| Content Description | First Party: The trustees of the late 7th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne.
Second Party: The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Nottingham.
Release and discharge from (1) to (2) of all liability for a yearly rent of £100 [for Boughton Well and Pumping Station]; confirmation of the grants, benefits and provisions contained in the deed recited at (1) below; acknowledgement by (1) of (2)'s right to the production of deeds listed in an appended schedule.
Consideration: £1,400.
Recitals: (a) notes that this deed is supplemental to a grant dated 9 Jul. 1902 [see Ne D 1/10/1]; (b) death of the 7th Duke and details of his will; (c) fact that the trustees are the present trustees of the will; (d) as such, they are seized of the right to collect a rent of £100 per annum for water rights granted at (a) above; (e) fact that (1) have agreed to discharge (2) from the rent in question.
The bundle also contains the following documents:
Ne 6 D 2/10/2/2: a draft cpy of the grant of 9 Jul. 1902 - see Ne 6 D 2/10/1 for details.
Ne 6 D 2/10/2/3: a further copy of the grant with pencil annotations.
Ne 6 D 2/10/2/4: a list of deeds relating to water rights at Boughton Pumping Station sent by Charles Stableforth to Messrs. Francis and Crookenden, Apr. 1960.
Ne 6 D 2/10/2/5: a typescript copy abstract of the title of the trustees of the 7th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne to water rights in Nottinghamshire, dated 1960.
Ne 6 D 2/10/2/6: a set of requisitions on the title of the trustees to rent for water rights at Boughton Well Pumping Station, dated 1960.
Ne 6 D 2/10/2/7: a bundle of correspondence relating to the rent of water rights, from parties including the Corporation of Nottingham, Messrs. Francis and Crookenden, the Newcastle Estate Office and so on, and dating between 13 Apr. 1960 and 19 Jun. 1961. |