Reference
Z1578/Bed/6/1
Title
Conveyance
Date free text
21 May 1866
Production date
From: 1866 To: 1866
Scope and Content
Conveyance
Parties:
(i) Theed William Pearse of Rye Close, Bedford, gentleman and James Pearse of Bedford, gentleman executors of the will of Theed Pearse, deceased;
(ii) Edward Chandler of Bedford
Reciting:
- will of Theed Pearse of Rye Close, Bedford of 1 November 1849 appointing his wife Lucy and sons (i) as executors and after devising all property held in trust or as mortgagees as well as certain property in Bedford, Saint Paul and Marston Moretaine and his house in Rye Close devised the residue of his real estate to his trustees in trust for sale;
- codicils to the will of Theed Pearse of 11 September 1852 and 23 March 1857 which did not affect (a);
- on 9 May 1857 Theed Pearse was seized of King’s Close, Bedford, Saint Mary when he died, his will being proved in PCC on 13th May 1857;
- death of Lucy Pearse at Bedford on 21st December 1865
Operative Part:
- (i) conveyed (a) to (ii) for £75
Property:
(a) part of King’s Close, Bedford Saint Mary with a frontage of 42 feet and depth at SW of 108 feet and NE 115 feet bounded: NE by other property of (i); SW by property of William Joseph Nash; purchased from (i) and occupied as garden ground; SE by King’s Place; NW by embankment to railway bridge on the road from Bedford to Kempston
Covenant:
- by (i) to produce scheduled deeds
Schedule:
- Feoffment of 10th October 1804: (1) John Day; (2) Theed Pearse senior; (3) Robert Denis;
- indenture of 10th May 1851: (1) Theed Pearse junior; George Pearse; Henry Pearse (2) Theed Pearse junior; Rev. Thomas Pearse;
- indenture of 18th February 1858: (1) Midland Railway Company; (2) Lucy Pearse; Theed William Pearse; James Pearse
Witness:
- Herbert J. Thompson, clerk to T. W. and G. Pearse of Bedford, solicitors
Level of description
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