Reference
RY1215
Title
Mortgage
Date free text
3 Nov 1848; 29 May 1856
Production date
From: 1725 To: 1856
Scope and Content
i) Thomas Eames, Standbridge, Leighton Buzzard, plait dealer
ii) Thomas Butcher junior, Tring, Hertfordshire, banker
Thomas Little, Tring, Hertfordshire, farmer
Benjamin Crouch, Tring, farmer
Joseph Morten Gurney, Tring, farmer
(trustees of the Tring Benefit Building Society)
i) being a member of the Society and the holder of 2 shares numbered 30 and 31 is entitled to receive £175 from the Society
now in consideration of £175 paid to i) by ii)
i) in exercise of authority given by him by deed of 25 October 1848 between a) Joseph Flint and Thomas Price b) Mary Flint and
c) Thomas Eames
appoints that
... all so much as is freehold of
... plot of land on Mill Field (2 acres 2 roods 9 perches)
North East and North: Thomas Eames, farmer
East: Tilsworth
South: copyhold allotment of John Flint
West (part): ancient enclosure of i)
West (remaining part) & South West: ancient enclosures of John Flint
North West: private road numbered 4 by enclosure commissioners
to the use of ii)
also i) assigns to ii)
... such part of above land as is leasehold
for residue of term of 500 years granted by deed of 24 May 1725
between 1) Richard Jackson
2) Sarah Jeffs, spinster
except the last 10 days of said term
to be held on various trusts enabling i) to hold the property while he makes the prescribed payments. In default ii) may sell the property
money to be ultimately recoverable shall not exceed £200
signed: i)
endorsed receipt
witness: Henry Faithfull, solicitor, Tring 3 Nov 1848
also endorsed with declaration by the trustees of the Tring Benefit Building Society that Thomas Eames had paid £7 "in full satisfaction and discharge of all Mortgages..." 29 May 1856
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