Reference
X173/38
Title
Assignment of premises to (iv), Harvey Stone receiving further assignment as further security.
i)Joseph Margetts Pierson, grocer, John Everitt, haberdasher of hats, both of Hitchin, Hertfordshire
ii) The Reverend Thomas Whitehurst, Hitchin, clerk
iii) George Wilkins, Markyate Street, Flamstead, Hertfordshire, brewer
iv) Ralph Smith, St Michael, St Albans, Hertfordshire
v) Harvey Stone, Borough of St Alban, Hertfordshire, gentleman
Date free text
25 Feb 1771; endorsement 24 Feb 1787
Production date
From: 1771 To: 1787
Scope and Content
Reciting mortgages from 21 Jun 1743 onwards
Reciting indentures 10 and 11 Dec 1756 between
I) Sarah Hitchin
II) Reverend Thomas Whitehurst
III) Richard Hitchin and Joseph Ewesden, gentleman, both since deceased
being settlement previous to marriage of (I) and (II) when Sarah Hitchin assigned to uses her securities to Richard Hitchin, Joseph Ewesdin, Joseph Margetts Pierson and John Everitt
Reciting Act of Parliament of 2 George III entitled “An Act for Vesting Part of the Settled Estates of the Reverend Thomas Whitehurst clerk and Sarah his wife in the Counties of Hertford and Bedford in the said Thomas Whitehurst in Fee Simple” by which it was enacted that the sums remaining in the hands of the surviving trustees should be held to the use of the Reverend Thomas Whitehurst
Reciting that the Reverend Thomas Whitehurst has applied to George Wilkins for the repayment of £1,469 10s, and that Ralph Smith has offered to repay the same, and also advance a further sum of £30 10s
Endorsed with
Assignment in trust of premises.
i) Ralph Smith, sole executor of last will and testament of Harvey Stone deceased
ii) Francis Wilkins, Woodside, Caddington, farmer, second son and devisee named in will of George Wilkins party to the above indenture
iii) John Pope, Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex, butcher
iv) David Porter, Little Welbeck Street, St Marylebone, Middlesex, sutmerchant
Reciting that above sums not repaid; death of George Wilkins and his will, and that Francis Wilkins charged the premises with a further £800
Reciting death of Harvey Stone
Reciting that John Pope has contracted with Francis Wilkins for the absolute purchase of the freehold
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