Draft Conveyance (& accompanying letter) 1) Rt Hon Sir Henry James of New Court,...

Draft Conveyance (& accompanying letter)

1) Rt Hon Sir Henry James of New Court, Temple, Knight,QC.

The Hon Alfred Gathorne Hardy of 22 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London, MP.

Robert Henry Bullock Marsham of Gloucester Place, Portman Square, County of London, Esq.

William Roll Malcolm of 59 Strand, City of Westminster, Esq

(Trustees of the Law Life Assurance Society)

2) Frederick Archdale, C.S.Lindsell and A.K.Lindsell of Biggleswade, Esqs (partners of Wells, Hogge & Lindsell, Bankers)

3) Henry Franklin of Biggleswade, Merchant (purchaser)

recites Will of Edmund Powers

recites Deed of 22 January 1885

recites Surrender of 22 April and the Admission of Fred Archdale on 27 April 1885

recites Deed of 27 February 1886

recites Manisty v Archdale (started 2 October 1888)

recites Law Life Assurance Society's Act of 1893

recites Contract of 1 July 1893

a) Water Corn Mill/ Mills with land, mounds & banks or grounds, waters, mill "tact" etc at Biggleswade with the stones, gears, wheels and all other tackle & machines

AND Messuage with offices, kiln, chaisehouse, barns etc

(formerly occupied by Edmund Powers, since of E.Powers & Sons and now of Henry Franklin)

AND Piece of pasture land called The Mill Dams (2A) nearly adjoining to the Mill etc.

b) Messuage or Tenement, Mill End, Biggleswade. formerly used as a Counting House

abs W Biggleswade Mill

c) Messuage, cottage or tenement in St Andrews Street, Biggleswade

b) & c) in the same occupation as a).

Consideration Payment by 3) of £385 deposit on 4 July 1893 and payment of the residue of £3,355 on 8 July 1893

Acc No 3366