• Reference
    HF41/2/16/11
  • Title
    Abstract of Title (corrected in pencil to 1886) 1876, owner William Alden Keep (1886 Trustees of Charles Powers deceased) freehold land and 6 cottages, Blunham
  • Date free text
    1876
  • Production date
    From: 1859 To: 1886
  • Scope and Content
    recites a) Conveyance 1) John West of Biggleswade, baker (mortgagee) 2) Charles Smith of Girtford, gardener (vendor) 3) Frederick Archdale and Charles Samuel Lindsell of Biggleswade esquire, (Covenant to produce Deed) 4) William Alden Keep (purchaser) recites Conveyance 1) Seymour Fenlow 2) Sir Robert George Harvey George Percy Elliott Thomas Godfrey Sambrook 3) William Dacres Adams 4) John Spurgeon 5) Thomas Blackall Henry Walmsley 6) Harry Thornton and Charles John Pearse 7) William Underwood 8) Henry Turner Smith (purchaser) 30 Jul 1859 mortgage in £950 + 5% interest 1) Henry Turner Smith (mortgagor) 2) John West, mortgagee 1 Aug 1859 death of Henry Turner Smith, a bachelor intestate, 1 July 1867, heir Charles Smith piece of arable [2 acres] abutting N. High Road from Biggleswade to Chalton S. land of Messrs Marshall and Stevens part W. and E. lands formerly Henry Turner Smith (part of land conveyed 30 July 1859) then of F Archdale and C S Lindsell (rest of land to be sold by C Smith to Frederick Balls) covenant to maintain fence on E. side Consideration paid to 1) by 4) £225 16 Dec 1867 b) Mortgage in £350 1) William Alden Keep (mortgagor) 2) Robert Phipps, John Robarts and Daniel Dickens, all of Biggleswade (mortgagee) recites 1) lately erected 6 cottages on site 29 Jun 1870 c) Transfer of mortgage 1) 2) in deed of 29 June 1870 above 2) R Phipps Edward Sandon of Biggleswade, licensed victualler William Stoton of same, market gardener 19 Feb 1875
  • Level of description
    item