Scope and Content
Parties:
(i) Rev John Alington, Rector of Little Barford, eldest son of Rev William Alington of Twywell [Northamptonshire] by Sarah, his wife, deceased, she being eldest daughter of (iii) of Baldock [Hertfordshire], esquire;
(ii) Eliza Frances Plumer, second daughter of Sir Thomas Plumer, Master of the Rolls;
(iii) John Williamson;
(iv) Thomas Hall Plumer, esquire, eldest son of Sir Thomas Plumer and an examiner in Chancery; Rev Charles Atmore Ogilvie MA, fellow of Balliol College, Oxford;
(v) William Turton, esquire, one of the six clerks in Chancery;
(vi) John Jenkins of Red Lyon Square [Middlesex]. Gentleman
Reciting:
- a marriage had been agreed between (i) and (ii);
- by indenture of even date [AN29/87] in which £10,000 in 3% reduced bank annuities was settled;
- it was agreed that (iii), to make further provision for his grandson (i) and to secure a jointure for (ii) should convey estates as follows
Operative Part:
- each of (iv) paid 10/- to (iii);
- (v) paid 10/- to (iii);
- (vi) paid 10/- to (iii);
- (iii) released (a)-(k) to (iv)
Property:
(a) Manor of Little Berkeford;
(b) advowson of Little Barford;
(c) free fishing in the River Great Ouse at Little Barford, Eaton Socon and Tempsford;
(d) site of the Manor of Little Berkeford;
(e) farmhouse and 271 acres, 2 froods, 9 perches formerly in the occupation of William Emery;
(f) farmhouse with 266 acres, 1 rood, 5 perches formerly in the occupation of John Peck;
(g) farmhouse with 267 acres, 7 perches formerly in the occupation of Edward Peck;
(h) tithes from 81 acres of meadow, part of (e)-(g) which all adjoined and were bounded: N by meadow of Henry Tingey; W and SW by River Great Ouse;
(i) cottages formerly in the occupation of Edward Emery, John Selby, William Landon, Lewis, William Beby, Edward Wells, John Darlow, Richard Emery, George Pell, Thomas Peck and Martin Crowcher, now of Thomas Peck, John Living, John Waters, John Darlow, Richard Baldock, Dame Hodgson, Thomas Mays, William Brightman, John Green, John Andrews, David Toseland, Martin Crutchley and the overseers of the poor of Little Barford
(a)-(i), apart from about 10 acres in a plantation and some land reserved for an intended plantation, were formerly in the occupation of William Wasse and Thomas Wilson by a lease of 27 June 1785 for 21 years by Richard Marriott for rent of £570
(j) quitrent of 13/4 issuing out of lands of Thomas Tingey, now Henry Tingey in Little Barford;
(k) quitrent of 2/4 issuing out of lands late of Ashcombe now of Henry Adams in Little Barford and Eynesbury [Huntingdonshire]
(a)-(k) in Little Barford, Eaton Socon, Tempsford, and Eynesbury purchased by (iii) from John Casper Hartsinck, Julius Hutchinson and William Playfair
Habendum:
- to (iv) to the use of (iii) until the marriage;
- to the use of (i) for his life;
- to the use of (v) during the life of (i) in trust to preserve contingent remainders allowing (i) to take rents and profits; after the death of (i) allowing (ii) to take an annuity of £600 from (a)-(k) as her jointure in lieu of dower, freebench and thirds given by common law with powers of distraint;
- to the use of (vi) for 99 years from the decease of (i) to the use of the first son of (i) and (ii), in default to the use of the second son, in default to the use of each son in turn, in default to the use of all daughters equally as tenants in common, in default of issue to the use of (i) for ever; the period of 99 years being upon trust to better secure the annuity of £600 for (ii) and to determine on the death of (ii);
Witnesses:
- William Jackson;
- William Palmer;
- Charles James Plumer, fellow of Oriel College, Oxford;
- H R N Plumer of Balliol College, Oxford;
- R Christian
Endorsement that the deed was covenanted for production:
- by indenture of 17 September 1872 to Louisa Mary Pryor of Baldock [Hertfordshire]
- by indenture of September 1872 to the Earl of Verulam, to Richard Nicholson, Lord Salisbury’s trustees;
- by indenture of 1 October 1872 to Hugh Rayner of Wallington [Hertfordshire];
- by indenture of 17 September 1872 to Joseph Ingle Ellis of Thriplow [Cambridgeshire] and William Ellis of Melbourn [Cambridgeshire]