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Swan Hotel, Bedford, deed

29 March 1894

From: 1894 To: 1894

Duplicate Conveyance I) Thomas James Lester of Bedford, lace manufacturer Elizabeth Sophia Lester of Bedford, spinster II) Harriet Prickett of Bedford, hotel proprietor Edwin Eyre Prickett of Bedford, hotel proprietor. John George Prickett formerly of the Clarendon Hotel, Oxford, hotel proprietor, but now of 41 Clanricarde Gardens, Bayswater, London, gentleman. Thomas Frederick Pitcher of 2 Belgrave Villas, Rochester, Kent, manager of oil mills. III) William Burr of Bedford, gentleman. Recites: Mortgage of 11 October 1883 1. George Frederick Prickett then of Swan Hotel, Bedford, proprietor, since deceased 2. Charles Morgan, Edward Newman Knocker, Ernest Kennedy Buckley Morgan 3. Thomas Woods Weston By which in consideration of £3,300 1. covenanted to pay 2. the £3,300 and interest and in consideration of £2,700 1. covenanted to pay 3. the £2,700 and interest, and for the above considers 1. conveyed to 2. and 3. the Swan Hotel and appurtenances, Bedford. Recites: Will of Thomas Woods Weston, 29 November 1883, bequeathing his estate to wife Isabella Elizabeth Mary Weston, son in law William Roffe Tindal Atkinson and Edward Newman Knocker on certain trusts. The above three named as executors. Recites: codicil to will, 6 February 1889, but did not revoke above. Recites: death of Thomas Woods Weston, 26 January 1891. Recites: Will of George Frederick Prickett, 23 March 1885, appointing as executors and trustees his wife Harriet, his sons Edwin Eyre Prickett and John George Prickett, his nephew Thomas Frederick Pitcher to hold estate on trust for sale and declaredit would be lawful for trustees to carry on his business as hotel keeper and to postpone sale. Recites: Death of George Frederick Prickett, 30 July 1887, and will proved on 26 October 1887 Recites: Assignment of mortgage, 26 August 1892 1. Charles Morgan, Edward Newman Knocker, Reverend Ernest Kennedy Buckley Morgan. 2. Isabella Elizabeth Mary Weston, William Roffe Tindal Atkinson, Edward Newman Knocker. Recites: 3. Harriet Prickett, Edward Eyre Prickett, John George Prickett, Thomas Frederick Pitcher. 4. Thomas James Lester, Elizabeth Sophia Lester. By which mortage was assigned to 4. Recites: the messuage to be conveyed in this deed formed part of the estate of George Frederick Prickett and the sale has been postponed. Recites: principal of £6000 is still owing. Recites: agreement that £6000 to be paid to I) out of the purchase money. Consideration: the above and £6000, paid to I) and of £4,660 paid to II) by III). -- messuage known as the The Swan Hotel in High Street, Bedford, with forecourt, yards, gardens, coach-houses, stabling, sheds, buildings, outhouses and appurtenances which were conveyed to George Frederick Prickett by indenture of 10 October 1883, between Honourable William Edward Sackville West, Right Honourable Lord Sackville Arthur Cecil, Francis Charles Hastings Duke of Bedford, David Cripps Preston and G F Prickett Detailed plain in margin 29 March 1894

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Lester, Thomas James,
Lester, Elizabeth Sophia,
Prickett, Harriet,
Prickett, Edwin Eyre,
Prickett, John George,
Prickett, George Frederick,
Pitcher, Thomas Frederick,
Burr, William,
Morgan, Charles,
Knocker, Edward Newman,
Morgan, Ernest Kennedy Buckley,
Weston, Thomas Woods,
Weston, Isabella Elizabeth Mary,
Atkinson, William Roffe Tindal,
Sackville West, William Edward,
Sackville, Arthur Cecil,
Russell, Francis Charles Hastings (9th Duke of Bedford),
Preston, David Cripps

BEDFORD, Bedford High Street, Oxford, Bayswater, London, Rochester, Kent, DEEDS, mortgages, conveyance, Bedford Swan Hotel, hotels, DEATH, wills, trustees, hotel proprietor, widow, spinster, oil miller, messuage, stables