Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    X440/158
  • Title
    Abstract of Title of Edward Rudd & formerly of his grandfather to a copyhold estate in Biggleswade
  • Date free text
    26 Nov 1800
  • Production date
    From: 1720 To: 1800
  • Scope and Content
    abstracts: X440/69-70, 125, 130, 91, 134, 94, 133b, 101, 143, 102, 137, 149-150, 120-2, 152-4, 157 also: 21 June 1728 Edward Rudd surrendered to use of will 24 March 1728 conditional surrender of aforesaid premises to John Whetham esquire to secure £2,500 31 October 1729 Richard Phipps security, both freehold & copyhold assigned by his representatives, to a trustee for Whetham 18 & 19 October 1731 Edward Rudd admitted on surrender of George Norman to messuage & shop in Langford End in occupation of John Pratt wills: William Rudd 18 June 1720 ) & Edward Rudd 3 April 1765, receipts for legacies, ) copies with freehold title 19 & 20 October 1779 Edward Rudd grandson surrendered to use of will will of Edward Rudd the grandson 12 April 1797; he died August or September 1797 Mr Thurgood died 1775, by will appointed 3 executors, survivor of whom, Mr Barns, died 1798 whose executor is Mr Hindley; legal copyhold estate is in Sir Thomas Stanhope, or his heirs until Mr Thurgood's heir is admitted one piece of land included above always conveyed as freehold & copyhold the last Mr Rudd's eldest son is of age & ready to do all necessary on page 2 after abstract of X440/133b is the following note: "NB Satisfaction does not appear to have been entered upon the Rolls, But it is to be observed that from the Year 1718 to 1747 inclusive, there were no Court Books or Rolls made out, the Stewards in that period made out all the Copies of the Admissions & other proceedings from their Minutes or Court Papers; many of these proceedings were by a late Steward entered into a Book from the Copies as Business brought them into his Office or from old Minutes found, but that Book which of course has not all the proceedings during that period is not authenticated. The negligent manner in which the business was done during the aforesaid period accounts for the two Recoveries suffered by Edward Rudd there being no roll of the first, it was thought safer to make a good Security to Whetham, to suffer a second, but that no more than the first did not find its way upon the Rolls in the regular manner..." page 8 Legal Opinion by Lancelot Shadwell, Lincolns Inn 15 December 1800 endorsed: note that this is title to all Rudd's copyhold estate, Foster purchased only part thereof endorsed: Clennell, Staples Inn
  • Level of description
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