Reference
X688/6
Title
Assignment of mortgage
Date free text
20 Feb 1726
Production date
From: 1701 To: 1742
Scope and Content
i) Elizabeth Wheeler, St Andrew's, Holborn, spinster (daughter and sole executrix of the will of George Wheeler, late of Inner Temple, London, gentleman, deceased)
ii) John Lawson, Barton in the Clay, esquire
iii) Richard Allyn, Maulden, B.D.
reciting demise of 25 November 1703
a) Robert Welborne
b) William Longueville
consideration - £900
a) demised to b)
- Faldoe Common (pasture) (26 acres 1 rood 30 perches)
North: Pulloxhill Common
South: Barton Wood
- pieces of meadow, pasture and arable (130 acres) in Barton and Higham Gobion and were purchased by a) for £2000 by lease and release of 29 and 30 September 1701 [X688/3-4]
term - 1000 years
to secure repayment of £945
reciting also assignment of 9 March 1713
1) Robert Welborne
2) William Longueville
3) George Wheeler
consideration - £900 paid to 2) by 3)
- property as above
to hold for the remainder of said term of 1000 years
for further consideration of £100 paid to 1) by ?3)
1) confirmed to 3)
- premises for residue of term
to secure repayment of £1055
reciting endorsement of 22 May 1721 on back of above deed recording assignment of property to Thomas Borrett and John Collins
reciting also endorsement of 26 January 1721[/2] on back of said deed recording that £1000 and £29..10s..4d for interest remains unpaid and that Thomas Borrett and John Collins held the premises in trust for Bowater Vernon of Hanbury, Worcestershire to be paid to him by Sir John Cheshire of Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street, London, knight, and said premises have been assigned to him
reciting another endorsement of 10 October 1723 on back of last deed by which Sir John Cheshire in consideration of £1000 and £14..13s..10d interest paid by George Wheeler assigned the property to George Wheeler for remainder of said term
reciting also the will of George Wheeler dated 17 October 1723 by which he appointed i) as sole executrix. Will proved Prerogative Court of Canterbury
reciting also an Order in Chancery of 23 July last regarding the estate of Dr Lawson, deceased
now in consideration of £782..9s..7d (being the money remaining of said sum of £1057..11s..7d in the hands of the Master in Chancery) paid to i) by Francis Cudworth Masham of Middle Temple, Accountant General of High Court of Chancery
also in consideration of £217..10s..5d paid to i) by iii) (total - £1000)
i) at request of ii) assigns to iii)
- Faldoe Common
- other lands
for remainder of said term of 1000 years
to secure repayment by ii) of £228..7s..11d
signatures of i) and ii)
endorsed receipts (of Elizabeth Wheeler)
witnesses: George Buckby, Lincoln's Inn
Thomas Smith, New Inn 20 Feb 1726
receipt of Benjamin Greene from John Brett for £217..10s..5d in full for use of Mrs Catherine Coppin, the administratrix of Richard Alleyn 18 May 1742
Level of description
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