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1897
Abstract of Title
Of Mr Thomas Plant as trustee under the Will of
Samuel Cox deceased to a piece or parcel of land called Podmores Croft
situate at Croxton in the parish of Eccleshall in the county of Stafford
29th September 1854
Indenture of this date expressed to be made between James Arden of
Knutsford in the county of Chester Esquire of the first part the Reverend
Vernon George Yonge then late of Charnes Hall in the parish of Eccleshall in
the county of Stafford but then of Ullinswick Rectory in the county of
Hereford clerk of the second part and Samuel Cox of Croxton in the parish of
Eccleshall aforesaid yeoman of the third part
Reciting that Weston Yonge late of Charnes Hall aforesaid being seized
of the land thereinafter conveyed or intended so to be duly made and
published his last Will and Testament in writing bearing date the 16th day of
July 1838 executed as by law required for rendering valid devices of real
estate and thereby gave and devised All his Manor or Lordship of Charnes otherwise
Chaverns in the county of Stafford And also his capital and other messuages
Farms lands tenements and hereditaments situate lying and being in Charnes
otherwise Chaverns and other places in the said Will mentioned and elsewhere
in the parish of Eccleshall as well freehold as copyhold including the land
thereinafter mentioned and thereby conveyed or intended so to be with their
and every of their appurtenances unto the said James Arden Edward Vernon of
the city of Oxford Esquire since deceased and William Church Norcop of Betton
in the county of Salop their executors administrators and assigns for and
during the term of 2000 years to be computed from the day of testator's
decease and thenceforth next ensuing and fully to be completed and ended
without impeachment of waste and subject thereto the said testator gave and
devised the said hereditaments to certain uses in the said Will mentioned
being uses in favour of his eldest son the said Vernon George Yonge and his
assigns for and during the term of his natural life with remainder unto his
first and every other son or sons severally and successively in tail male
with divers remainders over and the said testator did thereby declare that
the said hereditaments which were so limited to the said James Arden Edward
Vernon and William Church Norcop their executors administrators and assigns
for the said term of 2000 years were so limited to them Upon trust that they the
said trustees or the survivors or survivor of them should in the first place
by sale mortgage demise or other disposition of the said lands hereditaments
and premises so comprised in the said term of 2000 years or with the rents
and profits to arise therefrom levy and raise money sufficient for the
payment and satisfaction of so much and such part of said testator's just
debts funeral and testamentary expenses and legacies and the maintenance
clothing and education of his testator's children during their respective
minorities (except his son Norman Bond Yonge) as the monies to arise from the
sale of testator's certain other messuages lands and premises situate at
Audley Madeley and Bridgmere in the counties of Stafford and Chester in the
said Will devised in trust to be sold and from the rents and profits thereof
until sale and the monies to arise from such part of his personal estate as
was in the said recited Will directed to be applied for that purpose should
be insufficient to pay discharge and satisfy And did thereby declare and
direct that the receipt or receipts of the said James Arden Edward Vernon and
William Church Norcop or the survivors or survivor of them or the executors
administrators or assigns of such survivor should be a sufficient discharge
or sufficient discharges for the purchase or mortgage monies agreed to be
paid or advanced either by way of purchase or loan for or upon the said Manor
or Lordship capital and other messuages Farms lands tenements hereditaments
and premises with the appurtenances comprised in the said term of 2000 years
or any part or parts thereof or for the rents and profits thereof and that
the person or persons paying money to the said James Arden Edward Vernon and
William Church Norcop or the survivors or survivor of them or the executors
administrators or assigns of such survivor on any such purchase or mortgage
or the rents and profits as aforesaid should not be bound to ascertain or
inquire that the same was wanted for the purposes aforesaid or any of them or
to see to the application of the money advanced or paid by him or them or be
accountable for the misapplication or nonapplication of the same and he appointed
the said James Arden Thomas Gretton Reginald Yonge and William Church Norcop
executors of his Will
And Reciting that the said testator Weston Yonge departed this life on the
4 March 1849 and letters of Administration with his said Will annexed were on
the 14th day of July 1849 granted by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to
the said Vernon George Yonge the executors named in the said Will having
first duly renounced probate thereof
And Reciting that the said William Church Norcop by deed poll under his
hand and seal dated the 19 December 1849 after reciting the death of the said
Edward Vernon Did absolutely and irrevocably renounce and disclaim all the
estate right title interest power and authority claim and demand whatsoever
by virtue of or under the said in part recited Will of the said Weston Yonge
deceased of in to or over all and singular the said Manor capital and other
messuages Farm lands tenements hereditaments and real estates goods chattels
and personal estate whatsoever given devised or bequeathed by the same Will
and also the trusts declared by the same Will and all powers and privileges
relating thereto
And Reciting that the said James Arden in pursuance and execution of the
before recited power or authority with the consent and concurrence of the
said Vernon George Yonge and for the purpose of disclaiming the debts due and
owing from the estate of the said Weston Yonge deceased had contracted and
agreed with the said Samuel Cox for the sale to him of the piece or parcel of
land and hereditaments thereinafter described for the residue of the said
term of 2000 years therein at or for the price or sum of £190
It was witnessed that in pursuance of the said agreement and in consideration
of the sum of £190 of sterling money of the realm to the said James Arden
paid & c. the receipt &
c. And also in consideration of 10/=
to the said Vernon George Yonge paid & c.
the receipt & c. He the
said James Arden did bargain sell assign transfer and set over and the said
Vernon George Yonge did ratify and confirm unto the said Samuel Cox his
executors administrators and assigns
All that close piece or parcel of land or ground situate and lying
at Croxton in the parish of Eccleshall in the county of Stafford called or
known by the name of Podmores Croft containing by admeasurement two acres one
rood and thirty eight perches then in the occupation of Elizabeth Barlow
widow which said close of land was theretofore called or known by the name of
the Croft or Field above the way or by whatsoever other name or names the
same then were or at any time theretofore had been called known or
distinguished Together with all ways waters watercourses hedges
ditches trees fences rights members and appurtenances to the same belonging
subject nevertheless to all legal rights of way or road over the said
premises And all the estate & c.
To have and to
hold the said lands and hereditaments thereby
granted or intended so to be with the appurtenances unto the said Samuel Cox
his executors administrators or assigns for and during all the rest residue
and remainder then to come and unexpired of the said term of 2000 years
Covenant by the said James Arden for himself his heirs executors and
administrators with the said S. Cox his executors administrators and assigns
against incumbrances
Executed by the said James Arden and Vernon George Yonge and duly
attested
Receipt for consideration indorsed signed and witnessed
29th September 1854
By an Indenture of this date made between the Reverend Vernon George Yonge
late of Charnes Hall in the parish of Eccleshall in the county of Stafford
clerk but then of Ullinswick Rectory in the county of Hereford of the one
part and Samuel Cox of Croxton in the said parish of Eccleshall yeoman of the
other part
Reciting the hereinbefore abstracted Indenture
And reciting that the several deeds or writings mentioned or enumerated in
the schedule thereunder written were then in the custody of the said Vernon
George Yonge and they related not only to the close of land mentioned and
comprised in the thereinbefore recited Indenture and thereby assigned or
intended so to be unto the said Samuel Cox his executors administrators and
assigns in manner therein mentioned but also to other lands of greater value
And reciting that the said Vernon George Yonge had agreed to enter into
such covenant with the said Samuel Cox for the production of the said deeds
as was thereinafter contained
It was witnessed that in consideration of the premises and of ten shillings
sterling to the said VG Yonge paid & c.
the receipt & c. He the
said VG Yonge for himself his heirs executors and administrators did thereby
Covenant to produce the several deeds and writings mentioned in the
schedule thereto
The Schedule
20 & 21 May 1831 Indentures of Lease and Release the release between Thomas
Crump of the first part the said Thomas Crump and Hannah his wife of the
second part Edward Barlow of Dearnsdale in the county of Stafford of the
third part Mary Williams of the fourth part James Williams of the fifth part
Samuel Kinnersley and Ann his wife of the sixth part Weston Yonge of the
seventh part and Thomas Yonge of the eighth part
11 March 1833 Indenture between said Weston Yonge of the one part and said
Edward Barlow of the other
19 December 1849 Deed Poll under the hand and seal of William Church Norcop
Executed by the said VG Yonge and duly attested
4th December 1891
By his Will of this date Samuel Cox of Croxton in the parish of
Eccleshall in the county of Stafford labourer In the first place directed
that all his just debts funeral and testamentary expenses should be fully
paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently might be after his decease and he
appointed Thomas Plant of Greatwood Lodge in the parish of Eccleshall
aforesaid farmer (thereinafter called his trustee) to be the executor and
trustee of that his Will He gave and devised unto his trustee
Firstly land not the subject of this abstract
Secondly land not the subject of this abstract
Thirdly (inter alia) All that piece of land called Podmores Croft
containing about two and a half acres then in the occupation of himself
And all the residue of his estate whether real or personal All which
said hereditaments firstly secondly and thirdly described were situate at
Croxton aforesaid
Upon Trust that his trustee should as soon as conveniently might be after
his decease sell call in and convert into money the same or such part thereof
as should not consist of money and should stand possessed of the monies
produced by such sale calling in and conversion as followed namely
Upon trust as to the premises thereinbefore firstly secondly and thirdly
described and the proceeds thereof in manner thereinafter declared concerning
the same
And he gave certain other directions to his said trustee not
affecting the hereinbefore abstracted premises
Signed by the testator Samuel Cox and duly attested
4th February 1897
The said testator Samuel Cox died
11th August 1897
The hereinbefore in part abstracted Will of
Samuel Cox was proved in the Principal Registry of Her Majesty's High Court
of Justice by Thomas Plant the executor and trustee
1897
By deed poll of this date made by Thomas Plant of Greatwood Lodge in
the parish of Eccleshall in the county of Stafford farmer
Reciting the hereinbefore abstracted Indenture of the 29 September 1854
And reciting the hereinbefore in part abstracted Will of Samuel Cox so far
as related to premises the subject of this abstract
And reciting the death of the said Samuel Cox on the 4 February 1897 and
probate of his Will
And reciting that the said premises were then vested for the residue of
the said term in the said Thomas Plant as such trustee for sale aforesaid
Then the said Thomas Plant by virtue of the Conveyancing and Law of
Property Act 1881 Section 65 thereby declared that the said term of 2000
years should as to all the premises therein described be enlarged as from the
date of now abstracting presents into a fee simple
Executed by said Thomas Plant and attested
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