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. 

The abstract begins with a summary of a sale in 1726 by William Ancell to Robert West (effected by a “lease and release”).   The abstract continues to 1810 when the owner is Mosses Agar, son of the vicar of the same name. 

The evidence that the property referred to is the Working Men’s Club is:

• Harry West is named as owner from before 1780 to 1800.  In a map of 1779 Harry West is shown as owning what is now the Working Men’s Club
• The Hanslope Memorials contain notes about the house which refer to the same people as named in this abstract.  The bankruptcy of Mosses Agar is also referred to (see notes below).

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
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
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 other tenant unnamed	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
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
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

Owner, copyright

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Date: 16 April 2013

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People mentioned

Name Detail   Year       Property & Probability Page link Moses Agar purchased seems to have been bankrupted c1807 and surrendered the property, but regained control in 1810 1800 purchased: Working Men's Club 90% William Ancell Seller Lace buyer 1726 Seller: Working Men's Club 80% Martha Anfield Tenant Widow 1726 Tentant: Working Men's Club 80% Joseph Gregory Tenant 1780 tenant: Working Men's Club 90% Richard Ratnett Owner of adjoining land 1800 George West inherited; owned to 1777 son of Harry West 1749 inherited: Working Men's Club 90% Harry West inherited; owned to 1800 nephew of George West 1777 a inherited: Working Men's Club 90%   Robert West Purchased Baker 1726 Buyer: Working Men's Club 80%

Property mentioned

Year Detail Property & Probability Page link 1726 Traces ownership from 1726 to 1810 Working Men's Club 80%