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Articles of agreement for conveyance from Thomas Wyatt of Fisher, Pestell & Wyatt to Thomas Swanson of parish of St.Paul, Bedford for £63 of two cottages in Milton Ernest in occupation of Martha Long, widow and William Swan, respectively, along with the barn and orchard adjoining, now or late in occupation of Joseph Brown.
TS signed with a mark; witnessed by Elizabeth Sawell

Indenture of feoffment from Thomas Fisher formerly of Caldecott [Warwickshire], now of Castle Donnington [Leicestershire], esquire, Ellis Shipley Pestell of Ashby de la Zouche [Leicestershire], gentleman and Samuel Wyatt of Burton upon Trent [Staffordshire], gentleman, via Robert Gibbins of Milton Ernest, gentleman, attorney for TS and WD to Thomas Swanson of parish of St.Paul, Bedford, yeoman and William Day of Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire], gentleman, his trustee for £63 of:
- (a) two messuages, cottages and tenements with barn and buildings, yard, garden, orchard or pightle adjoining containing 1 rood, 36 perches in Milton Ernest now or late in several occupations of Martha Long, William Swan and Joseph Brown.
Endorsed with a memorandum that on 22 Nov 1804 Robert Gibbins took possession of (a) and delivered it to Thomas Swanson, witnessed by Samuel Hart and James Brown
Witnesses to the indenture: John Sherwin, Thomas Buckley, Thomas Whitehead and Iain Webster

Indenture of feoffment from Thomas Swanson of St.Paul's, Bedford, yeoman and William Day of Saint Neots [Huntingdonshire], gentleman, his trustee, to Holland Scroxton of Bedford, labourer, with William Perkins of Bedford, excise officer, acting as his attorney, for £60 of:
(a) cottage or tenements in Milton Ernest, part of which was lately a barn, converted by TS into two dwellings with ground adjoining measuring E-W 65 feet and N-S 51 feet abutting the street to N and in occupation of William Salisbury and James Odell.
Witnessed by Richard Lane, John Blackwell and James Moore.
Endorsed with a note that William Perkins took possession of the property and delivered it to Holland Scroxton - witnessed by William Hart and Joseph Brown.

Indenture of lease forming part of a lease and release by way of conveyance - see Z 951/2/3

Release by way of conveyance between from Holland Scroxton, now a widower, of Milton Ernest, labourer to John Poole of Milton Ernest, baker, with John Hopkins Warden of Bedford, auctioneer, as trustee, for £44 of
- (a) piece or parcel of ground in Milton Ernest on S or SW side of the road from Bedford to Radwell with dwellings thereon in the several occupations of [blank] Hart, the widow Skinner and William Solisbury, 66 feet long and bounded to S and SE other tenements late of Holland Scroxton, bought at auction by William Dawson.
The conveyance recites the auction of the premises on 17 Dec 1816 when JP was highest bidder
Holland Scroxton signed with a mark and witnesses were Richard Warniford and Thomas Harrison.

Lease forming part of a lease and release by way of conveyance - see Z 951/2/5

Release by way of conveyance from John Poole of Milton Ernest, baker, with John Hopkins Warden of Bedford, auctioneer, as his trustee to William Skevington of Milton Ernest, baker and Thomas Hine of Milton Ernest, farmer, as his trustee to bar dower - for £100 of (a) in Z 951/2/3 with tenants now noted as Edward Hart, Mary Skinner and Henry Soulsbury.
Witnessed by Ann Budd and William Hurst.

Indenture by way of mortgage by demise for 1,000 years from William Skevington of Milton Ernest, baker to Francis John Budd of Bedford, gentleman to secure £60 at 5% interest on (a) in Z 951/2/3 with tenants now described as Mary Skinner, Mary Hart and Hannah Soulsbury.
Witnessed by Martha Ashpole and William Hurst, clerk to Mr.Budd, attorney of Bedford.

Bond for £90 from William Skevington to Francis John Budd [see also Z 951/4/1]

Indenture of lease forming lease and release by way of conveyance - see Z 951/2/9

Indenture of release by way of conveyance from William Skevington, late of Milton Ernest baker, but now of Carlton, victualler to Francis John Budd of Bedford, gentleman with Charles Short of Bedford, surgeon, as his trustee to bar dower, for £78 of (a) in Z 951/2/3 with tenants now noted as Mary Hart, Mary Skinner and another and the abutting land on S and SE formerly of Holland Scroxton now of Whitbread Cox
(a) piece or parcel of ground in Milton Ernest on S or SW side of road from Bedford to Radwell with three dwellings thereon in occupation of Mary Hart, Mary Skinner and another; with a length of 66 feet bounded on S and SE by premises of Holland Scroxton, now of Whitbread Cox.
Witnessed by John Odell and Joseph Goodwin.

Appointment by John Budd of Bedford of Sophia Brightman of Bedford, spinster as agent to receive rents of his cottages in Milton Ernest, depositing the deeds with her as security for any money she may advance on his behalf, with power of sale.
Witnessed by Charles Wootton.

Copy will of John Budd of Bedford, gentleman, giving, devising and bequeathing to his mother Ann Budd of Bedford, widow, all his real and personal estate and naming her sole executrix.
Witnessed by Charles Wootton, Mary Wootton and R.Bunker
Copy witnessed by J.Last and Thomas Row, clerks to Sharman & Trethewy, solicitors of Bedford.

Copy will of Ann Budd appointing her sister Sophia Brightman as her executrix and devising and bequeathing to her all her real and personal estate upon trust for sale of the real estate and equal division of the proceeds among her two daughters and her son Frederic when they each reach the age of 21.
She signed with a mark; witnessed by C.Short of Bedford, surgeon, C.W.Wagstaff of Bedford, draper and Francis Thomas Selby clerk to A.Sharman, solicitor of Bedford.
Included is a note that AB died on 16 Jul 1836 and the will was proved at Archdeaconry Court of Bedford on 14 Jan 1837.

Solemn declaration of Isaac Hurst of Bedford, surgeon, as to the pedigree of John Budd and Frederic Budd as proof of title, declaring that:
- IH knew Francis John Rudd of Bedford, attorney and Ann Budd his wife from 1814 until their deaths;
- FJB died on 8 Apr 1831 and his only living children were John, Maria, Ann and Frederic, John being the eldest;
- all other children died whilst "of tender age";
- AB died on 16 Jul 1836;
- JB, a bachelor, left his mother's house in Bedford to live in London in Spring 1835 and IH had not seen him since and believed him to be dead;
- Frederic Budd was born on 9 Aug 1823, IH attending AB during her confinement.

Solemn declaration of Sophia Brightman of Bedford, spinster, as to the pedigree of John Budd and Frederic Budd as proof of title giving similar information to that in Z 951/2/13 but also including:
- two additional children were born to FJB and AB - Francis Henry who died aged 16 weeks and Henry who died aged three years;
- that John Budd was born on 10 Jan 1814;
- that Maria Budd died aged 19 years some months after her mother;
- that Ann Budd that daughter married Thomas Wesley Turnley of Bedford, solicitor and died on 7 Dec 1844.
Declaration made before A. Sharman, Mayor of Bedford.

Indenture of conveyance between from Frederic Budd of Bedford, gentleman, with Sophia Brightman of Bedford, spinster, as trustee to Thomas Wesley Turnley of Bedford, gentleman and Frederic Budd, with Alexander Sharman of Bedford, gentleman as their trustee of:
- (a) piece or parcel of ground in Milton Ernest on SW side of the road from Bedford to Radwell with three dwelling houses and outoffices erected thereon now in occupation of Cornelius Parrot, [blank] Stokes and Mary Berthie; of 66 feet length and bounded on SE by premises formerly of Holland Scroxton, then of Whitbread Cox now of his devisees.
Reciting
- death of FJB and proving of his will of 27 Feb 1828 in PCC on 27 Feb 1831 but his death was intestate as to the premises in Milton Ernest, his son John being his heir at law;
- Z 951/2/11;
- it is believed JB died abroad;
- Z 951/2/12; - death of AB;
- death of Maria Budd;
- death of Ann Turnley, née Budd;
- that if JB died before AB by her will FB and TWT are inheritors of the estate, if JB died after AB the estate is inherited solely by FB;
- FB desired to forego sole ownership of the estate and agreed to divide it equally with TWT.

Conveyance from Thomas Wesley Turnley of Bedford, gentleman, to Frederic Budd of Buckingham, gentleman and bachelor of his half of (a) in Z 951/2/15
Witnessed by Thomas Cornish, clerk to Sharman & Trethewy and Henry H. Field, clerk to Mr.Budd, solicitor of Buckingham
Note: the front of the deed gives the year as 1851 but the text as 1850

Abstract of title of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Pulley to two freehold cottages in Milton Ernest in occupation of John Woolston and Arthur Solsbury
Abstracting
- will of Frederic Budd of Buckingham, solicitor of 13 Sep 1855 devising and bequeathing all real and personal estate to his wife Frances Mary Budd, née Little whom he appointed sole executrix.
- death of Frederic Budd on 11 May 1863
- proof of will of FB in PPR on 14 Aug 1863
- Frances Mary Budd married Henry Pulley of Bedford, land agent at St.Mary's, Luton on 16 Nov 1864.

Conveyance from Henry Pulley of Bedford, land agent and Frances Mary Pulley, his wife to William Mole of Milton Ernest, tailor for £80 of :
(a) piece or parcel of ground in Milton Ernest on SW side of road from Bedford to Radwell with two dwelling houses and outoffices in occupation of John Woolston and Arthur Solesbury which were formerly three dwelling houses as in Z 951/2/16
Witnessed by Mark Sharman of Bedford, solicitor

Indenture of lease forming part of a lease and release - see Z 951/3/2

Indenture of release by way of conveyance from Thomas Swanson of St.Paul, Bedford, yeoman with William Day of St.Neots [Huntingdonshire], gentleman, as his trustee to Whitbread Cox, late of Little Port, Isle of Ely [Cambridgeshire] now of St.Paul's, Bedford, yeoman for £140 of :
- (a) two messuages, cottages or tenements with yard, garden, orchard or pightle adjoining, containing one rood, in Milton Ernest bounded by properties of Mary Boyden on one side and, on the other, of William Grant and Holland Scroxton.
Witnessed by Mary Blackwell and John Blackwell.

Indenture of conveyance from Whitbread Cox of Clapham, yeoman to William Cook of Milton Ernest, baker, with Edward Newell of Milton Ernest, baker, as his trustee for £100 of:
- (a) three cottages, one recently built by WC, with the yard, garden or pightle adjoining containing together one rood in Milton Ernest bounded by property formerly of Mary Boyden, now of Rowland Evans, esquire on one side and on the other by property formerly of William Grant and Holland Scroxton, now of [blank] and fronting the town street; which cottages were formerly in occupation of Judy Long, Joseph Mead and George Hart, now of William Cook, James Parrott and Robert Trewith.
WC signs with a mark, witnessed by William Rogers, solicitor of Bedford.

Mortgage from William Cook of Milton Ernest, baker to Thomas Ball of Oakley, farmer to secure £150 at 5% interest on:
- (a) three cottages, one recently built by Whitbread Cox, with yard, garden, orchard or pightle adjoining containing together one rood, in Milton Ernest bounded in part by premises formerly of Mary Boyden, then of Rowland Evans, now of Philip Booth, esquire and in part by premises late of Holland Scroxton now of Mrs. Westley and the Methodist Chapel.
Witnessed by William Rogers, solicitor of Bedford.

Conveyance between (i) Thomas Ball of Oakley, farmer, (ii) William Cook of Milton Ernest, baker, (iii) Benjamin Helps Starey of Milton Ernest, esquire and (iv) Rev. Charles Colyear Beaty Pownall of Milton Ernest, clerk.
Reciting
- Z 951/3/4;
- £171/13/- was owing as principal and interest on the mortgage.
Witnessing
(iii) pays £171/13/- to (i) and £38/7/- to (ii) and (i) and (ii) convey to (iii):
(a) three cottages, one of which was recently built by Whitbread Cox, with garden, yard, orchard or pightle adjoining, containing together one rood in Milton Ernest; formerly in occupation of Judy Long, Joseph Mead and George Hart, late of William Cook, James Parrott and Thomas Bettle and James Skinner and now of William Cook, Robert Mole, James Parrott, Samuel Hulatt and Eli Foster; bounded in part by premises formerly of Philip Booth, now of BHS and in part by premises formerly of William Grant and Holland Scroxton, now or late of Mrs.Westley, now in occupation of Mr.Green and the Methodist Chapel - as shown on an included plan
Habendum
To (iii) with a cottage and bakehouse with barn and pigsty on the south side of the yard in occupation of (ii) to the use of (ii), remainder to (iii), remainder to (iv) on trust for (iii).
Witnessed by John Garrard, solicitor of Olney [Buckinghamshire].

Plan of Cook's Yard premises, being largely the same as that in Z 951/3/5 but with additional measurements.

Copy probate of will 20 Nov 1871 of Benjamin Helps Starey of Milton Ernest, esquire, devising and bequeathing all real and personal estate to his wife Ann Starey who he appointed his executrix.
Witnessed by Joshua Dewett of Milton Ernest, gardener and Theed William Pearse of Bedford, solicitor
Noted that BHS died on 6 Apr 1874 and that the will was proved in PPR on 26 Jun 1874 and that in the letter of probate BHS was described as formerly of Milton Ernest, but late of Streatham [Surrey].

Conveyance from Ann Starey of Tottenham [Middlesex], widow to Thomas Bagnall of Milton Ernest Hall, esquire of:
(a) three cottages, one of which was built by Whitbread Cox with barns, outhouses, buildings, yard, garden or ground adjoining, containing 25 poles in Milton Ernest bounded in part by premises formerly of Phillip Booth, then of Benjamin Helps Starey and in other parts by premises now or late of Mrs.Westley and the Methodist Chapel and were formerly in occupation of William Cook, Robert Mole, James Parrett, Samuel Hulatt and Eli Foster and now occupied by Maria Foster, Eli Foster and the other being unoccupied - as shown on an included plan
Witnessed by Augustine Starey, curate and clerk in orders of 12 Pembury Road, Tottenham and John Garrard of Olney [Buckinghamshire], solicitor.

Conveyance from Thomas Bagnall, late of Milton Ernest Hall, now of Grosmont [Yorkshire], esquire to William Mole of Milton Ernest, post master for £125 of (a) in Z 951/3/8.
Witnessed by W.H.Talbot, cashier of Grosmont [Yorkshire] and John Garrard of Olney [Buckinghamshire], solicitor.

Indenture by way of mortgage by demise for 1,000 years from William Skevington of Milton Ernest, lace buyer to Francis John Budd of Bedford, gentleman to secure £45 at 5% interest on:
(a) messuage, cottage or tenement, barn buildings, piece of garden ground and well of water in Milton Ernest formerly in occupation of Manning Brown for upwards of forty years, late of William Soulsbury, since of Christopher Hawkes and now of John Denton; together with right of way for those on foot, horses, carts or carriages from (a) through the yard adjoining the south part now or late in occupation of John Russell to Milton Ernest High Street. The property being bounded: to N and W by premises of Rowland Evans esquire; to S by premises in occupation of John Russell; to E by common street.
Witnessed by William Hurst and John Castleman.

Indenture by way of conveyance between (i) Ann Lawton (otherwise Layton) of Milton Ernest, widow (ii) John Lawton (otherwise Layton) of Milton Ernest, labourer, and John Dunton of Bedford, blacksmith (iii) John Lawton, Samuel Farrer of Wootton, labourer and Ruth his wife, John Barcock of Milton Ernest, labourer and Mary his wife and Maria Lawton (otherwise Layton) of Bedford, spinster (iv) Richard Lawton (otherwise Layton) of Milton Ernest, labourer and (v) George Makeham of Milton Ernest, wheelwright.
Reciting
- Will of John Lawton (otherwise Layton) of Milton Ernest, labourer, deceased of 13 Jan 1838 leaving the cottage at Milton Ernest where he dwelt together with barn, pigsty, and garden together with garden ground occupied by his son (iv) adjoining to his wife (i) and after her death to his eldest son John and his friend John Dunton (ii) in trust for his four children John Lawton, Ruth Farrer, Mary Barcock and Mariah Lawton (iii)
Witnessing
(iv) pays £30 divided as £6 to (i), £6 to JL, £6 to SF and RF, £6 to JB and MB and £6 to ML and (i) conveys to (iv):
(a) cottage in Milton Ernest adjoining the Bedford and Kettering Turnpike Road which passes at the back with barns, outhouses and buildings
(b) ground at the front of (a) and in front of adjoining cottage occupied by (iv) and extending to the village street leading to Radwell and having a passage to (a) from the village street
(c) land or ground to N of (a) extending behind it and the cottage of RL next to the Kettering Road.
(a) - (c) formerly in occupation of JL deceased and now of AL and bounded: to front by the Radwell road; to back by the Kettering road; to N in small part of Cottage of RL and in large part by lane or brook connecting the two roads; to S by properties of William Gibbins and John Ball
Habendum
To (iv) to the use of (iv) to the use of (v) in trust for (iv)
John Lawton, John Dunton, Samuel Farrer and Ruth Farrer all sign by a mark; witnessed by William Stimson, clerk to Mr.Rogers, solicitor of Bedford.

Conveyance from Richard Lawton (otherwise Layton) of Milton Ernest, labourer to George Layton of Milton Ernest, labourer for £65 of:
(a) piece of land or ground in Milton Ernest part of the ground conveyed in Z 951/5/1 and in front of (b) below, extending to the Radwell road; measuring along Radwell road 28 feet 9 inches, along the boundary with (b) 36 feet, on NW side next to the brook 41 feet 6 inches and on SE side next to the skip or roadway leading from the Radwell road 35 feet 2 inches as shown on an included plan - see overleaf.
And conveyance after the death of the survivor of RL and Susannah his wife of:
(b) messuage or tenement in Milton Ernest with barns, houses and buildings belonging in occupation of RL
(c) land in front and at SE side of (b)
(d) narrow strip of roadway of 4 feet 6 inches in width leading from the Radwell road to land in front of (b)
(b) - (d) also shown on included map
Witnessed by Mark Whyley, solicitor of Bedford.

Statutory Declaration of William Cook of Milton Ernest, baker, now out of business in support of title of Richard Lawton, declaring:
- he was 82 years old ;
- he was well acquainted with Richard Lawton (otherwise Layton or Leighton) and Susannah his wife, formerly Susannah Sturgess, spinster and that they are the same people as Richard, son of John and Ann Leighton and Susannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Sturgess in certificates of baptism shown at the time of making his declaration;
- he had known the messuage occupied by RL for the last 60 years and believed that RL had purchased it in 1851;
- he had no knowledge of RL or John Lawton his father ever paying quit or other rent or acknowledged the title of any one to the property taken from the wasteland.
Witnessed by Mark Whyley, solicitor of Bedford.

Mortgage from George Layton to Liberator Permanent Benefit Building Society to secure £60 at £9/6/- annual interest for 15 years with monthly repayments of 11/2 on (a) in Z 951/5/2 together with two messuages erected thereon.
Witnessed by Mark Whyley, solicitor of Bedford.

Conveyance from Liberator Permanent Benefit Building Society to Ebenezer Ball of 45 St.John's Street, Bedford, licensed victualler, for £96, George Layton being in default on the mortgage in Z 951/5/4 above, of:
(a) piece or parcel of land or ground in Milton Ernest in front of (b) below late in occupation of Richard Lawton and now of Richard Lawton and his son, extending to Radwell road.
(b) messuage or tenement in Milton Ernest with barns, outhouses and buildings formerly occupied by Richard Lawton and now by Richard Lawton and his son
(c) land or ground at front and SE side of (b)
(d) narrow strip of roadway from Radwell road to (c).
Witnessed by J.H.Rock of 20 Budge Row, EC, cashier

Abstract of Title of Walter James Benson to freehold hereditaments in Milton Ernest
Abstracting
- Z 951/5/2;
- Z 951/5/3;
- Z 951/5/4;
- Z 951/5/5;
- will of Ebenezer Ball of 14 Aug 1894 appointing Walter James Benson of 59 Albert Street, Bedford, compositor as his executor and devising and bequeathing to him all his real and personal estate on trust for sale by public auction.
- death of Ebenezer Ball on 22 Oct 1894
- proof of will of Ebenezer Ball in Northampton District Registry on 21 Dec 1894.

Conveyance from Walter James Benson of 59 Albert Street, Bedford, compositor to Caroline Eleanor Skinner of Milton Ernest, spinster, for £115 of:
- (a) piece or parcel of land or ground in Milton Ernest having a frontage on Radwell road of 32 feet and a depth of 94 feet with messuage or tenement standing on it together with barns, stable, fowl house and other outhouses and buildings bounded: to N by a brook; to E by property of Samuel Marsh; to S by Radwell road; to W by part of property of executors of late Benjamin Crisp and by the Radwell road.
Reciting
- Will and death of Ebenezer Ball as in Z 951/5/6;
- WTB put the premises up for sale at a public auction at the Swan Hotel, Milton Ernest on 27 Nov 1894
Witnessed by Richard Pryke, clerk to Halliday & Stimson, solicitors of Bedford.

Deed of Gift from Caroline Eleanor Skinner, formerly of Milton Ernest but now of Northampton, spinster to Susan Brown, wife of Thomas Brown of Milton Ernest, huntsman (sister of CES) of:
(a) piece or parcel of land or ground in Milton Ernest having a frontage to Radwell road of 32 feet
(b) messuage or tenement standing on (a) above with barns, stable, fowl house and other outhouses and buildings
(c) all other tenements granted to CES by Z 951/5/7
(a) to (c) being bounded: to N by a brook; to E by property now or late of Samuel Marsh; to S by property of [blank]; to W by property now or late of executors of Benjamin Crisp deceased and by Radwell road.

Conveyance from Thomas Brown of Nocton [Lincolnshire], retired huntsman to Grace Catherine Starey of Milton Ernest Hall, widow, for £280 of:
(a) piece or parcel of land in Milton Ernest having a frontage of 32 feet on Radwell road
(b) messuage or tenement on (a) and barns, stable, fowl house and other outhouses in occupation of Sidney Gammons and known as Mount Pleasant.
Reciting
- will of Susan Brown of 18 Mar 1913 appointing TB and Harry Brown as her executors
- death of Susan Brown on 12 Jun 1925
- proof of will of SB on 24 Aug 1925 at Lincoln DPR by TB, the sole surviving executor.
Witnessed by George H. Chard of Nocton Vicarage, Lincolnshire, vicar of Nocton.

Conveyance between (i) Thomas D'Oyly of 2 Upper Harley Street [Middlesex], esquire, serjeant at law, (ii) Samuel Walker of 29 Lincoln's Inn Fields [Middlesex], gentleman, (iii) St.Pierre Butler Hook of 9 Lincoln's Inn Fields, gentleman, (iv) Richard Kirkman of 29 Argyll Street, Regent Street [Middlesex], gentleman, (v) Edward Henry Rickards of 29 Lincoln's Inn Fields, gentleman, (vi) Philip Booth, late of Milton House, Milton Ernest, but now of [blank], esquire, (vii) Benjamin Helps Starey of Millfield Lane, Highgate Rise [Middlesex], esquire, and (viii) Edward Lawrence of 14 Old Jewry Chambers, City of London, gentleman.
Reciting
(I) Will of Edward Knight, late of Milton Ernest, gentleman of 10 Apr 1818 devising to John Evans, (since deceased), Rowland Evans Merchant and Richard Richards the elder (since deceased) all his real estate being a third of the Manor or Lordship of Bassetts in trust together with income from personal estate to pay:
- an annuity to his sister Elizabeth (otherwise Betty) Johnson;
- an annuity of £75 to his niece Dinah Donne, wife of Rev. John Donne) and lump sum of £1,500 to divide among her children after her death ;
- an annuity of £75 to his niece Mary Haslehurst (afterwards Mary Donne), sister of Dinah Donne and lump sum of £1,500 to divide among her children after her death;
- an annuity of £75 to his niece Martha Haslehurst (afterwards Martha Donne) and lump sum of £1,500 to divide among her children after her death;
- an annuity of £50 to his nephew Joseph Twinock reverting to his wife Beatrice after his death and lump sum of £1,000 to their children after their deaths;
- an annuity to Thomas Haslehurst and after his death a lump sum of £600 as therein mentioned;
- the residue of all real and personal estate to his niece Mary Evans (wife of Rowland Evans).
The third share of the Manor of Bassetts comprising as follows (numbers in brackets referring to numbers on an included plan), all land being in Milton Ernest and in occupation of John Ball and Thomas Ball unless stated otherwise:
(a) Milton House, Park and grounds with 29/2/14 of meadow - unoccupied (28-33 and 40);
(b) Wood Close - 12/2/30 of arable (2);
(c) Further Shadings - 6/0/7 of arable (10);
(d) Spinney in Further Shadings - 1 rood, 28 perches of wood (11);
(e) Fourth Shadings - 8/2/2 of arable (12);
(f) Third Shadings - 11/2/4 of pasture (13);
(g) Second Shadings - 4/1/5 of pasture (15);
(h) First Shadings - 10/3/1 of arable (16);
(i) Mill Piece - 24/2/0 of arable (17);
(j) Mill Close - 2/0/10 of meadow (18);
(k) Water Corn Mill and premises - 1 rood, 35 perches of mill (19);
(l) Pightle - 3 roods, 32 perches of meadow in occupation of William Low (20);
(m) Osier Beds - 12 perches (21);
(n) Osier Beds - 38 perches (22);
(o) Osier Beds - 2 roods, 15 perches (23);
(p) Little Holme - 2/0/16 of meadow (24);
(q) Great Holme - 6/3/14 of meadow (25);
(r) Second Congreve Close - 9/1/22 of arable (26);
(s) First Congreve Close - 7/2/17 of arable (27);
(t) sites of removed cottages - 1 rood, 19 perches of gardens (35-36);
(u) The Green - 1/3/29 of pasture (44);
(v) Pestills Close - 2/3/37 of meadow (48);
(w) Bustidge Field - 15/0/1 of arable (49);
(x) Longland Close - 15/2/5 of arable (50);
(y) Williamsons Close - 2/2/25 of meadow (51);
(z) Upper Byway Piece - 12/1/13 of arable (52);
(aa) Lower Byway Piece - 5/1/10 of meadow (53);
(ab) Pightles now in one - 1/1/27 of meadow (54-55);
(ac) Farmhouse and homestead - 1/2/36 (56);
(ad) Fox's Close - 2/2/17 of meadow (57);
(ae) Farmyard, sheep hovel, barn, chaff chamber and wood house - 1 rood 21 perches (58);
(af) Pooles Close - 3 roods, 10 perches of meadow (XLIII);
(ag) Clapham Field - 7/1/36 of arable in Clapham (H);
(ah) Oakley Piece - 4/0/28 of Meadow in Oakley (J);
(ai) Church Green Field - 45/1/14 of pasture in occupation of James Lamb (3);
(aj) Sallow Bushfield - 30/2/24 of arable in occupation of JL (4);
(ak) Tire Devil Hill - 17/2/10 of arable in occupation of JL (5);
(al) Long Close - 4/3/20 of pasture in occupation of JL (6);
(am) Skermidge Field - 21/3/23 of arable in occupation of JL (7);
(an) House Croft Close - 11/1/23 of meadow in occupation of JL (8);
(ao) Backside Close - 7/1/4 of meadow in occupation of JL (9);
(ap) Farm house and homestead - 1/0/24 in occupation of JL (39);
(aq) Greens Close - 5/3/37 of pasture in occupation of JL (41);
(ar) Nether Stalling Close - 17/2/- of arable in occupation of JL (60);
(as) First Sand Field - 25/1/26 of arable in occupation of JL (61);
(at) Second Sand Field - 17/3/38 of arable in occupation of JL (62);
(au) The Meadow - 22/2/21 of meadow in occupation of JL (63);
(av) Cottage with yard and garden - 24 perches in occupation of Robert Bettles (34);
(aw) Cottage and garden with carpenter's yard, workshop, brewhouse and cellar - 1 rood 20 perches in occupation of Whitbread Odell (37);
(ax) Public House called The Booth Arms with garden, yard, stable, brewhouse and woodhouse - 36 perches in occupation of Susan Brown (38);
(ay) Cottage and garden - 25 perches in occupation of Jeremiah Abbott (42);
(az) Cottage and garden - 1 rood, 19 perches in occupation of James Cowdall (43);
(ba) Cottage and garden - 1 rood 13 perches in occupation of John Martin (45);
(bb) Cottage and garden - 24 perches in occupation of Coates Woodham (47);
(bc) Cottage and garden - 27 perches in occupation of Samuel Sawfoot (46);
(bd) Messuage or dwellinghouse and garden - 1 rood 7 perches in occupation of Mrs.Morton (59);
(be) Two cottages, barn, stable and garden - 10 perches in occupation of James Hart and Isaac Salisbury (97);
(bf) Mill field, cottage and stable, yard and garden - 1 rood, 14 perches in occupation of William Low (XLIV);
(bg) Piece of land at the foot of Stafford Bridge, Pavenham - 22 perches in occupation of J.A.Green, esquire (-);
(bh) The Lawn Wood - 28/3/11 in no occupation (1);
(bi) The Spinney - 3/0/31 in no occupation (14) (bj) Royalty on free fishery in River Great Ouse enjoyed by Philip Booth
(bk) 2 pews in Milton Ernest church with the mansion house called Milton House.
(a) - (bi) amounting to 477/2/33 of land
(II) Codicil to will of Edward Knight of 22 Mar 1819 revoking the clause devising and bequeathing real and personal estate to Mary Evans and bequeathed the rents arising out of his real estate to ME, after her death to RE, after his death to Dinah and Mary Donne.
(III) Edward Knight died in March 1819 and the will and codicil were proved on 30 Jul 1819 in PCC.
(IV) Mary Haslehurst married John William Donne on 24 Jul 1820 at Houghton Regis.
(V) Martha Haslehurst married Matthew Donne on 25 Aug 1822 at Houghton Regis.
(VI) Under divers mesne indentures, ultimately an indenture of 12 Aug 1845 between (i) Isaac George Currie, esquire and Raikes Currie, esquire (ii) George Rowe, Thomas Moore and Robert Muter (creditors and assigns of Rowland Evans, bankrupt), (iii) Thomas Massa Alsager (assignee of estate and affects of Rowland Evans), (iv) Rowland Evans and Mary his wife, (v) John Evans and Rowland Evans, (vi) Philip Booth, (vii) John Hazard, esquire, (viii) John Currie, distiller, (ix) Leonard Currie, distiller, Edmund Currie, esquire and Arthur Currie, distiller, (x) Thomas Browning, gentleman, and (xi) Sir Felix Booth, Baronet, in which (a) - (bk) were conveyed, subject to a 5/- rent charge to the Manor of Steppingley and a rent charge of £5/4/- for providing the poor of Milton Ernest with bread and annuities and lump sum payments outlined in (I) above to use of (vi), to the use of (vii) on trust and with remainder to (vi) and hereditaments comprised in a term of 100 years in the will of Mary Boyden, deceased of 18 Oct 1816 and assigned to John Currie, deceased by an indenture of 24 Nov 1819 were assigned by (viii) to (x) on trust of (vi) and hereditaments comprised in a term of 1,000 years in the will of Hugh Campbell, deceased of 4 Jul 1750 and assigned to Leonard Currie, deceased by indenture of 24 Nov 1819 were assigned by (ix) to (xi) in trust for (vi).
(VII) A separate Indenture of 12 Aug 1845 between (i) Philip Booth, (ii) George Rowe, Thomas Moore and Robert Muter, (iii) Thomas Massa Alsager, (iv) Rowland Evans and Mary his wife, (v) John Evans and Rowland Evans, (vi) Thomas Browning, (vii) Sir Felix Booth in which (a) - (bk) were charged as security by (i) for a payment to (v) of the annuities and lump sum payments to Dinah, Mary and Martha Donne, Beatrice Twinock and their children and (i) demised to (v) for 500 years, and the properties assigned to (vi) and (vii) under the wills of Mary Boyden and Hugh Campbell [see VI above] should stand to them in trust for (v).
(VIII) A separate Indenture of 12 Aug 1845 between (i) George Rowe, Thomas Moore and Robert Muter, (ii) Thomas Massa Alsager, (iii) Philip Booth and (iv) John Hazard in which (bl) to (bx) below were conveyed to (iii) to the use of (iv) in trust for (iii), the land conveyed being in Milton Ernest and in occupation of John Ball unless stated otherwise, (letters in brackets being those referred to in the included plan)
(bl) The 8 Acres - 8/0/27 of meadow (A);
(bm) The Lower 6 Acres - 6/1/38 of arable (B);
(bn) The 7 Acres - 7/0/18 of arable (C);
(bo) The 11 Acres - 11/-/- of arable (D);
(bp) The Upper 6 Acres - 6/3/34 of arable (E);
(bq) The 5 Acres with barn - 5/3/10 of arable (F);
(br) The 16 Acres - 16/2/17 of arable - (G);
(bs) The Linch - 3/1/4 of meadow - (H);
(bt) The 15 Acres - 15/2/- of meadow and arable (J);
(bu) The 11 Acres - 11/3/11 of arable (K);
(bv) The 9 Acres - 9/1/20 of arable (L);
(bw) Farm house and yard - 3 roods 23 perches (70);
(bx) Battams Field - 8/0/20 of meadow in occupation of James Ball and Thomas Ball (XLI);
(bl) - (bx) together making 111/0/22
(IX) A separate Indenture of 12 Aug 1845 between (i) John Evans, (ii) George Rowe, Thomas Moore, Robert Muter and Thomas Massa Alsager, (iii) Hugh Hornby and Joseph Langton, (iv) Philip Booth and (v) Thomas Browning in which hereditaments described in indentures of 16 Feb 1825 and 15 Mar 1825 were assigned to (v) in trust for (iv).
(X) Indenture of 13 Aug 1845 between (i) Philip Booth, (ii) Esther Greenwood, widow, Edward Mortimer, esquire and William Underhill, esquire, (iii) Thomas Browning, (iv) Sir Felix Booth, (v) John Greenwood and (vi) Stephen Barney Blatherwick in which (i) conveyed to (ii), (iii) conveyed to (v) in trust for (ii) and (iv) conveyed to (vi) in trust for (ii) to secure £8,000 at 5% interest the land (a) to (bx)
(XI) A separate indenture of 13 Aug 1845 between (i) Thomas Browning, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) Esther Greenwood, Edward Mortimer and William Underhill and (iv) John Greenwood by which the hereditaments assigned to (i) in trust in (X) above were assigned by (i) to (iv) in trust for (iii).
(XII) Indenture by way of transfer of mortgage of 1 Jul 1848 from Esther Greenwood, Edward Mortimer and William Underhill to Anne Wynne, widow; conveyance of mortgage of 1 Mar 1849 between (i) Ann Wynne, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) Samuel Ridings Grimshaw and (iv) Edward Henry Rickards; transfer of mortgage of 14 Oct 1851 between (i) Samuel Ridings Grimshaw, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) Thomas D'Oyly and (iv) Edward Henry Rickards all endorsed on indenture of 1 Jul 1848 and by which, ultimately, the premises were conveyed to Thomas D'Oyly subject to right of redemption by Philip Booth.
(XIII) Indenture of 27 Jun 1848 in which Samuel Walker lent £1,350 to Philip Booth at 5% interest (making a total debt from PB to SW of £2,350) and Philip Booth conveyed (a) to (bx) to Samuel Walker subject to incumbrances
(XIV) Indenture of 10 Nov 1849 in which Philip Booth borrowed a further £1,000 from Samuel Walker.
(XV) Beatrice Twinock died and was buried on 29 Jan 1851 at All Saints, Charlton upon Medlock, Manchester and the sum of £1,000 noted in (I) became payable
(XVI) John Evans died on 13 Aug 1851 and was buried in the cemetery at Norwood [Surrey]
(XVII) Indenture of 4 Jun 1852 between (i) Rowland Evans, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) Thomas D'Oyly and (iv) Edward Henry Rickards in which (iii) paid £1,000 to (i) to pay the sum due on the death of Beatrice Twinock.
(XVII) Indenture of 27 Nov 1852 by which Philip Booth conveyed to St.Pierre Butler Hook for two sums of £537/15/- and £279/15/6 due to SBH together with a further £100 paid by SBH to PB the land (a) to (bx) subject to incumbrances.
(XVIII) Indenture of 4 Mar 1853 in which PB borrowed a further £100 from SBH.
(XIX) Mary Donne died on 31 Mar 1853 and was buried at Marriston, near Swansea [Glamorgan].
(XX) The £1,500 payable under (I) on the death of Mary Donne remained unpaid.
(XXI) On 6 Jun 1851 Richard Kirkman Lane obtained judgement in an action in Queen's Bench against Philip Booth for £2,800 debt and £3/10/- cost of suit and left a memorandum with Court of Common Pleas; and claimed to be paid £1,318/8/4 and £3/10/- costs.
(XXII) On 7 Jan 1853 Richard Kirkman Lane obtained another judgement in Queens Bench against Philip Booth for debt £200 and £3/10/- costs and left a memorandum with Court of Common Pleas claiming to be paid £200 and £3/10/-.
(XXIII) Default was made in payments to Samuel Walker of the mortgage in (XIII) above.
(XXIV) Default was made in payments to Samuel Walker of the mortgage in (XIV) above.
Witnessing
(vii) paid £9,323/10/7 to (i); £7,676/9/5 to (ii) and (i) with the consent of (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) conveyed to (vii) the land (a) to (bx) subject in incumbrances, being the 5/- quit rent to the Manor of Steppingley, £5/4/- per annum to buy bread for the poor of Milton Ernest, £1,500 payable on the death of Mary Donne and the annuities payable to Dinah Donne and Martha Donne together with the two lump sums of £1,500 payable on their respective deaths.
Habendum
to hold to (vii) in fee simple, to the use of (viii) in trust for (vii), to the use of (vii)
Witnessed by Thomas Hazard, clerk to E.H.Rickards & S.W.Walker and W.J.Watson, clerk to St.P.B.Hook
Endorsement
- Z 951/8/1

Mortgage from Benjamin Helps Starey of Millfield Lane, Highgate Rise [Middlesex] and of Milton Ernest Hall, esquire to William Sargent of Putney Heath [Surrey], esquire, Charles Sargent of 3 New Square, Lincolns Inn, barrister at law, Rev.Henry Calverley Calverley of Reading [Berkshire], clerk and William Ford of Grays Inn [Middlesex], solicitor to secure £10,000, subject to following incumbrances:
- quit rent of 5/- per annum payable to Manor of Stepingly;
- £5/4/- per annum to provide the poor of Milton Ernest with bread;
- £75 annuities of Dinah Donne and Martha Donne with lump sums of £1,500 payable on each of their deaths to their respective children [see (I) in Z 951/6/1].
on:
(a) to (bk) in (I) and (bl) to (bx) in (VIII) in Z 951/6/1 above, with a note that the following land had been sold to Midland Railway Company: 0/3/31 from (ar); 0/2/32 from (as); 0/0/27 from (bs); 0/0/13 from (bt); and 0/3/5 from (bu).
also:
(by) allotment in Cow Hill Field in Thurleigh - 20/0/11;
(bz) allotment in Cooks Field in Thurleigh - 2/1/34;
(ca) allotment in Old Hicks Close in Thurleigh - 44/3/31 (comprising 29/0/17 in Old Hicks Close, 7/2/19 in Hermitage Close; 3/1/9 in Whelps Grove and 4/3/26 in Whelps Close;
(cb) Farm, homestead and Home Close in Thurleigh - 6/0/39;
(cc) Six Acres in Thurleigh - 7/0/8;
(cd) Twelve Acres in Thurleigh - 12/3/18;
(ce) A Spinney in Thurleigh - 1/0/21;
(cf) Johnsons Close in Thurleigh - 4/0/11;
(cg) Overgate Field in Thurleigh - 19/3/6;
(ch) Home Close in Thurleigh - 6/0/35;
(ci) Ley Field in Thurleigh - 14/3/3;
(cj) Lawn Wood in Thurleigh - 7/3/30;
(ck) Walters Close in Thurleigh - 13/2/10;
(cl) Walters Close in Thurleigh - 15/3/8;
(cm) Horse Close in Thurleigh - 7/3/11;
(cn) Part of Clapham Brook in Thurleigh - 0/3/28;
(co) Part of Clapham Brook in Thurleigh - 4/0/33;
(cp) Clapham Brook Spinney in Clapham - 2/2/22;
(cq) Little Clapham Brook in Clapham - 6/2/11;
(cr) Great Clapham Brook in Clapham - 13/0/18;
(cs) Hicks in Clapham - 5/1/6;
(ct) - Great Hicks in Clapham - 6/0/37
(by) to (ct) comprising 223/2/31.
Witnessed by Joseph T. Taylor, articled clerk to Lawrence, Plews & Boyer, solicitors of 14 Old Jewry Chambers, London
Endorsements
- Mortgage of 11 Aug 1860 from BHS to Susannah Woodburn of 10 Undercliff, St.Leonards-on-Sea [Sussex], widow to secure £500 with interest, witnessed by William Ford, solicitor to Susannah Woodburn.
- Conveyance of 31 Dec 1870 from CS (then Sir Charles Sargent), HCC and WF to BHS of Rutters Farm (by) - (ct) above freed from incumbrances.
- Z 951/8/1;
- Z 951/7/2
Attached Memorandum
Giving notice of Z 951/6/4

Mortgage from Benjamin Helps Starey of Milton Ernest Hall, esquire to James Charles of Bishopsgate Street [City of London], esquire.
Reciting
- Z 951/6/1;
- Conveyance of 17 Feb 1854 between (i) John Hazard, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) John Morgan Edwards Jones and John Buckley Williams, (iv) BHS and (v) Edward Lawrence in which (by) to (ct) in 4/1 were conveyed to BHS subject to a mortgage of 5 Mar 1844 for £2,800.
- Z 951/6/2
- Mortgage of 11 Aug 1860 from BHS to Susannah Woodburn, widow, for £500.
- BHS was carrying on the business of a candle maker at Victoria Works, Bethnal Green [Middlesex] in partnership with Edward Cooke and William Palmer the younger under the title of Palmer & Co.
Witnessing
JC agreed credit and advances up to a limit of £10,000 to Palmer & Co., secured on the land (a) to (ct) in Z 951/6/2 above.
Witnessed by Thomas Newman, clerk to Rankens & Co., Grays Inn, London.
Endorsement
- Z 951/6/1 and its endorsement
- Z 951/7/2

Mortgage from Benjamin Helps Starey of The Hall, Milton Ernest, esquire to James Charles of 116 Bishopsgate Street [City of London], Russia Broker.
Reciting
- Z 951/6/1
- Z 951/6/2
- BHS was indebted to JC for £30,000 at 5% interest (this sum including the mortgage in Z 951/6/2 above)
Witnessing
BHS conveyed to JC as security (a) to (bx) in Z 951/6/2 above
Witnessed by Richard Boyer, solicitor of Old Jewry Chambers, London and ...Brooks, solicitor of 60 Cornhill, London
Endorsement
Z 951/6/1 and its endorsement
Z 951/7/2

Release and conveyance from Sir Charles Sargent of Bombay [India], Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay to Rev. Henry Calverley Calverley of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, clerk, and William Ford of Grays Inn [Middlesex], gentleman.
Reciting
- Z 951/6/1;
- Z 951/6/2;
- death of William Sargent on 3 Feb 1863 and his burial at Lavington [Sussex];
- that BHS had contracted to sell to pay off Z 951/6/2;
- to avoid delay in completion of contracts for sale which might arise due to CS being in India
Witnessing
CS assigned the mortgage to HCC and WF.
Witnessed by Francis Robert Shaw Wyllie, Under Secretary to Government, Bombay
Endorsements
- Z 951/6/1;
- Z 951/7/2

Reconveyance from Rev.Henry Calverley Calverley of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, clerk and William Ford of Grays Inn [Middlesex], gentleman to James Charles of 116 Bishopsgate Street, London, Russia Broker of (x) to (bx) in Z 951/6/1.
Reciting, amongst other things
- Z 951/8/1
Witnessed by Edward Day, Clerk to Lawrence Plews & Boyer of 14 Old Jewry Chambers, London, solicitors, Robert Puddy of Bridgewater, baker and Charles Champion, Clerk to William & A.Ranken Ford of Grays Inn, Solicitors.

Conveyance from Benjamin Helps Starey, late of Milton Ernest Hall, now of Streatham [Surrey], esquire and his mortgagee James Charles to William Henry Gibbins of Clapham, farmer for £17,500 of the following land, described in Z 951/6/1 above:
- formerly part of Balls Farm, now comprising a farm in occupation of WHG: (u)-(x); (z)-(ac);
- hereditaments now in hand: (y), (bh) and (af) and (bx) now combined to form 8/3/30 of meadow and henceforth listed as (af/bx);
- formerly part of Turners Farm and the entirety of Banks Farm, now part of Pecks Farm: (b); (ai)-(ao); (as)-(au); (ba)-(bc); (be); (bl)-(bw); and (ap), (ax) and part of (aw) now described as dwellinghouse and homestead including portions of the gardens formerly belonging to the premises in occupation of Whitbread Odell and to the Queens Head Public House, of 2/1/6, henceforth described as (ap/aw/ax) as shown on an included plan
Reciting amongst other things
- JC was owed a greater sum than the current purchase price
Witnesses
Richard Boyer, Solicitor, of Old Jewry Chambers, London; Thomas Thomson, Solicitor, of 60 Cornhill, London
Memorandum
Mortgage of 6 Nov 1873 from William Davies of Brynhaulog, Bridgend [Glamorgan], esquire to WHG on the land just conveyed

Deed of Charge & Indemnity between (i) Benjamin Helps Starey, (ii) Thomas Bagnall, late of Rushden [Northamptonshire], now of Milton Ernest Hall, esquire, (iii) William Henry Gibbins
Witnessing
(ii) charged (ai)-(ao), (as)-(au), (ba)-(bc), (be), (bl)-(bw) and (ap/aw/ax) in Z 951/7/3 above and indemnified (i) and (iii) regarding the annuity of £75 payable to Dinah Donne and principal sum of £1,500 arising from his land noted at (I) in Z 951/6/1 above.
(iii) charged (a), (s), part of (t) forming 0/1/9, (aq), (av), (ay) and (bf) now a 0/1/4 in Z 951/6/1 and indemnified (i) and (ii) regarding the rent charge of 2/- per week (£5/4/- per annum) for bread for the poor and quitrents not exceeding 5/- per annum
Witnesses
Richard Boyer[?], Solicitor of Old Jewry Chambers, London;
W.Evans, Solicitor of Birmingham

Deed of Indemnity from William Henry Gibbins of Clapham, farmer to William Davis of Brynhaulog, Bridgend [Glamorgan], esquire
Reciting, amongst other things
- Conveyance dated 6 Nov 1873 but transacted previously by WHG, Cyana [?] Allison Gibbins and Louisa Ann Gibbins to WD of the following land as in Z 951/6/1: (u)-(ac); (af) now separate from (bx) again; (ai)-(ao); (bc); (be); (bl)-(br)
- the above land and some of that listed below was charged with the annuity of £75 per annum paid to Martha Donne
Witnessing
That the following land as described in Z 951/7/2 should now be exclusively charged with the £75 annuity, freeing the land noted above: ap/aw/ax; (ar)-(av); (bs)-(bw)
Witnesses
William Small, Solicitor, of Bedford; W.Robinson Smith, Solicitor, of Swansea [Glamorgan]

Mortgage from William Henry Gibbins of Clapham, farmer, to John Charles McGrath of The Reform Club, Pall Mall [Middlesex] of £4,000 at 4% secured on land now described as:
- (b) Wood Close, 12/2/30 of arable in occupation of Edward Peck;
- (ar) Nether Stalling close, 16/2/9 of arable in occupation of Edward Peck
- (as) First Sand Field, 24/2/34 of arable in occupation of Edward Peck;
- (at) Second Sand Field, 17/3/38 of arable in occupation of Edward Peck;
- (au) The Meadow, 22/2/21 of meadow in occupation of Edward Peck;
- (av) Cottage with garden, 0/1/13 in occupation of Edward Peck;
- (ap/aw/ax). - dwelling house and homestead including portions of gardens formerly belonging to the premises in occupation of Whitbread Odell and to Queen's Head Public House now in occupation of Edward Peck
- (bh) Lawn Wood, 28/3/11 of wood now grubbed up for arable and now in occupation of Samuel Marsh;
- (bs) The Linch, 3/0/17 of pasture in occupation of Edward Peck;
- (bt) Fifteen Acres, 15/1/27 of meadow and arable in occupation of Edward Peck;
- (bu) Eleven Acres, 11/0/6 of meadow and arable in occupation of Edward Peck;
- (bv) Nine Acres, 9/1/20 of meadow and arable in occupation of Edward Peck;
- (bw) Farm house, 0/3/23 in occupation of Edward Peck;
Witnessed by William Small, Solicitor, of Bedford.

Mortgage from William Henry Gibbins, late of Clapham, now of Milton Ernest, farmer, to George Higgins of Bedford, esquire of £5,000 at 4.5%, £4,000 being to repay the mortgage described in Z 951/7/5, and secured on land as noted in Z 951/7/5
Witnessed by ....Ruffhead, Clerk to Mr.Jessopp, Solicitor, of Bedford.

Transfer of Mortgage of £4,000 at 4.5% per annum from John Charles McGrath to George Higgins on land detailed in Z 951/7/5.
Witnessed Lancton [?] Wood, Solicitor, of Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, London; ....Ruffhead, Clerk to Mr.Jessopp, Solicitor, of Bedford

Notice previously affixed to Z 951/7/6 and addressed to George Higgins, of mortgage for £2,000 from Robert Barry Stafford and Walter Budworth Jessopp to William Henry Gibbins secured on land detailed in 4/9, land in Molesworth [Huntingdonshire] and other hereditaments; witnessed by L.Jessopp of 3 St.Paul's Square, Bedford, Solicitor

Conveyance from Thomas Barnard of Cople House, esquire and Turner Arthur Macan of Elstow, esquire to Lawrence Read Colburne Higgins of Bedford, common brewer for £6,000 of land described in Z 951/6/1 etc. as follows: (b); (ap/aw/ax); (au); (ba); (bh); (bs); (bt); (bw); a combination of (ar), part of (bu) and (bv) forming 34/2/24 of arable and henceforth known as (ar/bu/bv); a combination of (as), (at) and part of (bu) forming 43/2/26 of arable and henceforth known as (as/at/bu); together with:
- (cu) 0/1/5 of road
All of which is as shown on an included plan
Reciting, amongst other things
- Will of George Higgins of 13 Jul 1869 appointing TB and TAM executors and trustees for sale of all his real estate
- Death of George Higgins on 3 Aug 1883 and proof of his will, with two codicils of 28 Jul 1870, and 3 Aug 1883 in Northampton DPR on 6 Sep 1883
- High Court action by TB and TAM against William Henry Gibbins, Robert Barry Stafford and Walter Budworth Jessopp on 3 Jul 1884 for foreclosure on default of payment with judgement in favour of TB and TAM, including payment of costs, being given on 26 Jul 1884 and amounting to £11,457/4/4
- High Court Order of 22 Jan 1886 foreclosing on WHG, RBS and WBJ due to non-payment
Witnesses
Mark Sharman of Bedford, Solicitor; Joseph Thomlinson, Clerk to Sharman & Smail of Bedford, Solicitors
Memoranda
Conveyance of 26 Oct 1907 from LRCH to William Hartop of Oakley, farmer of (b) and (bh)
Conveyance of 8 Oct 1907 from LRCH to Rev.Ernest Lewin Holmes of Milton Ernest of (ba), site of a former cottage.

Mortgage from Lawrence Read Colburne Higgins of Bedford, common brewer to Thomas Barnard of Cople House, esquire and Turner Arthur Macan of Elstow, esquire for £3,000 at 4% secured on land as in Z 951/7/9 above; witnessed by William Small of Bedford, Solicitor.
Indorsed with indenture of transfer of mortgage of 30 May 1890 from Thomas Barnard to Thomas Barnard, Lawrence Read Colburne Higgins and Edward Owen Carpenter of Bedford, banker, following the death of Turner Arthur Macan on 15 Jun 1889. Witnessed by Mark Sharman of Bedford, Solicitor.

Reconveyance from Thomas Barnard of Cople House, esquire, Lawrence Read Colburne Higgins of Bedford, esquire and Edward Owen Carpenter of Bedford, banker to LRCH of the property in Z 951/7/9 on repayment of the mortgage. Witnessed by Sybil Barnard of Cople House, spinster and Ernest B.Hallett of Bank House, Bedford, gentleman

Abstract of Title of Lawrence Read Colburne Higgins esquire to freehold hereditaments at Milton Ernest.
Abstracting
(I) Indenture of 8 Jul 1873 between (i) Benjamin Helps Starey, late of Milton Ernest Hall, then of Streatham [Surrey], esquire, (ii) James Charles of 116 Bishopsgate Street, City of London, Russia Broker and (iii) William Henry Gibbons of Clapham, farmer.
Recitals
- Z 951/6/1
- Z 951/6/2
- Z 951/6/3
- Z 951/6/4
- Dinah Donne died on 10 Aug 1872 and the £1,500 payable on her death had been paid.
- William Sargent died on 3 Feb 1863.
- Z 951/6/5
- Z 951/7/1
Witnessing
(i) conveyed to (iii) for £17,500 paid to (ii) the land (b), (be), (bh) in Z 951/6/1 free from incumbrances other than the annuity of £75 paid to Martha Donne and £1,500 to be paid on her death (the 5/- quit rent to the manor of Steppingley and £5/4/- for bread for the poor of Milton Ernest having been charged to a different part of the property)
Schedule
(a) Cottage and garden - 1 rood 13 perches (53)
(b) Lawn Wood - 28/3/11 (60)
(c) Wood Close - 12/2/30 of arable (2)
(all formerly part of Ball's Farm -numbers in brackets refer to the plan overleaf)
(II) Z 951/7/2
(III) Indenture of 6 Nov 1873 between W.H.Gibbins and William Davis of Brynhaulog, Bridgend [Glamorgan], esquire
Reciting
- conveyance to WD of land in a 1st Schedule not covered by the abstract
- some of the lands in a 2nd Schedule were charged with an annuity of £75 and lump sum of £1,500 payable on the death of Martha Donne
- on conveyance of lands in 1st Schedule to WD it was agreed lands in the 2nd Schedule should be charged with the annuity and lump sum payment.
Witnessing
WHG charged all those lands in the 2nd Schedule including amongst other things a cottage and garden of 1 rood 13 perches with the annuity and lump sum
(IV) Indenture of mortgage of 25 May 1877 from WHG to John Charles McGrath of the Reform Club, Pall Mall [London], esquire to secure £4,000 at unspecified interest on:
(b) Wood Close of 12/2/30 arable in occupation of Edward Peck.
(ba) cottage and garden of 1 rood 13 perches in occupation of Edward Peck;
(bh) Lawn Wood of 28/3/11, lately wood but then grubbed up for arable in occupation of Samuel Marsh;
(V) Z 951/7/7
(VI) Z 951/7/8
(VII) Indenture of mortgage of 11 Mar 1882 from WHG to Robert Barry Stafford, auctioneer and Walter Budworth Jessopp, solicitor, both of Bedford to secure £2,000 on (a) to (c) in (IV) above.
(VIII) Will of George Higgins of 13 Jul 1869 appointing Thomas Barnard and Turner Arthur Macan his executors.
(IX) Codicil to will of GH of 28 Jul 1870 confirming his appointment of executors.
(X) Codicil to will of GH of 3 Aug 1883 not affecting executors.
(XI) GH died on 3 Aug 1883.
(XII) Will and codicils of GH were proved at Northampton DPR on 26 Sep 1883.
(XIII) Foreclosure Order Nisi of Chancery Division of 26 Jul 1884 in an action brought by Thomas Barnard and Turner Arthur Macan against William Henry Gibbins, Robert Barry Stafford and Walter Budworth Jessopp.
(XIV) Chief Clerk's Certificate of 9 Jul 1885 certifying amount due to plaintiffs for principal, interest and costs.
(XV) Foreclosure Order Absolute of 22 Jan 1886.
(XVI) Indenture of conveyance of 8 Jan 1887 from Thomas Barnard of Cople House, esquire and Turner Arthur Macan of Elstow, esquire to Laurence Read Colburne Higgins of Bedford, common brewer for £6,000 of (a) to (c) in (IV) above and shown on an included plan [see overleaf].
(XVII) Indenture of mortgage of 8 Jan 1889 from LRCH to TB and TAM to secure £3,000 on (a) to (c) in (IV) above.
(XVIII) death of TAM on 15 Jun 1889.
(XIX) Indenture of assignment of mortgage of 30 May 1890 and endorsed on (XVII) between (i) TB, (ii) LRCH and Edward Owen Carpenter of Bedford, banker and (iii) TB, LRCH and EOC reciting death of TAM, in which (i) assigned to (iii) the mortgage in (XVII)
(XX) Indenture of transfer of 18 Dec 1905 between (i) TB, LRCH and EOC, (ii) TB and EOC and (iii) LRCH supplemental to (XVII) and (XIX) releasing (a) to (c) in (IV) to (iii) on repayment of the mortgage.

Statutory Declaration by Lawrence Read Colburne Higgins of Bedford, esquire that:
- he was 60 years old and had owned the property conveyed by Z 951/7/9 for 21 years, a small portion of which had been sold to Midland Railway Company to widen the line at Sharnbrook and Oakley
- the land contracted to be sold at 951/7/15 was the same as that conveyed by Z 951/7/9 etc.
- he had been owner of the land to be sold at Z 951/7/15 for 12 years
- the rent charge to pay the annuity of Martha Donne and her death as per the attached death certificate [now Z 951/7/14]

Copy death certificate of Martha Donne, wife of Matthew Donne, a former schoolmaster, who died on 20 Jul 1874 at Woodhead, Kniveton, aged 80, of natural decay.

Conveyance between (i) Lawrence Read Colburne Higgins of Bedford, esquire, (ii) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford KG, Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell of 17 Hornton Street, Campden Hill [London] and Rowland Edmund Prothero of Bedford Office, Bloomsbury [London] all as trustees, (iii) Arthur Oliver Villiers, Baron Ampthill GCSI, GCIE in which (ii) at the request of (iii) paid to (i) £2,750 and (i) conveyed to (ii) in trust for (iii) the lands described in Z 951/7/9. Witnessed by Arthur Clare of Bedford, Solicitor and Walter Ernest Wood of Milton Ernest Hall, Butler.

Declaration of 1 Apr 1950 by trustees of the will of the late Mrs.G.C.Starey, being her six children that none resided at Milton Ernest Hall including a statement by Eric J.Starey that he waived his right to residence so as not to impoverish the trustees funds and did not surrender any other right to the property or funds secured by the disposal of the Hall.

Conveyance from Benjamin Helps Starey, late of Milton Ernest Hall, now of Streatham [Surrey], esquire to Thomas Bagnall the younger, late of Rushden [Northamptonshire], now of Milton Ernest Hall, esquire for £11,000 of which:
- £10,000 was paid in settlement of Z 951/6/2
- £1,000 was paid in part settlement of Z 951/6/3
of all the manor or lordship of Bassetts and one third of the manor or lordship of Milton Ernest with the following land noted in Z 951/6/1 above: (a); (s); (t) now noted as 0/1/9; (aq); (av); (ay); (bf); (bj); (bk)
Witnessed by: Robert Puddy of Ashcott, Bridgewater [Somerset], baker; Charles Thompson, Clerk to ......Ford, Grays Inn, London; Thomas Thomson, Solicitor, of 60 Cornhill, London; W.Evans of Birmingham, Solicitor; Edward Day, Clerk to Lawrence Plews & Boyer, 14 Old Jewry Chambers, London, Solicitor.

Covenant from William Henry Gibbins of Clapham, farmer to Thomas Bagnall to produce deeds and listing:
- lease and release of 23 and 24 Nov 1819 between (i) Richard Richards, (ii) John Evans, (iii) Rowland Evans and Mary his wife, (iv) John Donne and Dinah his wife, and Mary Haslehurst, (v) Isaac Currie, (vi) John Currie; (vii) Thomas Francis Jennings and John Collier, (viii) Leonard Currie with chirograph of fine levied;
- deed poll of 12 Feb 1820, John Donne and Dinah his wife;
- lease and release of 29 and 30 Dec 1820 John William Donne and Mary his wife to John Donne, with chirograph regarding covenant;
- indenture on 12 Jan 1821 between (i) Rev.John Donne and Dinah his wife, (ii) Jane Mackenzie, Jane Harrison and Margaret Walton and (iii) Jackson Walton;
- chirograph of fine, Hilary Term 1821, between Jackson Walton and John Donne and Mary his wife
- lease and release of 13 and 14 Jul 1821 between (i) John Donne and Dinah his wife, (ii) Jackson Walton, (iii) Jane Mackenzie, Jane Harrison, Margaret Walton, (iv) Rowland Evans
- indenture of 16 Jul 1821 between Rowland Evans and Mary his wife and Isaac Currie
- chirograph of fine, Trinity Term 1821, between Rowland Evans and John Donne and Dinah his wife
- indenture of 27 Jun 1822 between John Donne and Dinah his wife and John Willson
- indenture of 12 Aug 1845 between (i) Isaac George Currie and Raikes Currie, (ii) George Rowe, Thomas Moore, Robert Muter, (iii) Thomas Massa Alsager, (iv) Rowland Evans and Mary his wife, (v) John Evans and Rowland Evans, (vi) Philip Booth, (vii) John Hazard, (viii) John Currie, (ix), Leonard Currie, Edmund Currie, Arthur Currie, (x) Thomas Browning, (xi) Sir Felix Booth, Bart.
- statutory declaration of 12 Aug 1845 William Rogers as to Land Tax
- indenture of 13 Aug 1845 between (i) Philip Booth, (ii) Esther Greenwood, Edward Mortimer and William Underhill, (iii) Thomas Browning, (iv) Sir Felix Booth, Bart., (v) John Greenwood, (vi) Stephen Barney Blatherwick
- indenture of 1 Jun 1848 between (i) Esther Greenwood, Edward Mortimer and William Underhill, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) Ann Wynne
- indenture of 27 Jun 1848 between Philip Booth and Samuel Walker
- two statutory declarations of 29 Dec 1848 of John Powel
- indenture of 20 Dec 1848 between (i) John Edward Donne, (ii) Charlotte Anne Donne, (iii) John Willson
- statutory declaration of 13 Jan 1849 of Samuel Burges
- indenture of 18 Jan 1849 between Edward Bowen Donne and John Willson
- indenture of 1 Mar 1849 indorsed on indenture of 1 Jun 1848 and between (i) Ann Wynne, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii) Samuel Ridings Grimshaw, (iv) Edward Henry Rickards
- statutory declaration of 28 Apr 1849 by Rev.John Powel
- indenture of 28 Apr 1849 between Dinah Donne the younger and John Willson
- indenture of 14 Oct 1851 indorsed on indenture of 1 Jun 1848 and between (i) Samuel Ridings Grimshaw, (ii) Philip Booth, (iii)Thomas D'Oyley, (iv) Edward Henry Rickards
- indenture of 4 Jun 1852 between (i) Rowland Evans, (ii)Philip Booth, (iii) Thomas D'Oyley, (iv) Edward Henry Rickards
- indenture of 21 Sep 1852 between Francis Bloomer Donne and John Willson
- indenture of 24 Oct 1853 between Mary Boyden Donne and Robert Fell
- Z 951/6/1
- Certificates of Redemption of Land Tax, 11 Mar 1854
- Statutory Declaration of Rowland Evans, 3 Oct 1854
- indenture of 14 Feb 1855 between (i) Joabella Wilson, Budget Fell, Robert Fell, John Knight Donne, Jasper Haslehurst Donne and (ii) Benjamin Helps Starey
- Z 951/6/2
- Mortgage of 11 Aug 1860 from Susannah Woodburn to Benjamin Helps Starey
- Z 951/6/3
- Z 951/6/4
- Z 951/6/5
- statutory declaration of 6 Feb 1873 by Matthew Donne
- indenture of 8 Jul 1873 between (i) Robert Fell, (ii) Robert Fell, (iii) Benjamin Helps Starey
- certificate of redemption of rent charges or drainage on Milton Ernest estate of 25 Mar 1873 under Public Money Drainage Acts
- Z 951/7/1

Mortgage from Thomas Bagnall the younger, late of Rushden, now of Milton Ernest Hall, esquire to John Nock Bagnall of Shenstone [Staffordshire], esquire, Charles Bagnall of Sleaton Castle [Yorkshire], esquire, Allen Allicocke Young of Orlingbury [Northamptonshire], esquire and Rev.George Woodfield Paul of Finedon [Northamptonshire], clerk in holy orders to Thomas Bagnall the younger, late of Rushden [Northamptonshire], now of Milton Ernest Hall, esquire of £7,524/15/6 at 4.25% secured on (a), (s), (t), (aq), (av), (ay), (bf), (bj), (bk) in Z 951/8/1
Witnessed by Llewelyn M.Wynne of 46 Lincolns Inn, London, Solicitor; H.J.Tyler, Clerk to Wynne & Son; Dolben Paul, Rector of Bearwood [Berkshire]; Alfred Searle of Shenstone [Staffordshire], butcher; John Bailey, Vicar of Grosmont [Yorkshire]
Indorsed with a further charge between the same parties of 30 May 1879 for £747/10/8 at 4.25% witnessed by M.Reid Sharman of Wellingborough [Northamptonshire], Solicitor
Reconveyance of 23 Jun 1884 from JNB, AAY and GWP (Charles Bagnall having died on 25 Feb 1884 and been buried at Grosmont [Yorkshire]) to Thomas Bagnall, now of Whitby [Yorkshire] on repayment of the mortgage and further charge; witnessed by John W.Bagnall of Shenstone [Staffordshire] and William Jackson of Wellingborough [Northamptonshire], Solicitor
Memorandum of 16 Sep 1873 of a clause omitted from mortgage agreement that TB would insure the land securing the mortgage from fire at the value of at least £5,155 - witnessed by Henry H.Bagnall of Higham Ferrers [Northamptonshire]

Conveyance from Thomas Bagnall of Whitby [Yorkshire], esquire to Madeline Emily Chapman, wife of Alfred Daniel Chapman, of "Poles", Ware [Hertfordshire], esquire for £10,500 of (a), (s), (t), (aq), (av), (ay), (bf), (bj), (bk) in Z 951/8/1. Witnessed by W.H.Talbot, cashier, of Grosmont [Yorkshire]

Mortgage from Madeline Emily Chapman, wife of Alfred Daniel Chapman of Milton Ernest, esquire to Charles Addington Hanbury of Belmont House, East Barnet [Hertfordshire], esquire, George Hanbury of 21 Portman Square [Middlesex], esquire, Edmund Smith Hanbury of 21 Princes Gardens, South Kensington [Middlesex], esquire and Thomas Fowell Buxton of Eastney, Ware [Hertfordshire], esquire to Madeline Emily Chapman, wife of Alfred Daniel Chapman of Milton Ernest, esquire for £7,000 at 4% secured on (a), (s), (t), (aq), (av), (ay), (bf), (bj), (bk) in Z 951/8/1.
Witnessed by Richard Waves, 9..... Court, Throgmorton Street, London, Solicitor and Arthur Henry Ellis of Eastney, Ware [Hertfordshire], butler
Indorsed with reconveyance of 20 Aug 1900 to Alfred Daniel Chapman on redemption of the mortgage - Madeline Emily Chapman having died on 8 Jun 1900 and by her will of 14 Jun 1890 (proved in PPR on 11 Jul 1900) devised all her property to ADC.

Grant from Madeline Emily Chapman, wife of Alfred
Daniel Chapman of Milton Ernest Hall, esquire to Alfred Daniel Chapman of a yearly rent charge of £100 arising from land (a), (s), (t), (aq), (av), (ay), (bf), (bj), (bk) in Z 951/8/1.Witnessed by Hamilton Tollemache of Peckforton [Cheshire]

Conveyance from Arthur Daniel Chapman of Milton Ernest Hall, esquire to Isabella Robinson of Knill Court [Herefordshire], widow for £10,500 of (a), (s), (t), (aq), (av), (ay), (bf), (bj), (bk) in Z 951/8/1 as shown on an included plan. Witnessed by W.Hay Chapman of Maresfield Rectory, Uckfield [Sussex] and Mary E.Robinson of Knill Court, spinster.

Mortgage from Isabella Robinson of Knill Court [Herefordshire], widow to George Sanderson of Fairfield, Warkworth [Northumberland], gentleman for £8,000 at 4% secured on (a), (s), (t), (aq), (av), (ay), (bf), (bj), (bk) in Z 951/8/1. Witnessed by Mary E.Robinson of Knill Court, spinster and Amy E.Saunderson of 13 Cambridge Gardens, Richmond [Surrey], spinster.
Indorsed with further charge of 21 May 1901 of £500.

Letter from Estate Duty Office confirming payment of Estate Duty regarding death of Madeline Emily Chapman

Conveyance between (i) George Sanderson, late of Fairfield, Warkworth [Northumberland] but now of 16 Woodborough Road, Putney [Surrey], gentleman, (ii), Isabella Robinson, late of Knill Court [Herefordshire], now of Milton Ernest Hall, widow, (iii) Herbrand, 11th Duke of Bedford KG, (iv) Arthur Oliver Villiers, Baron Ampthill GCSI, GCIE
Reciting
- indenture of 5 Jul 1873 listed as indorsement to Z 951/6/1
- release of 8 Jul 1873 from Robert Fell, executor of John Willson to Benjamin Helps Starey regarding a charge partly on the land to be conveyed, regarding an annuity of £75 per annum arising from a £1,500 principal sum payable to Dinah Donne, who had died on 10 Aug 1872, the £1,500 having been paid to Robert Fell
- Z 951/7/3
- Z 951/8/2
- Z 951/8/4
- Z 951/8/7
- Will and death of Madeline Emily Chapman as indorsed on Z 951/8/5
- Z 951/8/7
- Z 951/8/8
- that Lord Ampthill was tenant for life of a trust property settled by an indenture of settlement dated 9 May 1882 between (i) Francis Charles Hastings, Duke of Bedford KG, (ii) Francis Charles Hastings, Duke of Bedford, George William Francis Sackville Russell, Marquis of Tavistock MP, Lord Herbrand Arthur Russell, William Edward Sackville West of which Herbrand Arthur Russell, now Duke of Bedford, was sole survivor
- the mortgage made as at Z 951/8/8 was still outstanding
Witnessing
(iii) paid at the request of (iv) £8,500 to (i) and £3,500 to (ii) and (I) at the request of (ii), (iii) and (iv)and (ii) at the request of (iii) and (iv) conveyed to (iii) the following land previously described at Z 951/8/1 but now further broken down as follows and shown on an included plan:
(aq) Green's Close of 5/3/31
(cv) Milton Ernest Park of 12/0/2;
(cw) Cottage and garden on 26 perches;
(cx) Ornamental plantation of 1 acre;
(cy) Milton Ernest Park of 11/1/35;
(cz) Hall pleasure grounds, stabling etc. of 5/2/15
(da) Ornamental plantation of 35 perches;
(db) pair of cottages and gardens of 0/1/20;
(dc) Kitchen garden of 0/2/17;
(dd) Arable field of 4/1/37;
(de) Willow bed of 0/1/32;
(df) garden and plantation of 0/1/32;
(dg) Cottage and garden of 0/1/16;
Witnesses
Alan Aylmer Wilson of 12 South Bailey, Durham, Solicitor; Abbot H.Robinson of Rotteley Grange, Loughborough [Leicestershire], JP; Alick Russell of The Guards Club, Pall Mall, London, Major, Grenadier Guards; Thomas H.Bowen of Woburn Abbey, House Clerk.

Settlement on the intended marriage of Grace Katherine Dingwall to John Helps Starey between: (i) John Helps Starey of Colombo [Ceylon], gentleman, (ii) Charles Dingwall of Beverley Streatham [Surrey], esquire, (iii) Grace Katherine Dingwall of Streatham, spinster and daughter of (ii); (iv) Rev.Augustin Starey of Tottenham [Middlesex], clerk and Alexander Harvie Dingwall of Streatham, gentleman.
Reciting, amongst other things
- (ii) had agreed to pay £2,000 with interest
- Indenture of 17 Feb 1882 in which (i) mortgaged to (iv) one seventh part of the Sembowattie Estate of Ceylon and stock for £2,000 marriage settlement at 5%
- (i) had a life insurance policy for £1,000 with Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool dated 15 Aug 1874 with a six monthly premium of £24/3/4 until 23 Dec 1888; and a life insurance policy for £1,400 with Positive Government Security Life Assurance Company dated 17 Jan 1879 with a half yearly premium of £59/13/4; and had 6,000 rupees (say £600) from a previous surrendered policy
- that £2,000 paid by (ii), £2,000 paid by (i) and the life policies of (i) and the property of (iii) should be a settled trust
Witnessing
- (ii) covenanted with (iv) to pay £2,000 at 5% to (iv) provided the intended marriage occurred, to be held on trust, together with the £2,000 paid by (i) for (i) and (iii) and invested in Government securities or corporation, company or public body stocks, funds, shares, debentures, mortgages or securities, the income of this and the £2,000 of (i) to be for the sole use of (iii) during her life, remainder to (i), remainder to any children.
- if (iii) become seized, except from a will, of real or personal estate in excess of £250, unless it were jewellery, books, annuities or similar, it should be encashed and held by (iv) in trust in the same way as the two sums of £2,000 detailed above
- (i) settled his two life assurance policies and 6,000 rupees from the surrendered policy on (iv) in trust
Witnesses
James Adam of Crichton House, Dumfries, Doctor of Medicine; John Dingwall of 8 Tokenhouse Yard

Appointment of Rev.William Starey of The Ferns, Tottenham [Middlesex] as trustee in place of Augustin Starey, deceased. Reciting:
- Bond of 4 Feb 1887 transferring the Sembowatti Estate to Ceylon Tea Plantations Company Limited in exchange for 200 £10 shares in the Company
- Death of Charles Dingwall on 11 Nov 1889
- Death of Augustin Starey on 23 Mar 1888
- Will of Mary Dingwall of 28 Jul 1884 appointing her nephew Charles Arthur Dingwall and brother John Dingwall as executors and after bequeathing certain legacies settled the residue of her estate on her executors on trust to pay interest of half to John Dingwall and half equally between her nephews and nieces
- Death of Mary Dingwall on 20 Feb 1887 and proof of her will in PPR on 20 Apr 1887
- That Mary Dingwall left nine nephews and nieces of which Grace Katherine Starey was one and that William Starey and Alexander Harvie Dingwall received as trustees on her behalf £591/4/3 on 5 May 1890 together with £8/15/9 from John Helps Starey to buy 60 £10 7% preference shares in Ceylon Tea Plantations Company Limited to hold in trust as part of the marriage settlement detailed in Z 951/9/1
- Will of Susanna Evans of 19 May 1876 bequeathed to GKS £1,000
- Death of Susanna Evans on 27 Apr 1890 and proof of her will by Susan Ann Jones and Alfred Maples Jeafferson on 4 Jun 1890 in PPR; the £1,000 being received by WS and AHD and invested in ten debentures of Hanley & Company Limited, City Brewery, Oxford
- Marginal note that the £2,000 invested in Ceylon Tea Plantations Company Limited had in 1887 been invested in preference shares of Ragalla Tea Company and Yatiyantota [?]Company
Witnessed by John Croasdell, Clerk to John Dingwall, 18 Finsbury Circus, London, Solicitor; Julia Blanche Dingwall of Knollys Croft, Streatham [Surrey], widow; Gilbert F.Traill of Colombo [Ceylon]

Deed of Appointment by John Helps Starey and Grace Katherine Starey of Milton Ernest Hall that each of their six children should equally inherit their estate after both had died subject to a trust for life or 21 years from the death of the longest lived of JHS and GKS. Witnessed by Mary E.Newbery of 58 Castle Road, Bedford, spinster

Deed of Appointment by John Helps Starey and Grace Catherine Starey of Milton Ernest Hall of Margaret Grace Starey and Freda Christine Starey, both of Milton Ernest Hall, spinsters to join Alexander Harvey Dingwall of 5 Trewartha Park, Weston-Super-Mare [Somerset], esquire as trustees under 6/1, William Starey having died on 10 Dec 1912.
Schedules detailing the trust monies as follows:
- £1,350 in London Midland Scottish Railway Company 4% debenture stock;
- £1,168 in Great Western Railway Company 4.5% debenture stock;
- £1,000 in The Reversionary Interest Society Limited first debenture stock;
- £1,000 in Halls Oxford Brewery Limited 1st mortgage debenture stock;
- £162/13/4 Bank of England stock;
- 680 cumulative preference shares in Ceylon tea Plantations Company Limited;
- 80 5% preference shares of £10 each in Shell Transport & Trading Company Limited;
- 130 preference shares of £10 each in Dumont Coffee Company Limited;
- 1,500 6% cumulative preference shares in Ragalla Tea Estates Limited;
- 950 preference shares in Yatiyantota Ceylon Tea Company Limited
- Policy 27870 dated 15 Aug 1874 for 31,000 on the life of John Helps Starey with Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool
- Policy 2108 dated 17 Jan 1879 for £1,400 on life of John Helps Starey with Positive Government Security Life Assurance Company Limited (now Phoenix Assurance Company Limited) issued in substitution for Policy Madras 265.
Witnessed by Leonard Starey of Wrecclesham Vicarage, Farnham [Surrey], Clerk in Holy Orders; Evelyn Dingwall of 5 Trewartha Park, Weston-Super-Mare, spinster.

Indenture of appointment between (i) Charles Arthur Dingwall of Shepley House, Carshalton [Surrey], esquire, (ii) Grace Catherine Starey, wife of John Helps Starey of The Manor, Bodenham [Herefordshire], (iii) Rev.William Starey of Charing [Kent], Clerk in Holy Orders and Alexander Harvey Dingwall of 3 Trewartha Park, Weston-Super-Mare [Somerset], esquire
Reciting
- Will of Charles Dingwall of Portley, Caterham [Surrey], esquire of 1 Apr 1879 bequeathing to his wife Julia Blanche Dingwall such of his plate, plated goods, linen, china, glass, books, pictures, prints, musical instruments, furniture, ornaments, household goods and articles of domestic use and ornament, articles of dress and personal ornament, carriages, horses, harness, saddlery and stable furniture as she should select within two months of his death; bequeathing pecuniary legacies; devising his property in Portley with outbuildings, gardens, pleasure grounds and land together with all other real estate to his wife Julia Blanche Dingwall, his brother John Dingwall and his son Charles Arthur Dingwall on trust for sale; bequeathing his money, securities etc. to JBD, JD and CAD on trust for sale and conversion, payment of legacies then investment in stocks and shares etc. invested to JDB for her life, remainder to their children, his daughter Agnes Maud Huggins including in her share the £2,000 paid as part of her marriage settlement.
- Codicil to the above will of 19 Apr 1883 directing payments of £2,000 to the trustees of the marriage settlements of his daughters Grace Katherine Starey and Julia Blanche Stewart should count as part of their respective shares of the monies to be shared among his children after his wife's death
- Codicil to the above will of 19 Apr 1883 revoking and bequeathing certain pecuniary legacies
- Death of Charles Dingwall on 11 Nov 1887 and proof of his will on 24 Dec 1887 in PPR
- Death of John Dingwall on 8 Sep 1898
- Death of Julia Blanche Dingwall on 10 Mar 1911
- On the death of JDB four sons and five daughters were living, including: Grace Catherine Starey; Agnes Maud, wife of Charles Langford Huggins; Julia Blanche Stewart, widow; Mary Geraldine, wife of Vernon Wethered; Ellen Margaret, wife of Gordon Francis Tracey Beale
Witnessing
(i) transferred to (iii) in trust for (ii) the following investments:
- 1,406 Jorehaut Tea Company Limited £1 shares;
- £493 Hotel Cecil Limited 4% debenture stock;
- £2/13/9 cash
Witnesses
Dorothea Hilda Ellis-Danvers of 11 Eversley Road, Bexhill [Sussex], widow; Evalyn Dingwall of Ambawella, Weston-Super-Mare [Somerset], spinster; Edward Norwood [?], Solicitor; Freda C.Starey of Bodenham [Herefordshire], spinster

Appointment by Eric John Dingwall of 19 Grange Court, Pinehurst, Cambridge, Ph.D, D.Sc and Geoffrey Harvey Drew of Capel House, New Broad Street [London], stockbroker of Margaret Grace Starey and Freda Christine Starey, both of Milton Ernest Hall, spinsters, to be trustees of the will in 7/1
Reciting, amongst other things
- Death of William Starey on 10 Dec 1912
- Will of Alexander Harvey Dingwall of 24 Oct 1934 appointing EJD and GHD as his executors
- Death of AHD on 18 Jan 1936 and proof of his will and codicil not affecting the executorship on 1 Apr 1936 in PPR
- Grace Catherine Starey share of the residuery real and personal estate of late Charles Dingwall currently consisted of:
- 2109 Jorehaut Tea Company ordinary shares;
- £135 Gordon Hotels 4% prior lien debenture stock;
- £271 Gordon Hotels 6% debenture stock;
- £155 Gordon Hotels 7% income debenture stock.
Witnessed by: Mary E.Gardiner of Bredon House, Cambridge, spinster; C.W.Donnington of Capel House, New Broad Street, London, Clerk to Phillips and Drew; Mary E.Newbery of 58 Castle Road, Bedford, spinster

Statement of division and appropriation of trust funds of Charles Dingwall, Esquire, deceased, comprising as follows:
Charles Arthur Dingwall:
- £1,500 R.Deuchar Limited 4.5% mortgage debenture stock;
- 55 Royal Brewery, Brentford Ltd, £10 ordinary shares;
- 70 Royal Brewery, Brentford Ltd. £10 cumulation 6% preference shares;
- 30 Lion Brewery Company Limited ordinary shares of £25 each (£17 paid);
- £3,103/16/6 on deposit with Portal Dingwall & Company
Grace Catherine Starey:
- 1406 Jorehaut Tea Company Limited £1 shares;
- £493 Hotel Cecil Limited 4% debenture stock
Agnes Maud Huggins:
- £2,100 Queensland 3% inscribed stock;
- £2,755 London & North Western Railway Company 3% perpetual debenture stock
Alexander Harvey Dingwall
- 754 Jorehaut Tea Company Limited 31 shares
Julia Blanche Stewart
- 20 East Surrey Water Company £10 ordinary shares
- 12 East Surrey Water Company £10 preference shares
- £2,000 Debenture Corporation 4% 1st mortgage perpetual debenture stock;
- 1946 London & North Western Railway Company 3% perpetual debenture stock
Rev.W.M.Dingwall:
- £1,047 Hotel Cecil Limited 4% debenture stock
Mary Geraldine Wethered:
- £350 South Eastern Railway Ordinary Stock;
- 76 Lovell & Christmas Limited £5 6% preference shares;
- 45 Estate Company £25 shares;
- £1,960 Hotel Cecil Limited 4% debenture stock;
- 600 London & North Western Railway consolidated stock
Ellen Margaret Beale
- 250 Hudson Bay Company shares;
- 50 Hudson Bay Company 5% preference shares of £5 each;
- £2,914 London & North Western Railway Company 3% perpetual debenture stock
Captain Kenneth Dingwall
- 108 Niger Company £1 ordinary shares;
- £408 Debenture Corporation 4% 1st mortgage perpetual debenture stock;
- 1,213 London & North Western Railway 3% debenture stock;
- 25 British Indian Tea Company Limited £5 ordinary shares

Appointment by Margaret Grace Starey and Freda Christine Starey, both of the Old Cottage, Milton Ernest, spinsters, continuing trustees, of Stephen Helps Starey, esquire and Anne Ashworth Starey, his wife, both of Home Farm, Milton Ernest as new trustees of the will of John Helps Starey.
Reciting
- Will of John Helps Starey of 6 May 1927 appointing Grace Catherine Starey, Kenneth Dingwall, MGS and FCS as his executors and after bequeathing pecuniary legacies and other bequests, bequeathed the residue of his estate in trust for GCS, remainder to his children
- Death of JHS on 16 Jun 1928 and proof of his will in PPR on 2 Jan 1929
- All six children of JHS were still living
- Death of GCS on 2 Aug 1940
- Death of Kenneth Dingwall on 27 Dec 1946
- The residue estate of JHS consisted of:
- 11,377 Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited shares;
- £245 Cable & Wireless (Holding) Limited ordinary stock [marginal note that under rearrangement of capital these shares were called in and replaced by £441 Cable & Wireless ordinary stock and £306/5/- of 3% savings bonds 1965/76];
- £500 Chilean Government 6% stock 1926;
- 520 Ceylon Tea Plantations Company Limited ordinary shares;
- 500 Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australia Limited 8% preference shares;
- 77 Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australia Limited ordinary shares;
- £4,365/6/10 2.75% funding stock 1952/57;
- £1,000 Metropolitan Water Board E Stock 1953/73;
- 496 Monerakelle Rubber Estate Limited shares;
- 1001 Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company Limited shares;
- £3,182/9/2 New South Wales 3.5% stock 1930/50;
- £990/10/11 New Zealand 3.25% stock 1962/65;
- 5,000 St.Kitts (London) Sugar Factory Limited shares;
- 600 Yatiyantota Ceylon Tea Company Limited 6% preference shares;
- £505/13/4 Leicester Corporation 3% stock 1964/69;
- £1,198/13/- Southern Rhodesia 2.5% stock 1965/70;
- 5109 Yataderia Rubber & Tea Company Limited shares;
- £2,185/16/- Southern Rhodesia 3% stock 1971/73;
- £2,150 British Electric 3% guaranteed stock 1974/77;
- £1,000 2.5% Defence Bonds (Post Office issue);
- 4,000 Grays Inn (Jamaica) Central Factory Limited shares of 1/- each;
- 40 Grays Inn (Jamaica) Central Factory Limited debentures of £50 each;
- 17,020 Sagga Rubber Company Limited shares of 2/- each;
- £7,560 Baru (Java) Estates Limited ordinary stock;
- 15,120 Tanah Estates (1931) Limited shares of 2/- each;
- 2,024 Rejang Estates Limited shares of 2/- each;
- 562 Perak River Hydro Electric Power Company Limited ordinary shares;
- £1,440 Tjiwangie Tea Estates Limited ordinary stock;
- £500 Bulgarian 7% settlement loan 1926;
- £500 Hungarian government 7.5% loan 1924;
- £500 Greek government 7% refugee loan 1924
Witnessed by Mildred L.Purser of Milton Ernest, housewife

Appointment by Margaret Grace Starey and Freda Christine Starey, both of the Old Cottage, Milton Ernest, spinsters, and Stephen Helps Starey, of Home Farm, Milton Ernest, esquire, continuing trustees of Anne Ashworth Starey of Home Farm, Milton Ernest, wife of SHS, as new trustee of the will of Grace Catherine Starey.
Recitals
- Will of GCS of 6 May 1927 appointing MGS and FCS together with Kenneth Dingwall as executors and trustees, bequeathing certain legacies and bequeathing all her personal estate and devised all her real estate to the trustees on trust to sell and convert and then invest, her children all having to sign a declaration that none of them desired to reside at Milton Ernest Hall
- Codicil of 5 Jan 1929 appointing SHS as an additional executor and trustee and a second codicil not affecting the executorship/trusteeship
- death of GCS on 2 Aug 1940 and proof of her will in PPR on 16 Aug 1941
- The residuary estate of GCS consisted of:
- 506 Jorehaut Tea Company Limited shares;
- 496 Jorehaut Tea Company 5% redeemable preference shares;
- 280 Yataderia Rubber & Tea Company Limited ordinary shares;
- £360/8/9 2.5% funding stock of 1951/61;
- £1,000 Lloyd Brasiliero 4% sterling bonds;
- £160 Brazil 5% 40 year funding loan 1931 (Plan A);
- 184 Monerakelle Rubber Estates Limited shares;
- £500 Chilean government 6% stock 1926;
- £1,000 Leopoldina Terminal Railway Company Limited 5% debentures;
- £600 Peruvian government 6% 1st mortgage debentures;
- £600 Lanadron Rubber Estates Limited stock;
- £500 Tjiwangie Tea Estates Limited Ordinary Stock;
- £1,000 Padang Langkat Rubber Estates Limited stock;
- £500 Hungarian 7.5% sterling bond 1924;
- £500 Bulgarian 7% settlement loan 1926;
- £500 Greek government 7% refugee loan;
- £1,780 Greek National mortgage bond
Witnessed by Mildred L.Purser of Milton Ernest, housewife.

Declaration by the beneficiaries of 7/5 that they did not desire to reside at Milton Ernest Hall

Letter to the beneficiaries of the Starey Trusts regarding statutory power of advancement for the benefit of the grandchildren, particularly two known as Bill and Harvey, and the need to avoid paying increasing death duties as the tenants under the Trusts died. The letter contains detailed information on the educational and business needs of Bill and Harvey.

Forms of consent for the division of the Starey Trusts between Freda, Cynthia, Esme and Stephen on the one hand and Stephen's children on the other

Tenancy Agreement from Stuart Stanley Heath of 15 New Bridge Street, London EC4 to Harvey Richard Starey of Home Farm, Milton Ernest, stockbroker for the lease of the farm house known as Kennel Farm, Albury End, Much Hadham [Hertfordshire] for 2 years 7 months at a yearly rent of £400. Witnessed by G.M.Hudson of 15 New Bridge Street, London, secretary