X948/2/LU21/1

Abstract of title of Benjamin Belgrove Franklin, esquire and others to freehold land in Cutenhoe Road (known as Bailey Hill Allotments)

1936

From: 1936 To: 1936

(I) Conveyance of 1 September 1903 Parties: (i) Sir Herbert Edward Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court [Radnor]; Lawrence George Drummond, major in Scots Guards; Richard Fort of The Cottage, Foston [Derbyshire]; Charles Keith Elderton of 2 Temple Gardens, London, gentleman; (ii) Julius Wernher of Bath House, 82 Piccadilly [London], esquire Reciting: - Settlement of 10 July 1901 in which (1) John Blundell Leigh and Dillon Ross Lewin Lowe conveyed divers hereditaments including the greater part of abstracted property, to (2) (i) to the use of John Cecil Gerard Leigh in tail male with remainders over and appointed (ii) as trustees; - judgement in Chancery of 23 July 1901 in which John Cecil Gerard Leigh, an infant under the age of 21, by his next friend George John Marjoribanks was plaintiff and John Blundell Leigh, Dillon Ross Lewin Lowe, Sir Herbert Edward Frankland Lewis, Lawrence George Drummond, Richard Fort, Charles Keith Elderton and Katherine Dorothy Leigh and Helen Diana Leigh (infants under the age of 21) by Robert Crawford Antrobus, their guardian ad litem were defendants [Leigh v Leigh 1900 L. No. 217] in which court declared trusts of 10 July 1901 ought to be performed; - agreement of 13 June 1903 in which (i) agreed to sell to (ii) with approval of Court of Chancery; - order in Chancery of 16 June 1903 ordering sale by (i) to (ii) for £250,000 and ordering £12,500 paid to Rowcliffes, Rawle & Company and C K Elderton to be paid into court; - Rowcliffes, Rawle & Company and C K Elderton lodged the £12,500 into court; - order of 29 July 1903 in which (ii) expressed contentment with title to the estate and ordering he was at liberty to lodge £237,500 into court; - lodgement by (ii) of £237,500 into court on 13 August 1903 Operative Part: - (i) conveyed (a)-(b) to (ii) Property: (a) Manor of Luton; (b) Luton Hoo Estate including scheduled land Schedule [shown on included plan]: - land formerly let as allotment ground at Bailey Hill, Luton - 5 acres, 2 roods, 26 poles; - part of Bailey Hill, formerly part of Brache Farm in occupation of William Smith - 37 acres; - land on Bailey Hill - 4 acres (II) will of Julius Charles Wernher, bart of 23 December 1911 appointing his wife Alice Sedgwick Wernher, Otto Beit of 49 Belgrove Square [London], esquire, Friedrich Gustav Jonathan Eckstein of 2 Whitehall Court [London], esquire and Stephen Hungerford Pollen of 7 Embankment Gardens [London], captain in the army as executors and trustees, devising the Manor of Luton and Luton Hoo Estate to the trustees in tryst for his wife for her life (III) codicil of 15 March 1912 to the will of Julius Charles Wernher not affecting the life estate of Lady Wernher (IV) death of Julius Charles Wernher on 21 May 1912 (V) proof of will and codicil of Julius Wernher in PPR on 10 June 1912 (VI) certificate of 25 May 1914 under Section 11 (1) of Finance Act 1894 that full Estate Duty had been paid on Luton Hoo Estate (VIII) Lady Wernher married Henry Ludlow Lopes, 2nd Baron Ludlow at Christ Church, Down Street, Mayfair on 25 September 1919 (IX) Conveyance of 1 November 1924 Parties: (i) Alice Sedgwick, Baroness Ludlow of Luton Hoo Park, widow; (ii) Alice Sedgwick, Baroness Ludlow; Otto Beit KCMG, Friedrich Gustav Jonathan Eckstein and Stephen Hungerford Pollen of 28 Hyde Park Gardens [London] CMG, retired lieutenant-colonel; (iii) Bailey Hill Gardens Estate Limited of 37 Hibbert Street, Luton Reciting: - seizin of Julius Charles Wernher; - will, codicil, death and proof of will and codicil of Julius Charles Wernher; - marriage of Alice Sedgwick Wernher; - (a) were hereditaments on settlement; - (ii) were trustees of settlement; - (ii) had agreed sale to (iii) Operative Part: - (iii) paid £5,000 to (ii) by direction of (i); - (i) granted and conveyed (a) to (iii) Property [as shown on included plan]: (a) land with frontages to Trapps Lane, Luton and proposed new road on S side adjoining Luton Hoo Memorial Park and containing 25 acres, 1 rood, 37 poles and known as Bailey Hill Allotments Covenants: - by (ii) to produce scheduled deeds; - by (iii) to observe second schedule Schedule: - (I) above 2nd Schedule: - building line of land facing Luton Hoo Memorial Park to be 10 feet back from proposed new road [West Hill Road] and nothing to be erected other than private dwellings, detached or semi-detached with bay windows on ground floor; - cost of detached houses to be not less than £750 and semi-detached not less than £700; - dwellings to be erected on corner site of proposed new road and Trapps Lane [Cutenhoe Road] be of “corner house type”; - on Trapps Lane only dwellings with ground floor bay windows of no less than £600 if detached and £500 if semi-detached - no bungalows to be erected on either frontage nor any notice boards (except for sale boards) or advertisements to be erected (X) certificate of contract and receipt of £19/11/8 for redemption of Land Tax on 12 May and 28 August 1925 (XI) receipt by treasurers of Queen Anne’s Bounty for £38/19/4 full discharge of tithe annuity of £1/19/6 on Bailey Hill Gardens Estate Limited (XII) Extract from rules of Bailey Hill Gardens Estate Limited: objects: (a) to manage and develop Bailey Hill Allotments estate; to acquire benefit and carry into effect agreement of 20 July 1924 (1) Alice Sedgwick, Baroness Ludlow; (2) Thomas Bulman, Frederick John Brown and John Gates on behalf of the company to purchase 25 acres, 1 rood, 37 poles to be held as allotments for ten years from date of conveyance after which disposal to be by decision of two-thirds of the votes of members at a special meeting; (d) to lay out roads on the estate, curb, sewer and channel (XIII) Minutes of general meeting of 29 August 1934 at which ballot was taken to sell with 158 voting for the motion to sell and 48 against, scrutineers being A West, C Baker, H Crew and W Lay; sales committee: A E Barber; W R Betts; A Leadbeater; E Prime; H W Brown; H Crew; J T Harrison (XIV) Conveyance of 25 March 1935 Parties: (i) Bailey Hill Gardens Estate Limited of 14 Crawley Green Road, Luton; (ii) Benjamin Belgrove Franklin of 35 King Street, Luton, architect and surveyor; Charles Edgar Knowles of Castle Street, Luton, solicitor; Arthur John Powrdill of Crescent Lodge, London Road, Luton, builders’ merchant Operative Part: - (i) conveyed (a) to (ii) for £19,110/18/9 Property: (a) land with frontages to Cutenhoe Road, Luton and proposed new road on S side adjoining Luton Hoo Memorial Park and containing 25 acres, 1 rood, 37 poles and known as Bailey Hill Allotments Habendum: - to (ii) in trust for sale

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Lewis, Herbert Edward Frankland,
Drummond, Lawrence George,
Fort, Richard,
Elderton, Charles Keith,
Wernher, Julius,
Leigh, John Blundell,
Lowe, Dillon Ross Lewin,
Leigh, John Cecil Gerard,
Marjoribanks, George John,
Leigh, Katherine Dorothy,
Leigh, Helen Diana,
Antrobus, Robert Crawford,
Rowcliffes, Rawle & Company,
Wernher, Alice Sedgwick,
Beit, Otto,
Eckstein, Friedrich Gustav Jonathan,
Pollen, Stephen Hungerford,
Lopes, Henry Ludlow,
Ludlow, Alice Sedgwick,
Bailey Hill Gardens Estate Limited,
Franklin, Benjamin Belgrove,
Knowles, Charles Edgar,
Powrdill, Arthur John

LUTON, Luton Cutenhoe Road, Luton Hoo, Luton Bailey Hill, Luton Brache Farm, DEEDS