View source for Frederick Aldridge & Sarah Clark

Research by [[Dennis Claydon]] and [[Joan West]]

From Abstract of the Title of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Harold_Edward_Carter Harold Edward Carter], archived by the [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Local_History_Group Local History Group] in Lacey Green [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Village_Hall Village Hall]

Frederick Aldridge Clark was a lead manufacturer who lived at 40 Lynton Close, Hove.   He was married to Sarah, the niece of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Charles_Brown Charles Brown] of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stocken_Farm Stocken Farm], Lacey Green.   Charles Brown left Gracefield to Sarah and made Frederick Aldridge Clark his Executor.{{Person
|Forename=Frederick Aldridge
|Surname=Clark
|Partner=Sarah, niece of Charles Brown
|PositionsHeld=Executor from Charles Brown and lead manufacturer
|Family=daughter Margaret Emma Clark
}} Frederick executed the will, see [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Charles_Brown Charles Brown], in 1881, which culminated in his buying 14 cottages for £1013-9s-10d.

'''Probate'''

Frederick Aldridge Clark obtained probate on 20 May 1881.   He settled debts and funeral expenses and sums due in, then carried out the terms of the will.

'''Valuation'''

Obeying the instructions in the second codicil of the will, the obtained a valuation of the fourteen cottages , made by John Aubrey Mumford of Brill.   This came to £971-13s-10d, with which all parties were satisfied.

'''Sale'''

Again, obeying the second codicil, he himself purchased the 14 cottages for £1013-9s-10d. with which all parties were satisfied and who agreed to execute the conveyance to Frederick Aldridge Clark.

'''Marriage Settlement'''

20 November 1895.   In consideration of an intended marriage between The Most Honourable John Henry, Marquis of Ely, Esq, and his daughter, [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Margaret_Emma_Clark Margaret Emma Clark], his daughter, Frederick Aldridge Clark, put the cottages in trust for himself during his lifetime, then in Trust for Margaret Emma Clark and her assigns for her own separate use.

'''Marriage'''

21 November 1895   Margaret Emma Clark intermarried with the Marquis of Ely.

'''Death'''

21 November 1899   Frederick Aldridge Clark died

'''20 January 1921. Declaration'''

Frederick Charles Brown Clark made a declaration that he was a Trustee of the Marriage Settlement of 20 November 1895 and that he was well acquainted with  the 14 cottages and land and that he as trustee had been in receipt of the rents of the cottages and was able to declare that he had read the conveyance of 22 February 1886 and believed that the cottages were comprised in and assured by that indenture.

'''17 February 1921.  Conveyance'''

[https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Harold_Edward_Carter Harold Edward Carter] of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Grymsdyke Grymsdyke] purchased for £2025 from Margaret Emma, [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Marchioness_of_Ely Marchioness of Ely], and the Trustees of her Marriage Settlement  the 14 cottages left by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Charles_Brown Charles Brown].