X948/2/LEA/1/1

Abstract of title of William Hull to land at Leagrave

1926

From: 1901 To: 1926

(I) Indenture dated 26th July 1901 Parties: (i) William Anstee of The Tythe, Chalton, farmer (ii) John Cumberland of Luton, estate agent (iii) Walter Thomas Lye of Leagrave Hall, Luton, straw plait bleacher and dyer Reciting: - mortgages and transfers of mortgage as listed in Schedule I by which property (a) was vested in (i) as security for principal sum of £3000 with interest at 4% p.a. Operative part: - sale by (ii), who was seised of (a) subject to the mortgage to (i), to (iii) for £257, free from the mortgage debt of £3000 - payment by (iii) to (i) of £257 in part payment of the mortgage debt - (a) conveyed by (i) as mortgagee and by (ii) to (iii) Property: (a) 2a 2r 36p of land in Leagrave abutting on the High Road bounded: NW partly by land lately sold by (ii) to John Sanders and partly by land of Francis Allingham; SW by land of Messrs Squires and Hull; SE partly by land used as a pond and partly by High Road with a frontage of 370ft; NE land lately sold by (ii) to John Sanders, as shown in attached plan. Subject to right of Francis Allingham, William Squires and Charles Hull and their heirs to use cartway from High Road to their adjoining land on SW boundary of the plot, and to right of owners and occupiers of Leagrave Hall and the adjoining Farm Homestead to drain into the cesspool formed in or near the cartway. Habendum: - to the use of (iii) in fee simple freed and discharged from all claims under the indentures of mortgage and transfer of mortgage Covenant: - (iii) and (ii) will erect a two railed pale fence next to the right of way on the SE of (a) within 3 months and will maintain it thereafter - (ii) to produce documents as listed in Schedule II to (iii) Schedule I: - indenture of mortgage dated 2 March 1871 between (1) John Kinder and (2) John Filmer Anstey and Henry Lucas Bean - indenture of mortgage dated 2 May 1871 between (i) John Kinder and (2) William Anstee - indenture of transfer of mortgage dated 20 April 1875 between (1) Rev John Filmer Anstey aand henry Lucas Bean and (2) Rt. Hon. Augustus Frederick Arthur Lord Sandys, and (3) John Filmer Anstey and A. F. A. Lord Sandys - indenture dated 4 December 1889 between (1) John Cumberland and (2) Rev. J. F. Anstey and A. F. A. Lord Sandys - indenture between (1) J. F. Anstey and A. E. Lord Sandys and (2) Sir Robert Marcus Filmer - indenture dated 15 June 1900 between (1) Sir Robert Marcus Filmer, (2) John Cumberland and (3) William Anstey Schedule II: - indenture dated 1 March 187 bewteen (1) Rev. John Filmer Anstey and Henry Lucas Bean, (2) Sir Edmund Filmer, (3) Frederick Neame Thomas Franklyn and William Thomas Steinmetz, and (4) John Kinder - indenture dated 10 November 1882 between (1) John Kinder and (2) John Cumberland - indenture dated 9 March 1897 between (1) John Filmer Anstey and A. F. A. Lord Sandys, (2) Rt. Hon. William Archer Earl Amherst, and (3) Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society - indenture dated 14 December 1899 between (1) Scottish Amicable Assurance Society and (2) John Filmer Anstey and A. F. A. Lord Sandys - acknowledgment by Sir Robert Marcus Filmer dated 29 September 1900, executed by William Anstee and John Cumberland and attested (II) Will of Walter Thomas Lye dated 30 November 1907 appointing wife Annie Lye, son Ernest Blundell Lye, friend Milner Gray and brother-in-law Walter Blundell as executors and trustees (III) Codicil to (II) dated 11 December 1912 removing wife Annie Lye as an executor and trustee (IV) Death of Walter Thomas Lye on 5 July 1918 (V) Probate of (II) and (III) granted in PPR on 1 March 1919 to Ernest Blundell Lye and Milner Gray, Annie Lye and Walter Blundell having renounced probate (VI) Deed poll of 22 May 1919 under which Annie Lye and Walter Blundell renounced all right as executors and trustees (VII) Indenture dated 7 Jun 1926 Parties: (i) Ernest Blundell Lye of Osborn House, Leagrave and Milner Gray of New Bedford Road, Luton (ii) Sidney Ralph Bailey of The Beeches, Grange Road, Leagrave, hat manufacturer Reciting (II) – (VI) above Operative part: - sale of (a) by (i) to (ii) for £577.10.0 Property: (a) 2a 1r 25p of land in Leagrave abutting on the High Road as delineated on attached plan, bounded: NW by land of Frank Allingham; SW partly by right of way and partly by land used as a pond; SE partly by land used as a pond and partly by the High Road with a frontage of 370ft; NE by land of Frank Allingham. With right of way for (ii) over cartway on SW side of plot. Habendum: - to be held by (ii) in fee simple (VIII) Certificate of satisfaction of estate duty on death of Walter Thomas Lye dated 15 June 1926 (IX) Indenture dated 21 June 1926 Parties: (i) Sidney Ralph Bailey (ii) William Hull of High Street Leagrave, forage contractor Operative part: - sale of property (a) as in (VII) above by (i) to (ii) for £267.10.0 Habendum: - to be held by (ii) in fee simple

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Anstee, William,
Cumberland, John,
Lye, Walter Thomas,
Sanders, John,
Allingham, Francis,
Squires, William,
Hull, Charles,
Kinder, John,
Anstey, John Filmer,
Bean, Henry Lucas,
Sandys, Augustus Frederick Arthur, 4th Baron Sandys of Omberlsey,
Filmer, Robert Marcus,
Filmer, Edmund,
Neame, Frederick,
Franklyn, Thomas,
Steinmetz, William Thomas,
Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society,
Archer, William,
Lye, Annie,
Lye, Ernest Blundell,
Gray, Milner,
Blundell, Walter,
Bailey, Sidney Ralph,
Hull, William

LEAGRAVE, Leagrave High Street, Leagrave Grange Road, Luton New Bedford Road, mortgages, wills, rights of way, ponds, local references drainage, farmer, estate agent, bleacher, dyer, hat manufacturer