Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    X948/2/LU15/1
  • Title
    Abstract of title of Provincial Estates Development (Bath) Limited to land in Luton
  • Date free text
    1936
  • Production date
    From: 1936 To: 1936
  • Scope and Content
    (I) will of John Sambrook Crawley of 20 May 1882 devising real estate to the intent that his wife Sarah Bridget receive an annual rent charge of £700 and to the use of William James Farrer and William Joseph Jarrett for 500 years from the date of his death as trustees to the use of testator’s eldest son Francis for his life and after his death to use of his first or every son successively according to seniority in tail male, to the use of his first and every daughter; with power for trustees to sell; appointing his son Francis as sole executor (II) death of John Sambrook Crawley on 22 September 1895 (III) proof of the will and codicil (19 January 1887) of John Sambrook Crawley in PPR on 17 December 1895 (IV) Appointment of new trustees of 5 December 1903 Parties (i) Sir William James Farrer; William Joseph Jarrett; (ii) Francis Crawley; (iii) Edgar Lubbock of The Brewery, Chiswell Street [City of London]; Arthur William Leatham of Misenden Park, Cirencester [Gloucestershire], esquires Reciting: - (i); - (II); - (III); - (ii) had requested the retirement of (i) as trustees; - (ii) as tenant for life wished to appoint (iii) as trustees; - all funerary and testamentary expenses and debts had been paid but certain legacies or portions were still outstanding and the £700 annuity was still payable Operative Part: - (ii) appointed (iii) as trustees (V) Appointment of New Trustee of 3 May 1907 Parties: (i) Francis Crawley; (ii) Edgar Lubbock; (iii) Arthur William Leatham; (iv) Arthur Flower of 36 Princes Gate, Westminster [London], esquire; Arthur William Leatham Reciting: - (IV); - (ii) wished to retire as trustee; - (i) wished to appoint Arthur Flower as trustee Operative Part: - (i) appointed Arthur Flower trustee in place of Edgar Lubbock (VI) death of Arthur Flower on 19 March 1911 (VII) Appointment of New Trustee of 18 May 1911 Parties: (i) Francis Crawley; (ii) Arthur William Leatham; (iii) Arthur George Ferguson of Bellwood, Perth, retired major; (iv) Arthur William Leatham and Arthur George Ferguson Reciting: - (i) wished to appoint (iii) as trustee in place of Arthur Flower, deceased Operative Part: - (i) appointed (iii) as trustee (VIII) Appointment of New Trustees of 23 July 1912 Parties: (i) Francis Crawley; (ii) Arthur William Leatham; (iii) Arthur George Ferguson; (iv) Harold Garnier Papillon of Hawks Wick, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire], esquire; Edward Sidney Wilbraham of Estate Office, Saint Giles, Salisbury [Wiltshire], esquire; (v) Arthur George Ferguson; Harold Garnier Papillon; Edward Sidney Wilbraham Reciting: - Arthur William Leatham wished to retire as trustee; - (i) wished to appoint (iv) as trustees Operative Part: - (i) appointed (iv) as trustees in place of (ii) (IX) Birth of Joan Crawley on 8 April 1900 (X) Death of Francis Crawley on 30 April 1914 (XI) Conveyance of 24 March 1912 Parties: (i) Arthur George Ferguson; Harold Garnier Papillon; Edward Sidney Wilbraham; (ii) Sarah Bridget Crawley of Holybourne Priory, Alton [Hampshire], widow; (iii) Benjamin Howkins Hartop of Eaton Green Farm, Stopsley, farmer; William Thomas Hartop of Nether Crawley Farm, Stopsley, farmer Reciting: - (I); - (II); - (III); - (IX); - (X); - (i) were present trustees of settlement of will of John Sambrook Crawley under Settled Lands Acts 1882 to 1890; - agreed (ii) should join conveyance to release (a)-(b) from her yearly rent charge Operative Part: - (i) conveyed and (ii) released (a)-(b) to (iii) for £19,200 Property [as shown on included plan]: (a) Eaton Green Farm, Stopsley; (b) Nether Green Farm, Stopsley (XII) Land registry search against B H and W T Hartop 17 June 1929 - no subsisting entries (XIII) Land Registry search against Nether Crawley Farm 17 June 1929 - no subsisting entries except against part within Luton Town Planning Scheme (XIV) Memorandum of conveyance of 2 December 1926 from Benjamin Howkins Hartop and William Thomas Hartop to mayor, aldermen and burgesses of Borough of Luton of land in Stopsley containing 11 acres, 2 roods (part of Eaton Green Farm) (XV) Legal charge of 18 June 1929 Parties: (i) Benjamin Howkins Hartop and William Thomas Hartop; (ii) Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited of Stone House, Bishopsgate [London] Reciting: - corporation contemplated by Agricultural Credits Act 1928 to make mortgage loans on agricultural land; - (i) were in business in partnership Operative Part: - (i) covenanted to repay £11,000 to (ii) in 119 half-yearly payments of “290/0/3 and one of £258/14/7; - (i) charged Eaton Green Farm and Nether Crawley Farm to (ii) (XVI) Acknowledgement of 31 May 1934 of Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited of receipt of £10,850/4/9 representing the balance of the mortgage
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