| Content Description | First Party: The executors of the will of the late 7th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne.
Second Party: The London and Fort George Land Company Limited.
Third Party: The Secretary of State for the War Department.
Conveyance from (1) and (2) to (3) of a parcel of land described in schedule 1 in Babworth, Nottinghamshire; reserves to (1) and (2) all the reservations set out in schedule 2; covenant by (3) to adhere to the stipulations set out in schedule 3; acknowledgement by (1) of (3)'s right to the production of deeds set out in schedule 5.
Consideration: £1,000.
Recitals: (a) agreement dated 5 Apr. 1927 by which the late 7th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne agreed to sell (2) various freehold estates; (b) fact that the sum of £6,500 was paid to the 7th Duke on the signing of the agreement and (2) was let into receipt of the rents and profits of the estate; (c) details of the will of the 7th Duke; (d) death of the 7th Duke and the proving of his will; (e) death of one of the executors of the will; (f) fact that (3) has agreed to purchase the property in question; (g) fact that (1) have agreed to concur in the sale.
Schedule 1: details of the property conveyed, namely a parcel of land measuring 60.175 acres in the parish of Babworth.
Schedule 2: list of reservations to (1) and (2) including the right to use adjoining lands for building purposes, the right to receive all mineral rents, full and free passage and running of water and soil, and so on.
Schedule 3: list of covenants to be adhered to by (3) including maintenance of fences and providing a supply of water for agricultural purposes.
Schedule 4: details of a lease and wayleave agreement to which the land is subject.
Schedule 5: list of deeds to which (3) has rights of production.
Includes a plan with the land in question coloured pink; the plan is drawn to a scale of 1/2500 and is marked with roads and fields; note that the parcel of land in question is near Green Mile Lane on the outskirts of Ranby. |