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1726 Abstract for Property in Church End
Summary
This is an abstract of title for a “messuage†(building) occupied as two “tenements “ at Church End. From the context it appears that the properties referred to are what is now (2013) the Working Men’s Club in the High Street.Â
The abstract begins with a summary of a sale in 1726 by William Ancell to Robert West (effected by a “lease and releaseâ€).  The abstract continues to 1810 when the owner is Mosses Agar, son of the vicar of the same name.Â
The evidence that the property referred to is the Working Men’s Club is:
Notes
The following is a summary of owners and tenants identified in the Abstract
Date | Owner | Tenant | Notes |
Before 1726 | William Ancell, Lace Buyer |
seller in lease and release of 8 & 9 December 1726 |
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1726 | Robert West, Baker |
Martha Anfield, widow |
purchased in lease & release of 8 & 9 December 1726 |
1750 | Robert West's wife and children, eventually George West |
Robert West died August 1749; George was eldest son of Robert West |
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before 1780 |
Harry West |
Harry West was nephew of George West who died intestate November 1777 | |
1780 | Harry West |
divided into two tenements occupied by: Harry West Joseph Gregory |
document of this date appears to be a mortgage; loan by Joseph Brittan to Harry West |
1800 | Moses Agar of Walthamstow |
Harry West |
Mosses Agar was a son of a former Vicar; Harry West was married to Mosses' sister Mary; sale included land adjoining 22 yards by 20 yards,late in occupation of Richard Ratnett, then Harry West; this was a lease & release |
1807 | |
Mosses Agar appears to have become bankrupt while in business as a merchant and owner of several ships in service of East India Company; from an Indenture reciting the bankruptcy |
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1810 | Richard Dowding of Wapping Wall | Richard Dowding given deeds as security for debts due from Mosses Agar; took property as part settlement of debts by lease & release, apparently from commissioners in bankruptcy |
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1812 | Moses Agar | Mosses Agar seems to have regained property by lease & release from Richard Dowding |
The abstract is held as part of the Watts papers. It is not clear why this should be so, since there is no evidence of the Watts having ever had an interest in the property.
Archive holding original: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies; reference: D/WA/206
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The original document from which this image has been taken is held by the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, County Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks HP20 1UU, UK. Copies may be made for private use, but anyone wishing to publish the document, in whole or in part, or to reproduce it on their website should contact the Centre. A photocopy of the document can be ordered from the Centre at: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/about_your_council/buy.page?.
Provided by: Copied by HDHS | Date: 16 April 2013 |
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