster; (3) Thomas Pelham Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle and Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln; (4) Wilmot Vaughan and William Varey, esquire; (5) Sir William Stanhope and John Sharp, esquire; (6) Percy Wyndham O’Brien and John Offley, esquire; - Lease and Release by way of marriage settlement of 21-22 July 1795 (1) John, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham; (2) George Ashburnham called Viscount Saint Asaph (later 3rd Earl of Ashburnham); (3) Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley and Charlotte Percy, his eldest daughter; (4) Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, Sir Peter Burrell, bart and Robert Vyner the younger, esquire; - Lease and Release of 22-23 March 1813 (1) George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham and Charlotte, his wife; (2) Hugh, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, and Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydir; - indenture of 23 March 1813 (1) George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham and Charlotte, his wife; (2) Hugh, 2nd Duke of Northumberland and Peter Burrell, 1st Baron Gwydir; - fine sur conizance de droit come ceo etc of Hilary 53 George III William Martin Forster, plaintiff and George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham and Charlotte, his wife, deforciants; - Lease and Release of 24-25 March 1813 (1) Philip Martin, esquire; (2) George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham; (3) William Martin Forster (II) Memorandum of 6 May 1844 endorsed on (I) that Charles Trapp of Bedford, gentleman and John Best Trapp of Bedford, gentleman conveyed one acre in Conduit Field and Iron Well Close bounded: N by Bromham Road, S by another part of Conduit Field and Iron Well Close belonging to Charles Trapp and John Best Trapp, E by part of Conduit Field and Iron Well Close belonging to John Emery; W by part of Conduit Field and Iron Well Close belonging to Charles Trapp to the use of William Bone of Bedford, yeoman (III) Memorandum of 1 December 1847 endorsed on (I) that Charles Trapp of Bedford, gentleman and John Best Trapp of Bedford, gentleman mortgaged five acres with “mansion house, lodge, erections and buildings in the occupation of Henry Verey, esquire” in Conduit Field and Iron Well Close bounded N by Bromham Road, S by property late of John Pulley, now of Rev. Anthony Pulley; W by property of Robert Elliott; E by another part of Conduit Field and Iron Well Close, to Henry Stuart, with a separate deed of the same date in which Thomas Simmons Trapp of Bedford, banker and Charles Trapp and John Best Trapp undertook to produce the lease for a year on which the deed was grounded to Henry Stuart (IV) Memorandum of 7 June 1852 between (1) Charles Trapp and John Best Trapp and (2) John Emery of Kempston Hardwick, yeoman; (3) Thomas Simmons Trapp of Bedford, banker in which (1) conveyed land on the S side of the turnpike road from Bedford to Bromham measuring on N 114 links, on S 103 links, on E 518 links and on W 584 links together with messuage and outbuildings erected by John Emery and in the occupation of Richard Abbott Harris bounded: N by the road; S by land devised in the will of John Trapp to Charles Trapp and John Best Trapp in the occupation of Henry Joseph Jones and William Davis; W by land sold to William Bone; E by sweard land of the devisees of Joseph Trapp in the occupation of John Isitt to (2) with a separate indenture for production of the lease for a year on which the deed was grounded (V) Memorandum of conveyance of 8 June 1852 Parties: (1) Charles Trapp of Bedford, gentleman; (2) John Best Trapp of Bedford, gentleman; (3) Ezra Eagles the elder of Bedford, gentleman; (4) Thomas Simmons Trapp of Bedford, gentleman. Reciting: - the will of John Trapp devising (a)-(c) to (1) and (2); - (1) and (2) had decided to partition the real estate devised to them Operative part: - (1) and (2) conveyed (a)-(c) to (3) to uses in favour of (1); - (1) and (2) conveyed (d)-(e), subject to a mortgage to Henry Stuart to (3) to uses in favour of (2) Property [as shown on included plan]: (a) piece of ground on S side of the turnpike road from Bedford to Bromham together with three messuages lately erected by Charles Trapp on N part of the land near the turnpike road and occupied by Vincent Clementi, Frederick Walford and Wilkinson Finlinson and a messuage on S part in the occupation of Francis Trapp with a grapery or vinery adjoining and used as a florist’s nursery [the plan shows dimensions as 268 links on N, 267 links on S, 774 links on W and 874 links on E]; (b) piece of ground on S side of the road adjoining (a) on W [the plan shows dimensions as 129 links and 29 links on N, 201 links on S, 774 links on E and 800 links on W and in the occupation of William Davis]; (c) part of a field or close of sweard adjoining (a) and (b) on S the boundary on E side being stumped out [the plan shows dimensions as 458 links N, 442 links S, 920 links E and 988 links W]; together with right of way over a road or ground conveyed to John Emery. (d) part of Sweard Close in the occupation of Henry Williams Beauford [the plan shows dimensions of 341 links N, 360 links S and 991 links W]; (e) part of sweard close in the occupation of John Makeham subject to a right of way for Charles Trapp with NE section converted into garden ground with a messuage, cottage and outbuildings erected on part of it and in the occupation of Henry Joseph Jones and William Davis [the plan shows dimensions of 241 links N, 620 links E, 120 links S and 920 links W] (VI) Memorandum of 9 June 1852 in which (a) in (V) was mortgaged by Charles Trapp to William Last of Bedford, gentleman for £1,000 (VII) Will of John Trapp of 28 April 1830 including a devise to his son Joseph Trapp of (a) close of pasture called The Coneygree or Dovehouse Close with garden moated round and barn standing in the close and (b) pasture called The Little Bulls adjoining (a) formerly part of an allotment of land in Conduit Field and appointing his wife Martha and four sons Thomas Simmons Trapp, Joseph Trapp, Charles Trapp and John Best Trapp as executrix and executors (VIII) Death of John Trapp on 17 November 1830 and burial at Saint Paul’s church, Bedford (IX) Proof of the will of John Trapp in PCC on 18 March 1831 (X) Will of Joseph Trapp of 10 March 1838 devising all real estate to his wife Anna Maria for her life, remainder to their children and appointing his brother Charles, uncle Benjamin and brother-in-law Richard Halfhead as executors (XI) Death of Joseph Trapp on 27 July 1838 and his burial in Saint Paul’s, Bedford (XII) Proof of the will of Joseph Trapp in PCC on 4 December 1838 (XIII) Birth of Emily Trapp, daughter of Joseph and Anna Maria on 23 July 1838 and her baptism at Saint Paul’s, Bedford (XIV) Settlement of 11 November 1859 Parties: (1) Richard Watson Moor of Stoke Saint Gregory [Somerset], clerk and Anna Maria, his wife; (2) Emily Trapp of Stoke Saint Gregory, spinster; (3) Richard Halfhead, formerly of Bedford, banker Reciting: - (VII)-(XIII) above; - Anna Maria Trapp married Richard Watson Moor in September 1847; - it might be desirable to sell large portions of the real estate devised in (VII) and (X); - (1) and (2) were to enter into a covenant with (3) as trustee Operative Part: - (1) and (2) set over (a) to (3) as trustee Property: (a) all money which might arise during the life of Anna Maria from sale of real estate devised in the will of Joseph Trapp Proviso - for Anna Maria Moor and (2) to appoint new trustees (XV) Certificate of Acknowledgement by Anna Maria Moor of 19 November 1859 (XVI) Conveyance of 30 April 1863 Parties: (1) Rev Richard Watson Moor and Anna Maria, his wife; (2) Emily Trapp; (3) Richard Halfhead; (4) John Best Trapp Reciting: - (I); - (VII)-(XII); - (XIV); - (4) had contracted with (1) and (2) for absolute purchase of (a) Operative Part - (3), by direction of (1) and (2) conveyed (a) to (4) for £200 Property [as shown on included plan]: (a) pasture on S side of the moated area west of priory Street and measuring 197 feet on N, 238 feet on S, 196 feet on e and 297 feet on W with a right of way from the land over Little Bulls to Priory Street (XVII) Acknowledgement by Anna Maria Moor of 1 May 1863 (XVIII) Appointment of Trustees of 16 May 1872 Parties: (1) Rev Richard Watson Moor and Anna Maria, his wife; (2) Rev. Edmund Fowle and Emily, his wife (formerly Emily Trapp); (3) Thomas Simmons Trapp of Bedford, banker; Mark Whyley of Bedford, solicitor Reciting: - Will of Richard Halfhead on 27 August 1864 appointing Edward Caruthers Little and Mark Whyley as trustees devising all real estate for which he was trustee to them; - death of Richard Halfhead on 3 May 1867 and proof of his will and two codicils in PPR on 22 July 1867; - (1) and (2) wished to appoint (3) as trustees Operative Part: - (1) and (2) appointed (3) as trustees of the settlement at (XIV) (XIX) Quitclaim of 12 April 1879 Parties: (1) John Best Trapp; (2) Richard Watson Moor, then of Bath [Somerset] and Anna Maria, his wife; (3) Edmund Fowle and Emily, his wife Reciting: - (XVI); - Anna Maria Moor and Emily Fowle were seized of (a) Operative Part: - (2) and (3) paid £50 to (1); - (1) quitclaimed the (a) to (1) and (2) Property: (a) right of way granted by (XVI) over Little Bulls to Priory Street, Bedford was to be extinguished (XX) Appointment of New Trustee of 8 September 1882 by (1) Richard Watson Moor and Anna Maria, his wife, (2) Edmund Fowle and Emily, his wife and (3) Mark Whyley appointing Edmund Fowle to replace Thomas Simmons Trapp who died on 7 March 1882 (XXI) Death of Richard Watson Moor on 11 March 1884 (XXII) Settlement of May 1885 Parties: (1) Anna Maria Moor of Bath, widow; (2) Edmund Fowle of Bickley [Kent] and Emily, his wife; (3) Mark Whyley of Bedford, solicitor and Edmund Fowle Reciting: - (I); - (VII)-(XII); - (XIV); - (XVIII); - (XX); - it was considered desirable to sell (a); - to spare expense (1) and (2) had prevailed upon (3) to accept a conveyance of (a) in trust Operative Part: - (1) and (2) conveyed (a) to (3) Property [as shown in included plan]: (a) land in Bedford, Saint Paul bounded: N partly by a former turnpike road from Bedford to Newport Pagnell and called Bromham Road; part N by land of Jarvis & Company; part N by premises of Rev. William Philip Beckett called The Priory or Priory Farm; part S by land of Captain Williams; part S by a small piece of land of (3); part S by Woburn Road and Alexandra Road; part S by land of James Peter Piper and Edmund Fowle; part E by land of Jarvis & Company; part E by land of William Philip Beckett; part E by land of James Peter Piper and Edmund Fowle; part W by land of Augustus Edgar Burch; part W by small piece of land of Mark Whyley and Edmund Fowle; part W by land of Adcock; part W by Woburn Road and Alexandra Road. The land formerly formed part of Coneygree and Conduit Field and Iron Well Habendum: - to (3) upon trust for sale and to stand possessed of the sale monies under the trust established in (XIV)

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Ashburnham, George, 3rd Earl,
Ashburnham, John, 2nd Earl,
Ashburnham, Charlotte,
Trapp, John,
Best, Barber,
Percy, Hugh [2nd Duke of Northumberland],
Burrell, Peter [1st Baron Gwydyr],
Forster, William Martin,
Martin, Phillip,
Gurney, Thomas,
Gibbon, James,
Pulley, John,
Hawes, John,
Thompson, Leonard,
Stone, Thomas,
Edmonds, Robert,
Pawsey, Joseph,
Taylor, Ursula,
Ashburnham, John, 1st Baron,
Ashburnham, William,
Ashburnham, Catherine,
Risley, William,
Risley, Barnardiston,
Mason, Nathaniel,
Mordaunt, John,
Dering, Cholmeley,
Kent, Anthony,
Fawkner, William,
Dixon, William,
Rorke, Thomas,
Fairfax, Brian,
Mordaunt, Penelope,
Meredith, William,
Marburney, James,
Waring, Richard,
Ashburnham, Bertram,
Middleton, John,
Coulthurst, Nicholas,
Lamb, Matthew,
Montgomery, Elizabeth,
Perrin, John,
Perring, John,
Perrin, Robert,
Perring, Robert,
Perrin, James,
Perring, James,
Perrin, Davis,
Perring, Davis,
Crowley, Theodosia,
Crowley, Elizabeth,
Holles, Thomas Pelham,
Pelham-Clinton, Henry Fiennes [Earl of Lincoln],
Vaughan, Wilmot,
Varey, William,
Stanhope, William,
Sharp, John,
Percy, Algernon [1st Earl of Beverley],
Percy, Charlotte,
Vyner, Robert,
Trapp, Charles,
Trapp, John Best,
Emery, John,
Bone, William,
Verey, Henry,
Pulley, John,
Pulley, Anthony,
Elliott, Robert,
Stuart, Henry,
Trapp, Henry Simmons,
Harris, Richard Abbott,
Jones, Henry Joseph,
Davis, William,
Trapp, Joseph,
Isitt, John,
Eagles, Ezra,
Clementi, Vincent,
Walford, Francis,
Finlinson, Wilkinson,
Beauford, Henry Williams,
Makeham, John,
Last, William,
Trapp, Martha,
Trapp, Anna Maria,
Trapp, Benjamin,
Halfhead, Richard,
Trapp, Emily,
Moor, Richard Watson,
Moor, Anna Maria,
Fowle, Edmund,
Fowle, Emily,
Whyley, Mark,
Little, Edward Caruthers,
Jarvis & Company,
Beckett, William Philip,
Piper, James Peter,
Burch, Augustus Edgar,
Williams,
Adcock

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