HT1/7/21

"Abstract of title of Samuel Whitbread Esquire to houses etc. in ... Bedford."

Abstract made c. 1801

From: 1664 To: 1801

Abstracts HT1/7/1 - 20, and:- A. Will of Thomas Woodward, dated 28 September 1764 [for fuller details, see original will proved in Archdeacon's Court, Bedford, ref: ABP/W1765/32] Among other bequests: - to wife Elizabeth Woodward, 3 messuages or tenements with appurtenances adjoining together and situate on the West side of Angel Street in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford, and all outhouses behind the messuages used as storehouses and dusthouses. To hold to daughter Ann Belsham subject to payment of an annuity of £10 to wife Elizabeth for life. - to daughter Ann Belsham, messuage or tenement in Angel Street in the occupation of Ann Belsham and her husband James Belsham, to hold to Ann Belsham until the marriage or death of Elizabeth Woodward and thereafter to daughter Frances Saunderson and her heirs. B. Deed to lead the uses of a fine. 31 January 1766 i) Reverend James Belsham and Ann his wife (one of the daughters of Thomas Woodward, deceased) and Rachael Hensman, widow (another of the daughters of Thomas Woodward, deceased) ii) Thomas Gadsby, surgeon Reciting: that Thomas Woodward had purchased the reversion of one fourth part of the White Horse lnn, Bedford, and of the malt kiln, barn, stables and buildings thereto belonging, from Rachael Hensman after he had made his will: That after his death, the said fourth part descended to said Ann Belsham, Frances Saunderson, Rachael Hensman, and Thomas Burkitt, son of Martha Burkitt deceased (another of the daughters of Thomas Woodward): Rachael Hensman had agreed to sell her one fourth of the said fourth part (being one sixteenth of the whole) to James Belsham and Ann Belsham for £25 NOW Consideration: £25, i) covenant to levy fine to ii) and his heirs of:- - 3 messuages or tenements with appurtenances adjoining together and situate on the West side of Angel Street, Bedford, in the occupation of Edward Cooch, Mary Franklyn, widow, and Thomas Reynolds - all outhouses situate behind or near the said messuages used as storehouses and dusthouses Premises devised to Ann Belsham in the will of Thomas Woodward - fourth part of the said Ann Belsham in the said lnn called the White Horse lnn, and the malt kiln situate in the yard of the said messuage - those two 16th. parts of the said Ann Belsham and Rachael Hensman of the said lnn. to hold to ii) to intent that the fine should secure premises to James Belsham for life, then to uses declared by Ann Belsham C. Final Concord. Hilary term 6 Geo lll [1766] i) Thomas Gadsby, plaintiff ii) James and Ann Belsham, and Rachael Hensman deforciants - 6 messuages, 3 barns, 1 stable, 1 brewhouse, 1 malt kiln, 3 storehouses, 5 gardens, 1 orchard, and 5 curtilages with appurtenances in the parish of St. Paul, Bedford - a fourth part and two 16th parts of 3 messuages, 3 barns, 3 stables, 1 malt kiln, and 3 curtilages with appurtenances in the same parish. D. Will of Ann Belsham, widow, dated 17 May 1776. [Ann Belsham was buried at St. Paul's Bedford on 28 December 1780. Her husband predeceased her and was buried there on 18 October 1770, but he had been pastor of the Bunyan Meeting. The will of James Belsham was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in April 1771, and that of Ann Belsham in the same court in May 1781] Charged all real and personal estate with the payments of the debts of her late husband, of the annuity of £60 which she had convenanted to pay her sister, Rachael Hensman, and a legacy of £400 - to son William, subject to payments above, all messuages and hereditaments whatsoever, all stock in trade, and all real and personal estate. E. Conveyance (lease and release) 24/25 December 1783 i) William Belsham ii) Samuel Whitbread Esquire iii) Joseph Delafield, gentleman Recites that ii) had agreed with i) for the purchase of the fee simple of premises described below, and for the purchase of a leasehold messuage called the Castle Ale House in the parish of St. Cuthbert, Bedford, for the residue of a term of 1000 years, and also for the payment of an annuity of £140 to be paid by ii) to i) for the lives of himself and of Elizabeth Woodward so long as she should continue a widow, and after her death or re-marriage, for the payment of an annuity of £156 to William Belsham for life; ii) had entered into a bond with i) for the payment of the annuity. consideration: annuity above, and £1000 paid by ii) to i), i) granted (among other premises) to ii) - 3 messuages with appurtenances etc. formerly in the occupation of Edward Coock [Cooch/Cook], Mary Franklyn, widow, and Thomas Reynolds, and now of Edward Allison, Elizabeth Pollard, and William Cooper. - outhouses situate behind the messuages used as storehouses and dusthouses. The messuages and storehouses extending 50 feet on the street :E. Angel Street :S. and W. Harpur's Hospital and the garden and orchard thereto belonging :N. house and garden belonging to and in the occupation of Richard Lovesey to hold to ii) (subject to the estate for life of Elizabeth Woodward if she should continue a widow in the messuage in her occupation) to the use that i) should receive the annuities specified above, and subject to the annuity, to the use of iii) for 99 years upon trust. F. Lease for 100 years. 26 December 1783 i) Samuel Whitbread Esquire ii) William Belsham Recites E above, and that it was agreed upon the treaty for sale that William Belsham should enjoy the premises (except that in the occupation of Elizabeth Woodward) and receive the rents for life in satisfaction of the yearly sum of £140 agreed to be paid to him, and that if Elizabeth Woodward should die in the lifetime of William Belsham, then he would hold the messuage as his own residence in satisfaction of the yearly sum of £16 (of the £156) agreed to be paid to him for life Consideration: 10s. paid by ii) to i), i) leases to ii) for 100 years at peppercorn rent - premises as in E above. ii) directs that Henry Whittingstall and James Whittingstall and all other tenants should pay their rents to ii) G. Will of Samuel Whitbread, dated 24 June 1795, and codicil 13 July 1795 Devised all his freehold estates (except those settled on the marriage of his son, and except such parts of his Brewhouse as were freehold) to his son in law, James Gordon junior of Moore Place, Hertfordshire, and to his nephews Jacob Whitbread of Lowdham Park, Suffolk, Esquire, and John Wingate Jennings of Harlington, Esquire, upon trusts declared, viz. To use of son Samuel Whitbread for life, then to use of Trustees in trust to support contingent remainders, for grandson William Henry Whitbread for life, and then to the same trustees in trust for the first and other sons on William Henry Whitbread successively in tail male. Trustees empowered to sell any of the estates except those in Bedfordshire and Essex. H. Deed Poll. 19 September 1796 Reciting will of Samuel Whitbread, and that James Gordon wished to be relieved of trusts. ln consideration of 5s., James Gordon relinquished trusts to Jacob Whitbread and John Wingate Jennings. I. Act of Parliament. 38 Geo lll [1797-8] "An Act to confirm the renunciation and release of James Gordon Esquire. as one of the devisees in trust of Samuel Whitbread Esquire, and to give powers of sale and exchange over the settled and devised estates ... and power of exchanging and appointing new trustees of the estates, and also power of granting building leases of certain parts thereof." J. Conveyance (lease and release) 14/15 August 1800 i) Jacob Whitbread and John Wingate Jennings, Trustees of the will of Samuel Whitbread ii) William Belsham iii) Samuel Whitbread, son of Samuel Whitbread deceased. iv) Joseph Delafield v) William Long of Bedford Esquire vi) Francis Green of Bedford, merchant, trustee named on behalf of William Long Recites E, F, G, H, and l above : That i) had contracted to sell premises to v) (subject to the estate of William Belsham and the annuity of £156) for £966, in pursuance of their powers by virtue of the Act of Parliament, and with the consent of iii). AND William Long had contracted with William Belsham for the purchase of his estate in the premises for £1484. NOW Consideration: £966 paid into the Bank of England by v) [ as prescribed in the Act of Parliament ] and of £1484 paid by v ) to ii ), and of 10s. a piece paid by v ) and vi ) to Jacob Whitbread, John Wingate Jennings, Samuel Whitbread and William Belsham, Jacob Whitbread and John Wingate Jennings at the request and consent of Samuel Whitbread grant to v) and vi) - "The premises aforesaid" AND in consideration: 10s a piece paid by v) to ii) and iv), and of £1484 paid by v) to ii), Joseph Delafield at the request of William Belsham assigns premises to v) for the residue of the term of 99 years. AND William Belsham assigns premises to v) for the residue of the term of 100 years

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Whitbread, Samuel,
Woodward, Thomas,
Woodward, Elizabeth,
Belsham, Ann,
Woodward, Ann,
Belsham, James,
Saunderson, Frances,
Woodward, Frances,
Hensman, Rachael,
Woodward, Rachael,
Gadsby, Thomas,
Burkitt, Thomas,
Burkitt, Martha,
Woodward, Martha,
Cooch, Edward,
Franklyn, Mary,
Reynolds, Thomas,
Belsham, William,
Delafield, Joseph,
Allison, Edward,
Pollard, Elizabeth,
Cooper, William,
Lovesey, Richard,
Whittingstall, Henry,
Whittingstall, James,
Gordon, James,
Whitbread, Jacob,
Jennings, John Wingate,
Whitbread, William Henry,
Long, William,
Green, Francis,
Bank of England

title deeds, buildings and land use, HOUSING, BEDFORD, wills, Thomas will: Woodward, Bedford Angel Street, Bedford St.Paul's, annuities, surgeon, Bedford White Horse, Well Street, Bedford inns, kiln, agricultural buildings, stables, brewhouses, gardens, orchards, Ann will: Belsham, Bedford Castle, beerhouses, Bedford St.Cuthbert's, Harpur Hospital, rentals, tenancy, Samuel will: Whitbread, Much Hadham Moor Place, Lowdham Park, HARLINGTON, trusts, national acts, merchant, Bank of England