Josephine Irving
From Lacey Green History
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PROPERTIES MORTGAGED TO FRANCES JOSEPHINE IRVING
LAND ORIGINALLY PART OF THE COMMON OF PRINCES RISBOROUGH, THEN LOCALLY KNOWN AS ‘THE WASTE’
1823 THE ENCLOSURES OF PRINCES RISBOROUGH
John Grubb Esq, the ex – Lord of the Manor of Princes Risborough, purchased from the enclosure commissioners numbers 636, 637, 638 and 639. This land had all been part of the Common of Princes Risborough, the whole area known as “Hillocks”
LAND FOR THE CHURCH
John Grubb gave part of no. 636 to the new Lacey Green Chapel (later St.John’s Church) as Glebe, the rental income going to the chapel of Ease (C of E)
REMAINING LAND
The remaining land stretched from “Windmill Road”, later called "Pink Road" on the north to Kiln Farm on the south. The only properties on it were The Windmill on Windmill Farm, and the Kiln and Kiln Farm on the east.
2 BANKRUPTCIES
John Grubb went bankrupt in 1841, his successor in 1848.
JOHN CHESHIRE, of Windmill Farm, miller, purchased all the remaining land, all being used by Kiln Farm except for that of Windmill Farm
CHESHIRE’S MORTGAGES
BY 1861, after several mortgages with various people (see John Cheshire) the sole mortgagee was Frances Josephine Irving of West Worthing, Sussex.
SCHEDULE
All that piece of land called “Hillock” with the dwelling place erected thereon
1877. FRANCES JOSEPHINE IRVING SELLS PART OF JOHN CHESHIRE'S MORTGAGE TO MARY ANN BUCKMASTER
DEBT & ACCRUING INTEREST
As £1,300 plus accruing interest was now owing by John Cheshire, the said F.J.Irving was enabled to sell several plots of land.
1889. F.J. IRVING (mortgagee of John Cheshire) SOLD 3 adjoining plots of land, all 120 feet 6 inches to the Main Road, 361 feet in depth, containing 1 acre.
TO THOMAS EDWARD STONE, to the north of George Hawes. Which remained bare land
TO GEORGE HAWES for £46, to the north of John Saunders. Which became Woodbyne Farm
TO JOHN SAUNDERS, to the south of George Hawes. Which became Jubilee Cottages and Rose Villa
SOLD TO WILLIAM SAUNDERS, of New House Farm, Denner Hill, great Missenden, for £730: -
SCHEDULE
The field of arable land at Lacey Green, containing 7 acres, 19 poles. Bounded on the E by Glebe land, the property belonging to Reverend William Kelly vicar of Lacey Green; on the S by a proposed new roadway (later to become Goodacres Lane); on the W by property of John Cheshire, mortgaged to Frances Josephine Irving: On the South by property of John Cheshire, but recently remortgaged to Mary Ann Buckmaster
1. Piece of ground thereby conveyed recently formed part of close of arable land known as “Road Ground”, containing 15 acres 1 rood 23 poles
2. The arable land at Lacey Green known as the “Hillocks”, formerly part of Kiln Farm, then containing 30 acres 2 roods 14 poles, but a small portion having been sold, it was found to contain 29 acres 1 rood 37 poles, bounded on the East by property belonging to Merton College (part of Widmer Farm)
On the South partly by property of Mrs Janes and partly by the small portion recently sold as before mentioned; on the S by property of Henry Janes (site of the Bakehouse) and on the north by the said Wm. Frederick Kelly
Which herein 1st and 2nd described, together with full right and liberty for William Saunders, in along and over the proposed new roadway, 16 feet in width and abstracting presents recently set out by Francis Josephine Irving, leading to the heredits hereby conveyed.