Portobello Cottage no 4

also click Portobello Cottage no 1, Portobello Cottage no 2, Portobello Cottage no 3, Portobello Cottage no 5 and Portobello Meadow

Portobello Cottages were five attached properties built before the Enclosures of Princes Risborough in 1823

CONVEYANCE MARCH 24^th 1860

The Executors of Sarah Shard (click Charles & Sarah Shard) of Grymsdyke sold to Charles Brown of Stocken Farm, Portobello Close with gardens and pasture of 2 acres, 2 roods, and 15 perches.

MARCH 9th 1881.   DEATH OF CHARLES BROWN

Charles Brown left his estate to be divided between his three nieces.    He had already sold Stocken Farm.    Fourteen cottages were independently estimated as worth £971–13s-10d

CONVEYANCE FEBRUARY 22^nd 1886

All fourteen cottages were purchased for £971–13s–10d by Charles Brown’s executor, Grederick Aldridge Clark.  The proceeds divided to the three nieces.

CONVEYANCE OF GIFT

1894.   Frederick Aldridge Clark put the 14 cottages in trust for his daughter, Margaret Emma Clark, one of Charles Brown’s nieces.

MARRIAGE NOVEMBER 21^st 1895

Margaret Emma Clark married The Most Honourable John Henry, Marquis of Ely thus becoming the Marchioness of Ely.

CONVEYANCE FEBRUARY 17^th 1921

Margaret Emma Marchioness of Ely sold to Harold Edward & Eliza Carter of Grymsdyke.

TENANTS

1851 census. Levi Janes 27 sawyer, Martha 22 lacemaker, Ann 17 lacemaker, Ruth 8months. click Levi & Martha Janes for their lie story.

1861 census. John Janes 40 ag.lab, Emma 35 lacemaker, Maria 14 lacemaker, Oliver 9 ag lab, Daniel 5, Kezia 7, Horace 1. click John & Emma Janes

1871 census. John Janes 65 ag.lab, Rhoda 60, Amos 26 ag.lab, Mary Ann (Pol Ann) 24 lacemaker, Enos 19 ag.lab, Sarah Tilbury, relative, 22 domestic servant

1881 census. John Janes 74 ag.lab, Rhoda 69, Amos 35 ag.lab, Mary Ann (Pol Ann) 32 lacemaker, William Claydon, lodger, 36 general lab, Mary Claydon 40 lacemaker, Sarah Claydon 16 general servant, Enos Claydon 10

1891 census. Thomas Williams 30 railway platelayer, Emily 31, Ada 11, Clara 9, Agnes 7, George 5, Florence 2. Click Thomas & Emily Williams for more.

1901 census. Albert Saunders 38 hay binder, Sarah 35. click Albert & Sarah Saunders for their life story.

1911 census. James Lacey 40 sandstone quarryman, Ada 40, Frank 14 hay and straw binders assistant, Ralph 12, Harold 10. click James & Ada Lacey.

1921 census. Fred Rixon. click Fred & Clara Rixon for their life story

1939 Register (census). Fred Rixon 59 turner (bodger), Clara 57, Stanley V Rixon 18. click Fred & Clara Rixon

At some point no 4 was sold to Sid Attridge (click Syd & Ann Attridge)