Scope and Content
a) Release
i) Charles James Metcalfe
ii) Josh[ua] [?Joseph] Penuel Dobson and wife Katherine
iii) Thomas Wood late of Little St Thomas Apostle, London, then of Corbet Court, Gracechurch Street, London, gentleman, only surviving trustee to marriage settlement of ii)
iv) Oswald Lee Rasch
William Bowyer
Robert Beart
Reciting: X478/2
Death of Henry Soame leaving Susanna Metcalfe and Reverend Frogmere Cumming only surviving trustees; buried at Little Thurlow, Suffolk
Marriage of Susanna Metcalfe to Thomas Morell of St Neots; her brother, i), previous to execution of a release, paid her £3,000, her ¼ share in £12,000 provided for portions of Metcalfe daughters
X478/6, X478/8
Death of Frogmore Cumming on 12 May 1826, buried at Cardington, leaving Susanna Metcalfe as sole surviving trustee of 500 year term
X478/13
Death of Susanna Metcalfe the elder on 12 December 1835, intestate. Letters of Administration granted to i)
X478/24i, X478/18
Death of Thomas Morell leaving iii) as surviving trustee
£1,000 still due under marriage settlement of ii). To facilitate sale of estate iv) prevailed on trustees of J Bogle Delap to pay £1,000 on account in part satisfaction of purchase money
i), ii) and iii) release all property over which they had claim 22 Jul 1852
b) Release endorsed on X478/24a
i) Sir John Charles Thorold of Syston Park, Lincoln, baronet, paternal cousin and 1 of 3 co-heirs of Sir Charles William Kent, who died intestate, i) being only son and heir of Dame Mary Thorold, late of Syston Park, deceased, née Mary Kent, eldest of only 3 sisters of Sir Charles Egleton Kent formerly of Paunton, Lincoln, baronet, deceased, who was father of Sir Charles William Kent
Sarah Ann Childers of Doncaster, Yorkshire, widow, relict of Leonard Walbank Childers, esquire, deceased, née Sarah Ann Kent, another of 3 sisters of Sir Charles Egleton Kent and 1 of paternal aunts of Sir Charles William Kent
John Litchford of Boothby Hall, Lincoln, esquire and wife Louisa Elizabeth, née Kent, last of 3 sisters of Sir Charles Egleton Kent, only other co-heir of Sir Charles William Kent
ii) Honourable Edward Pyndar Lygon of Spring Hill, Worcestershire, Lieutenant General
Sarah Ann Childers
administrators of property of Sir Charles William Kent
iii) Charles Appleyard of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, gentleman
iv) Oswald Lee Rasch
William Bowyer
Robert Beart
Reciting: X478/24i, X478/18
Death of Sir Charles William Kent on 8 April 1849, intestate and unmarried, leaving 2 only surviving paternal aunts and 1 paternal cousin surviving him. Letters of Administration granted to ii) on 23 May 1848
£4,500 secured by Mortgage and £5,000 by Deed of Further Charge still due
iv) in order to facilitate completion arranged for purchasors to pay £50,000 in discharge of Mortgage without i), ii) and iii) having to be part of a conveyance
i), ii) and iii) release estate from their claim 10 Jun 1852
c) Release endorsed on X478/24b
i) John Talbot Clifton, one of parties [referred] to within recited indenture
ii) Sir John Charles Thorold
Sarah Ann Childers
John Litchford and wife Louisa Elizabeth
iii) Honourable Edward Pyndar Lygon
Sarah Ann Childers
iv) Oswald Lee Rasch
William Bowyer
Robert Beart
Reciting: X478/24i
iv) in pursuance of trusts reposed in them contracted with divers persons for sale of all manors and hereditaments comprised in X478/24a
i) agrees to join with ii) and iii) in making surrender and release of all manors and hereditaments comprised in X478/18 1852
d) Release endorsed on X478/24c
i) Charles Appleby [?Appleyard]
ii) Sir John Charles Thorold
Sarah Ann Childers
John Litchford and wife Louise Elizabeth
iii) Honourable Edward Pyndar Lygon
Sarah Ann Childers
iv) Oswald Lee Rasch
William Bowyer
Robert Beart
Reciting: X478/24i
i) agrees to join with ii) and iii) to extinguish term of 99 years created by X478/24c 1852
e) Release endorsed on X478/24g
i) Charles Burton
Isaac Sewell
ii) Charles James Metcalfe the elder
Charles James Metcalfe the younger, formerly of Chawson House, then Mont Durand, Guernsey, esquire, eldest son of Charles James Metcalfe the elder
Alexander Sharman of Bedford, solicitor
iii) Josh[ua] [?Joseph] Penuel Dobson and wife Katherine
iv) Charles Burton
v) Oswald Lee Rasch
William Bowyer
Robert Beart
Reciting: X478/24i
Agreement for Sale
i) Oswald Lee Rasch, William Bowyer, Robert Beart
ii) James Hamilton Storey of Bryanstone Square, St Marylebone, Middlesex, esquire
John Pennefather of Merrion Square, Dublin, esquire, barrister at law
Edward Pennefather of Dublin, esquire, barrister at law
George Augustus Cranley Onslow of Upton House, Abresford, Southamptonshire, esquire
trustees under last Will and testament of James Bogle Delap, late of Harley Street, Cavendish Square, St Marylebone and of Stoke Park, near Guildford, Surrey, deceased
… all manors and nearly all hereditaments in X478/24g
Consideration: £68,250 1 Aug 1851
£----. Part of £5,725 mentioned in X478/24g as due to Sophia Metcalfe since deceased, still due. Residue and interest paid as ii) acknowledge
£1,625 due to iii), also on security of X478/24g but all interest paid
£3,000 due to iv) also on security of X478/24g but all interest paid
v) have agreed with purchasors for payment of £----, £1,625 and £3,000 in order to obtain a release
i), ii), iii) and iv) release estate from any claim on it
Endorsed: No. 22 Part 4