Copyhold houses in Brighton : mortgage for £1000 and appointment of receiver

Nathaniel Bradford Pierpoint of Lindfield, gent, to Sarah Robertson of Lewisham, widow, and their receiver and attorney Stanley Harris of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Middlesex, gent

1 The Red Coach Office, 10 castle Square, Brighton, occupied by Messrs Goodman and Horne on an agreement for a lease for 5 years from 24 Jun 1839 at £80, previously occupied by John Sealy

2 remainder, on the death of Mary Tilt, of a messuage and garden near Brighton Place in Brighton, occupied by Samuel Collier at £100

3 moiety of a fourth part of 50 Great East Street, Brighton, occupied by Mr Bowman, late William Cook, under a lease for 21 years from 25 Dec 1821

4 policy of insurance on NBP's life, 21 October 1840

recites: will of Nathaniel Bradford of Brighton, gent, appointing his daughter Ann Bradford (since deceased) and William Gates trustees of his freehold and copyhold property, for the benefit of his wife Ann for life, remainders (1 above) to his daughter Ann Bradford, (2 above) to Ann Bradford and his grand-daughters Georgiana Pierpoint and Mary Tilt for life, remainder to NBP, (3 above) to Georgiana Pierpoint, 27 Mar 1820; death of NB 1820, probate at Lewes 28 Oct 1820; admission of the trustees at courts held for the manor of Brighton on 13 Nov 1821 and 23 Jan 1822; will of Ann Bradford the daughter, appointing as executors Nathaniel Bradford and Ninian Masters Bradford of Brighton, builders, 25 Aug 1826, and her death, 5 May 1827; probate at Lewes, 12 Oct 1827; death of Ann Bradford widow, 2 Jan 1830; death of Georgiana Pierpoint leaving NBP the elder of her two sons, 13 Mar 1827; majority of NBP, 4 May 1840; Mary Tilt is living, aged 37; refusal of Nathaniel Bradford and incapacity through lunacy of N M Bradford to act as executors and appointment of Thomas Pierpoint of Lindfield, gent, and Charles Henry Shaw in their place, 3 Jul 1830 and 4 Nov 1840; their admission to the copyholds, 4 Nov 1840