Inrolment of Deeds for Barring Entail
Sarah Rotton and William Batts Bell to Thomas Charlton and William Lowless
This Indenture made the twenty third day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty five Between Sarah Rotten of Chester Place Regents Park in the County of Middlesex Spinster and William Batts Bell of No. 5 John Street Oxford Street in the same County Esquire of the one part and Thomas Charlton of Brixton in the County of Surrey Gentleman and William Lowless of Hatton Court Threadneedle Street in the City of London Gentleman of the other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the Sum of five shillings each of lawful Money of Great Britain to the said Sarah Rotton and William Batts Bell in hand well and truly paid at or immediately before the sealing and delivery of these presents by the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged They the said Sarah Rotton and William Batts Bell Have and each of them Hath bargained and sold And by these presents do and each of them Doth bargain and sell unto the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless their executors administrators and assigns All the Copyhold or Customary hereditaments hereinafter mentioned lying within the Manor of Bisley in the County of Surrey (that is to say) All that Barn called Old Barn and the Lands to the same belonging And also all those four acres situate lying and being in the Common field called Widecroft half an Acre in the Common field called Northhill four acres and an half in the Common field called Bircroft one acre of Meadow in Westbourne Mead one acre of Meadow in Churchbourne Mead two acres of Coppice called Moltride and two acres of Coppice parcel of a Coppice called Church Grove And also certain customary Lands called Ramps late Whitings And also one parcel of land called Ramps containing by estimation three acres with the appurtenances And also all those four acres of Arable Land lying in the Common field called Neltro and one acre of Coppice parcel of a Coppice called Church Grove with the appurtenances And also one Messuage or Tenement and Garden with the appurtenances called Edmeads and all other the Lands Tenements and hereditaments lying and being within the Manor of Bisley whereof Joseph Bell was seised or entitled to at the time of his decease and to which the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless were admitted at a General Court held in and for the said Manor on the ______ day of _______ One thousand eight hundred and thirty ____ with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances To have and to hold the said Messuage or Tenement hereditaments and all and singular other the premises hereinbefore bargained and sold or expressed so to be with the appurtenances unto the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless their executors administrators and assigns from the day next before the day of the date of these presents for and during and into the full end and term of one whole Year from thence next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended Yielding and Paying therefore unto the said Sarah Rotton and William Batts Bell their heirs or assigns the rent of one peppercorn only on the last day of the said Term if the same shall be lawfully demanded To the intent and purpose that (by force and virtue of this present bargain and sale and of the statute for transferring uses into possession) the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless may be in the actual possession of all and singular the hereditaments and premises hereinbefore mentioned and intended to be hereby bargained and sold with their and every of their appurtenances and be thereby enabled to accept and take a Grant and Release of the reversion and inheritance thereof to them and their heirs To such Uses upon and to such trusts intents and purposes as shall be mentioned expressed and declared of and concerning the same in and by an Indenture of Release already prepared intended to bear date the day next after the day of the date of these presents and to be made between the same persons as are parties to these presents In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written Sarah Rotton – W.m B Bell – Signed Sealed and delivered by the within named Sarah Rotton in the presence of Eliz.th Batts Ramadge 11 Chester Place Regents Park Signed Sealed and delivered by the within named William Batts Bell in the presence of Robert Sillingham - J Todd Clerks to Mess.rs Lowless & Son 2 Hatton Court Threadneedle Street.
This Indenture made the twenty fourth day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty five Between Sarah Rotton of Chester Place Regents Park in the County of Middlesex Spinster of the first part William Batts Bell of No. 5 John Street Oxford Street in the same County Esquire of the second part and Thomas Charlton of Brixton in the County of Surrey Gentleman and William Lowless of Hatton Court Threadneedle Street in the City of London Gentleman of the third part Whereas Joseph Bell late of Leeds Farm in the Parish of Chobham in the County of Surrey Esquire since deceased by his last Will in Writing dated on or about the eighteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and eleven gave and devised All that his Messuage or Tenement farm lands and hereditaments situate at Bisley in the said County of Surrey and then in the occupation of James Kates his Undertenants or assigns with their appurtenances unto Caleb Woodyer George Burley and Richard Barry Slater their heirs and assigns To the Use of them their heirs and assigns Upon trust to pay the clear rents and annual profits thereof to the said Sarah Rotton during such time as she should continue single and unmarried And after the decease or marriage of the said Sarah Rotton the said Testator directed the said messuages hereditaments and premises with their appurtenances should be and remain In trust for the said William Batts Bell and the heirs of his Body lawfully issuing with divers remainders over And whereas the Copyhold or Customary hereditaments hereinafter particularly mentioned and intended to be hereby granted and released formed part of the said Testators farm and hereditaments at Bisley described in and devised by the said recited Will and had been previously duly surrendered by the said testator to the uses of his last Will and whereas the said Joseph Bell died on or about the eighteenth day of April One thousand eight hundred and eleven without having revoked or altered his said Will And whereas the said William Batts Bell is desirous of making such a disposition of the said Copyhold or Customary hereditaments as shall bar the equitable estate tail which he is seised of or entitled to in the same hereditaments and premises and all estates to take effect after the determination or indefeazance of such estate tail And the said Sarah Rotton hath agreed to consent by this Deed to the disposition hereby intended to be made Now this Indenture witnesseth that for the purposes aforesaid and for and in consideration of the Sum of ten shillings to each of them the said William Batts Bell and Sarah Rotton in hand paid by the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless immediately before the execution of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and for other good causes and consideration He the said William Batts Bell (with the consent of the said Sarah Rotton as protector of the Settlement made by the said recited Will testified by her being a party to and sealing and delivering these presents) Hath granted bargained sold and released and by this present Deed intended to be entered on the Court Rolls of the Manor of Bisley in the County of Surrey according to the provisions of an Act of Parliament for the abolition of Fines and Recoveries and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance Doth grant bargain sell and release and the said Sarah Rotton Hath bargained sold released and confirmed And by these presents Doth bargain sell release and confirm unto the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless (in their actual possession now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale to them thereof made by the said William Batts Bell and Sarah Rotton in consideration of five shillings each by an Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these presents for the term of One whole Year commencing from the day next before the day of the date of the same Indenture of Bargain and Sale and by force of the Statute made for transferring uses into possession) and their heirs All the Copyhold or Customary hereditaments hereinafter mentioned lying within the Manor of Bisley in the County of Surrey (that is to say) All that Barn called Old Barn and the Lands to the same belonging And also all those four acres situate lying and being in the Common field called Widecroft half an Acre in the Common field called Northhill four acres and an half in the Common field called Bircroft one acre of Meadow in Westbourne Mead one acre of Meadow in Churchbourne Mead two acres of Coppice called Moltride and two acres of Coppice parcel of a Coppice called Church Grove And also certain customary Lands called Ramps late Whitings And also one parcel of land called Ramps containing by estimation three acres with the appurtenances And also all those four acres of Arable Land lying in the Common field called Neltro and one acre of Coppice parcel of a Coppice called Church Grove with the appurtenances And also one Messuage or Tenement and Garden with the appurtenances called Edmeads and all other the lands tenements and hereditaments lying and being within the Manor of Bisley whereof the said Joseph Bell was seised or entitled to at the time of his decease and to which the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless were admitted at a General Court held in and for the said Manor on the ______ day of _______ One thousand eight hundred and thirty ____ with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances And all the estate right title interest inheritance use trust possession property claim and demand whatsoever both at law and in equity of them the said William Batts Bell and Sarah Rotton of and in the said premises and every part and parcel thereof To have and to hold the said Messuage or Tenement hereditaments and all and singular other the premises hereinbefore granted and released or expressed or intended so to be with the appurtenances unto the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless and their heirs for a seizin in fee simple absolute according to the custom of the said Manor discharged of all equitable or other estates tail remainders and reversion therein To the Use of the said Thomas Charlton and William Lowless their heirs and assigns for ever But upon such trusts as would have immediately before the execution of these presents subsisting in or attaching on the same copyhold or customary hereditaments and premises in case by the said Will of the said Joseph Bell the same hereditaments and premises had (subject to the estate or interest of the said Sarah Rotton therein) been limited or given in trust for the said William Batts Bell his heirs and assigns for ever and for no other trust or purpose whatsoever In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written Sarah – W.m B Bell – Signed Sealed and delivered by the within named Sarah Rotton in the presence of Eliz.th Batts Ramadge 11 Chester Place Regents Park Signed Sealed and delivered by the within named William Batts Bell in the presence of Robert Sillingham - J Todd Clerks to Mess.rs Lowless & Son 2 Hatton Court Threadneedle Street.
(Indorsed)
This Deed was produced to me on Wednesday the twenty second day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty five and on that day the same was entered on the Court Rolls of the Manor of Bisley in the County of Surrey in pursuance of the Act of 3rd & 4th William 4 Chap 74.
Joseph Hockley
Steward of the said Manor