Reference
Z1716/1
Title
Deeds relating to property in Lower Caldecote, Northill, Beds
Date free text
1739-1924
Production date
From: 1739 To: 1924
Scope and Content
The bundle starts with Thomas Woodward inheriting property in Lower Caldecote that is not mentioned again (Farm house, Braynts Close, Chesters Pinnings, Wards Cottages). Next in 1750 Thomas Woodward buys a messuage and 1.5 acres + meadow from Thomas Longland. This land passes down to Thomas’s grandson (also Thomas) who sells it (with other land) to Thomas Inskip in 1795 (although William Inskip already had an interest in it from 1788).
In May 1819 it is sold to Samuel Jeeves who borrows money to buy it originally from Platt, Bennell and Wilson (Z1716/1/13) but then from Thomas Warner (Z1716/1/14). In October 1819 Jeeves sells to Thomas Warner. It looks as if this was speculation on Jeeves’ part as between the purchase in May and the sale in October the description changes to indicate that the original messuage has now been divided into 3 and Jeeves seems to make £110 on the deal (purchase for £220 in May with £200 mortgage, sale in October for £330).
The land then passes to Thomas Warner’s step-daughter, Elizabeth, who has married Henry Mayle of Edgbaston. By 1850 Henry and Elizabeth have used the land as security for their debt to John Napper (Z1716/1/18) note also that by this date the three cottages have been reduced to two, which we learn from Z1716/1/20 is due to the third going to widen the Great North Road. In 1854 the 2 cottages and land are sold to James Tingey.
Now in 1857 James Tingey also acquires 1a 37p of land from the estate of the late Godfrey Thornton. This is Lot 22 of the Thornton sale (Z1716/1/21, 22, 25, 28, 29, 30).
At almost the same time (1857) Edward Twelvetrees is buying land from the estate of the late Mrs Elizabeth Bacon (Lot 5 homestead and barn and farm yard). Mrs Bacon had inherited this land from her brother William Brittain and cousin John Brittain (Z1716/1/23, 24, 26, 27).
James Tingey leaves the land he got from the Mayles and the land he got from Thornton to be sold by his son, James, and Henry Dillamore, which they do in 1884. It is sold to Edward Twelvetrees.
When Edward Twelvetrees dies in 1912 he leaves a will that allows for the sale of some of his land to raise up to £500 for the advancement of his son, Ed Dudley Twelvetrees. In 1917 the executors of this will sell to Joseph Nathaniel Hall 2 plots of land and the 6 cottages known as Wellington Cottages; the cottages standing on part of the first plot of land. It is perhaps worth noting that Edward Twelvetrees was a builder and this probably explains the change from 2 cottages to the six cottages.
The final document (Z1716/1/38) indicates a sale made after the death of Joseph Nathaniel Hall at which the cottages were Lot 6 but unfortunately we do not have the sale particulars to find out the exact details.
Level of description
sub-fonds