Merton College

15th JUNE 1853 at 12 o'clock. Sale by Auction, at Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change Alley, Cornhill, London, by Farebrother, Clark & Lye, on behalf of Lord George Henry Cavendish.

Purchase by Merton College of Oxford

The Particulars and Conditions of Sale of a Very Valuable FREEHOLD & small part COPYHOLD ESTATE, principally Tythe-Free

Wardrobes Farm (Row Farm). Gentlemanly Residence and Suitable Offices, Gardens, neat Cottage, Farming Buildings, and Cottage for labourers. And sundry Enclosures of Meadow, Pasture & Arable Land, the whole containing upwards of FIVE HUNDRED and FIFTY-SIX ACRES

Let to Mr James Grace, at FIVE HUNDRED and FORTY POUNDS per annum.

Culverton Farm. With good and substantial Farm House, Garden, Orchard, Farm Yards, and about SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX ACRES of arable and pasture Land. In the occupation of the representatives of the late Mr John Eggleton at FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS per annum.

Monkton Wood, situate near the villages of Speen & Hampden. Containing about ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY-EIGHT ACRES, and sundry Enclosures of WOOD LAND containing about FORTY ONE ACRES with a detached Estate

The Woods and Plantation are in hand, the whole estate contains ONE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED & NINETY TWO ACRES.

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Lord George Henry Cavendish sold to Merton College, Oxford.

William Page husband of Ann

SALE. 15th JUNE 1853. Sale by Auction, at Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change Alley, Cornhill, London, by Farebrother, Clark & Lye, on behalf of Lord George Henry Cavendish. Research note. This is likely to be the occasion when Widmer Farm was purchased by Merton College as other local properties of Cavendish were purchased by them then.

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8th September 1945. Culverton Farm was sold by Merton College. For full report go to Culverton Farm

8^th September 1945.   PUBLIC AUCTION on behalf of Merton College.

Conveyance. Winchester Wood. THE VALUABLE ENCLOSURE OF WOODLAND being O.S. No. 415, together with valuable growing beech and other timber.

This lot abuts upon and possesses extensive frontages to the main roads leading from Princes Risborough and Great Hampden to Loosley Row.

It is at present let with other land to Messrs. C. A. and B.H. Garner and Miss V.L. Garner.  Apportioned rental £5 per annum. (a copy of these sale particulars are archived in Lacey Green Village Hall)

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8th March 1920 Declaration by Douglas Thring Esq in support of title to land at Princes Risborough.

I Douglas Theodore Thring estates bursar of Merton College in the University of Oxford, Fellow of the Surveyors Institution, Do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows -

1 As Estates Bursar to the Warden and Scholars of Merton College I have to a considerable extent the management of the property of the said Warden and Scholars and have for upwards of two years past been well acquainted with their Estates and have fullness of knowing from their records and otherwise the periods for which the said Warden and Scholars have been in possession or enjoying of or in receipt of the rents and profits arising from their Estates as tenants in fee simple thereof __________________

2 The piece or parcel of land containing 1,100 Acres situate in the Parish of Princes Risborough in the County of Buckingham being part of the Field No411 in the Ordinance Survey Map for the said Parish and coloured pink on the plan annexed hereto forms part of the land taken by the said Warden and Scholars under an Order of Exchange dated the twenty-first day of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight made by the Enclosure Commissioners for England and Wales in exchange for the hereditaments therein mentioned which formed part of the ancient possessions of the said Warden and Scholars. __________________________

3 From my knowledge ass Estate Bursar of Merton College aforesaid of the rental books of the said Warden & Scholars I declare that they have since the date of the said Order of Exchange been in the full free and undisturbed possession and enjoymen or receipt of the rents and profits of the said piece or parcel of land for their absolute use _______________________

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and bt virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declaraions Act 1835.

Declared at 1 St Giles Oxford the eighth day of March 1920