H/DE343

(Attested Copy) Marriage Settlement

27 Sep 1816

From: 1790 To: 1816

(i) Francis Pym, Hasells Hall, Esquire (ii) Francis Pym junior, Hasells Hall, eldest son & heir apparent of (i) (iii) The Right Honorable Alexander Earl of Leven & Melville (iv) The Honorable Lady Jane Elizabeth Leslie Melville, spinster, one of the daughters of (iii) (v) The Honorable David Leslie Melville, Lord Balgonie, eldest son of (iii) Thomas Gisborne junior, Burleigh fields, Loughborough, Esquire (vi) The Honorable John Thornton Leslie Melville, Wimpole Street The Honorable & Reverend Robert Samuel Leslie Melville, rector of Great Tey, Essex (vii) Charles Montgomery Campbell, Bennington Park, Stevenage, Esquire Robert Palmer, Holme Park, Sonning, Berkshire, Esquire [reciting H/DE342, and Lease & Release and appointment, 29/30 Mar 1790 Francis Pym & wife to Henry Crab Boulton & Thomas Greene in trust, moiety of estate below by way of exchange reciting: there are 4 sons of the marriage - (ii), Reverend Wollaston Pym, Robert & Charles Pym, and 2 daughters, Ann & Catherine reciting: 4 recoveries, Trinity term, 1816 and deed to lead uses, 1 Jun 1816] marriage of (ii) and (iv), reciting £1,000 to (ii) and bond to secure £4000 to trustees (vii) even date (i) and (ii) appoint: --- Manor of Hassels, capital messuage & farm house & woods belonging to capital messuage --- Manors of Girtford & Little Staughton --- Manors of Caldecot & Hardwick --- Manor of Norton Girtford & Sandy --- messuage & 151 acres in the occupation of John Allen late of Joseph Allen --- messuage & 154 acres in the occupation of Benjamin Masters late William Randall --- cottage & orchards in the occupation of William King late John King --- cottage in the occupation of William Whitamore --- cottage & garden in the occupation of Ann Moore --- cottage & garden in the occupation of John Yerrall --- garden ground in the occupation of William Jeeves --- garden ground in the occupation of John Goss --- garden ground in the occupation of Jemima Munns late Thomas Munns --- garden ground in the occupation of William Underwood --- garden ground in the occupation of Mary Upchurch late John Upchurch --- cottage & garden in the occupation of Edward Ball --- cottage & garden in the occupation of John Skilleter --- messuage, orchard & close adjoining William Randall's premises, in the occupation of John Housden late John Braybrook --- close (10 acres 2 roods) in the occupation of N. Herbert --- close (12 acres 18 perches) in the occupation of Charles Mann Everton --- Down close (12 acres) in the occupation of Benjamin Masters, late William Randall Little Staughton --- messuage & 219 acres 3 roods 32 perches, including 2 acres 3 roods 16 perches Cainhoe, in the occupation of William Lugsden, late John Lugsden Holwell --- messuage and farm (143 acres 3 roods 12 perches) in the occupation of Charles Ell & John Gurney, late Edward Taylor Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire --- messuage & farm (500 acres) late in the occupation of John Roberts now William Flint, Caldecot --- messuage & farm (440 acres) Hardwick, late in the occupation of John, now Edward Peck Norton, Hertfordshire --- messuage & farm (600 acres) in the occupation of Samuel Kirkby --- blacksmith's shop in the occupation of Clarke Chamberlayne --- piece of ground in the occupation of [ ] Scaler/Scales --- land & spinnies in the occupation of Francis Pym Middlesex --- house, Bennett Street, in the occupation of John Field Parishes of St. Peter's & St. Stephen's near St. Albans, Hertfordshire (moiety estate refers to above) --- moiety of messuage, farm (18 acres 3 roods 36 perches) and tithes - New Gate Farm, held with leasehold, by Messrs Harris & Mawby late Thomas Lewis Colney --- moiety of 12 acres meadow, in the occupation of William Kent, late Robert Smith formerly [ ] Martin --- moiety of Cootes End Farm in the occupation of Hannah late Thomas Young --- moiety of New Farm (232 acres) and meadow at Redbourn, late Hawkins', in the occupation of William Davies late Edward Newman --- moiety of George Farm, (115 acres) in the occupation of John late Daniel Cleaton --- moiety of Yew Tree Farm, (82 acres) in the occupation of Joseph Freeman late John Lewis Harpenden & Wheathampstead --- moiety of cottage, garden & close in the occupation of Joseph late Richard Freeman --- moiety of messuage, farm lands, cottages & wheelwright's shop (55 acres) in the occupation of Charles Ell, late John Whitby, formerly Streacher, Freeman and Halsey --- moiety mansion house & closes (7 acres 2 roods 39 perches) in the occupation of Mrs. Platt, late general Prescott --- moiety of Delling's grove, How Wood, Scrubbs Wood, Est Field Wood, Ashen Grove, Longlands Wood & the Spring in the occupation of Francis Pym subject to a term of 99 years and the jointure rent charge of Ann Pym, and term of 500 years to uses: £1,000 per annum rent charge to (ii) during his life & life of (i), if (ii) dies during the joint lives of (i) and (iv), (iv) may during joint lives of self and (i) have rent charge annuity of £600 the estate so charged to use of (vi) for term of 100 years in trust, to (i) for life, then to (v) in trust then to (ii) for life, then rent charge of £800 to (iv) from decease of (ii) in trust to (vii) for term of 1,000 years then to heirs male of the marriage, then to heirs male of (ii) by any other marriage after decease of (iv) then to William Wollaston Pym for life then to (v) in trust, then to heirs male of William Wollaston Pym, remainder to Robert Pym and heirs male, remainder to Charles Pym and heirs male then to (ii) and heirs in fee. terms of 100 & 1000 years; to secure the rent charges of £1000 and £600; 1000 years, to raise portions for the younger children of the marriage and to provide for education & maintenance. (v) are trustees for purchase of other estates by way of exchange (vii) are trustees of the sum of £4,000 secured by bond, to invest in government securities to pay interest to (ii) for life, then to (iv) for life, then to assign principle and interest to the younger child if only one or to younger children in equal shares, remainder to (ii) schedule of property and rental. 27 Sep 1816

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Pym, Francis,
Leslie-Melville, Alexander,
Earl of Leven & Melville,
Leslie-Melville, Jane Elizabeth,
Pym, Jane Elizabeth,
Leslie-Melville, David,
Lord Balgonie,
Gisborne, Thomas,
Leslie-Melville, John Thornton,
Leslie-Melville, Robert Samuel,
Campbell, Charles Montgomery,
Palmer, Robert,
Boulton, Henry Crab,
Greene, Thomas,
Pym, Wollaston,
Pym, Robert,
Pym, Charles,
Pym, Ann,
Pym, Catherine,
Allen, John,
Allen, Joseph,
Masters, Benjamin,
Randall, William,
King, William,
King, John,
Whittamore, William,
Moore, Ann,
Yerrall, John,
Jeeves, William,
Goss, John,
Munns, Jemima,
Munns, Thomas,
Underwood, William,
Upchurch, Mary,
Upchurch, John,
Ball, Edward,
Skilleter, John,
Housden, John,
Braybrook, John,
Herbert, N.,
Mann, Charles,
Lugsden, William,
Lugsden, John,
Ell, Charles,
Gurney, John,
Taylor, Edward,
Roberts, John,
Flint, William,
Peck, John,
Peck, Edward,
Kirkby, Samuel,
Chamberlaine, Clarke,
Scales,
Field, John,
Harris,
Mawby,
Lewis, Thomas,
Kent, William,
Smith, Robert,
Martin,
Young, Hannah,
Young, Thomas,
Hawkins,
Davies, William,
Newman, Edward,
Cleaton, John,
Cleaton, Daniel,
Freeman, Joseph,
Lewis, John,
Freeman, Richard,
Whitby, John,
Streacher,
Freeman,
Halsey,
Platt,
Prescott,
Pym, William Wollaston

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