Difference between revisions of "William & Mary Ann Lacey"

Revision as of 04:00, 11 September 2023

Research by Joan West

Research Note. James Jenkins of Turnip End Cottage brought to me a picture found in the house when they had moved in. It was of a document and had been reframed. He said I may cut it out of the frame as there was writing on the back which might be worth looking at. It was indeed, as it gave much information of William Lacey and his will which took 56 years to resolve.

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William Lacey born 1772 was the son of William & Rebecca Lacey

Mary Ann Love was born in Bishopsgate, London

William was a bricklayer by trade.

William and Mary Ann married in 1811 in Bishopsgate, London.

William at some point remarried

William had 4 children all born in London, as follows :-

Eliza Lacey born ?

William Lacey born 1826

James Lacey born 1830

Jesse Lacey born 1837

(William had three sisters who all married in Princes Risborough)

15^th April 1808 SALE TO STEPHEN CLINCH

INDENTURE

William Williams of High Wycombe, bricklayer, of the first part, John Wade of Darvills Hill of the second part, sold to Stephen Clinch vintner of Cornhill, London for £140

SCHEDULE

Cottage, closes of grass ground and hereditaments at Turnip End.

1823 ENCLOSURES of PRINCES RISBOROUGH

Plot no 804 Stephen Clinch, garden and paddock at Turnip End, Freehold. This was an old enclosure.

Plot no 805 Stephen Clinch, cottage, garden and pightle at Turnip End. Freehold. This was an old enclosure.

27^th March 1829 INDENTURE

Between Stephen Clinch of Green Terrace, Islington, Mddx, gentleman and Ann his wife sold to William Lacey of Catherine Wheel Alley, St Botolph without Bishopsgate, London, bricklayer.

The cottage wherein John Biggs formerly dwelt now in the occupation of Caleb West at a place called Darvills Hill, Princes Risborough, together with a close of grass ground adjoining to the cottage containing by estimate 1 acre, adjoining on the south and west the wood-ground (grove)of the Reverend Edward Stone and on the north and east the land of the late Richard Wade containing about a rood and a half.

26^th July 1857 WILLIAM LACEY DIED

.William Lacey returned from Bishopsgate to die at Turnip End and is buried in Lacey Green graveyard.

WILLIAM LACEY’s WILL was long and very detailed but unfortunately it ran into difficulties due to problems with executors and deaths therefore but by a judgement of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice it was ordered that the real and personal estate of the Testator should be administered under the direction of the Court. In a second action on 26 April 1893 the judge was of the opinion that according to the will of the Testator the surviving issue of the three grandsons originally named to inherit, however remotely, should inherit equally between the three families of William, James and Jesse Lacey, the three sons of William

28^th May 1913 NEW TRUSTEES of the estate (10 in all) appointed by the Court

1. Frederick George Larkin of Whitehouse Farm, Wooburn, Bucks, farmer and Joseph George Floyd, of Loosley Row, coal merchant and general provision dealer.

2. James Jesse Lacey of 32 Argyle Road, Tottenham, London, printer.

3. Alice Harriet Amelia Buck, of 2 Shansted Street, Kennington Park, London (the wife of Joseph William Buck).

4. Holbourn Jefferies of Chegina, Saskatchewan, Canada (the wife of William Thomas Jefferies, electrical engineer)

5. Emily Legge of 10 Boden Street, Derby, Co. Derby,(the wife of Charles Legge)

6. Elizabeth Hawkins of 56 Bruce Buildings, Caledonian Road, London (the wife of William Henry Hawkins, motor fitter). 7. Keturah Lacey of 84 Hawkesby Road, Stoke Newington London (the wife of William James Lacey)

8. Ernest Sylvester Lacey of Drayton Gardens, West Ealing, Mddx, wine merchants manager.

9. Charles Percival Lacey of 178 Ardgowan Road, Hither Green, Catford, S.E. London, foreman in the tea trade

10. William Lacey, 32 Argyle Road SE London, stationer

7th November 1913. The Trustees sold the property (later to become Turnip End Cottage) for £150 to William Lacey, 32 Argyle Road SE London, stationer, one of the 10 trustees.

Continue the history of this property under Turnip End Cottage

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 '''William Lacey''' born 1772 was the son of [[William & Rebecca Lacey]]
-th April 1808.   Document of mortgage between William Williams of High Wycombe, bricklayer of the first part and John Wade of Darvills Hill, carpenter of the 2nd part and Stephen Clinch of Cornhill London, vintner.   William Lacey agrees to the above mortgage for £140 mortgage.
-William Lacey purchases from Stephen Clinch :-
-All that cottage with appurtenances wherein John Biggs formerly dwelt now in the occupation of Caleb West at Darvlls Hill, also with a close of grass ground to the cottage adjoining. one acre adjoining also the woodground of the Reverend Edward Stone on the south and west and to the land late of Richard Wade on the north and East.
-And also anther close belonging to the common there on the east about one & half roods with all and singular the houses, outhouses edifices building lands stables gardens orchards yards backsides ways waters easements hedges ditches trees mounds fences commons commodities advantages hereditaments profots and appurtenances to the said cottage closes of grass ground belongs   To Have And To Hold the said cottage close to William Lacey.
-'''Received from William Lacey £140 paid to Stephen Clinch'''.
 Mary Ann Love was born in Bishopsgate, London
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 (William had three sisters who all married in Princes Risborough)
-'''27<sup>th</sup> March 1829.  Purchase by William Lacey'''
+'''15<sup>th</sup> April 1808 SALE TO STEPHEN CLINCH'''
-'''Indenture.'''   Between [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stephen_Clinch Stephen Clinch] of Green Terrace, Islington, Middlesex, gentleman, and Ann his wife sold William Lacey of Catherine Wheel Alley, St Botolph without Bishopsgate, London, bricklayer.
+'''INDENTURE'''
-'''Schedule :-'''
+William Williams of High Wycombe, bricklayer, of the first part, [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/John_Wade John Wade] of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Darvills_Hill Darvills Hill] of the second part, sold to [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Stephen_Clinch Stephen Clinch] vintner of Cornhill, London for £140
-The cottage (later called [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Turnip_End_Cottage Turnip End Cottage]) wherein John Biggs formerly dwelt, now in the occupation of Caleb West at a place called Turnip End, Princes Risborough See [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Hamlet_of_Turnip_End Hamlet of Turnip End] together with a close of grass ground adjoining the cottage containing by estimate one acre, adjoining on the south and west the wood ground (Wades Grove) of the Reverend [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Edward_Stone Edward Stone] and on the north and east the land of the late [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Richard_Wade Richard Wade] containing about a rood and a half.
+'''SCHEDULE'''
-'''26<sup>th</sup> July 1857   Death of William Lacey.'''
+Cottage, closes of grass ground and hereditaments at Turnip End.
-He returned from Bishopsgate to die at Turnip End and is buried in [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Lacey_Green_Village_Hall Lacey Green] graveyard.
+'''1823   ENCLOSURES of PRINCES RISBOROUGH'''
-'''WILLIAM LACEY’s WILL'''
+Plot no 804   Stephen Clinch, garden and paddock at Turnip End, Freehold.  This was an old enclosure.
-William Lacey’s will was long and very detailed but unfortunately it ran into difficulties due to problems with executors and deaths therefore on 6<sup>th</sup> November 1757 probate was proved by Henry Lacey but by a judgement of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice it was ordered that the real and personal estate of the Testator should be administered under the direction of the Court.   In a second action on 26 April 1893 the judge was of the opinion that according to the will of the Testator the surviving issue of the three grandsons originally named to inherit, however remotely, should inherit equally between the three families of William, James and Jesse Lacey.
+Plot no 805   Stephen Clinch, cottage, garden and [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Pightle pightle] at Turnip End. Freehold. This was an old enclosure.
-'''14<sup>th</sup> December 1912 POWER OF ATTORNEY''' was given to James Jesse Lacey
+'''27<sup>th</sup> March 1829  INDENTURE'''
-'''28<sup>th</sup> May 1913  THE COURT APPOINTED  NEW TRUSTEES''' of the estate in Trust   (10 in all)
+Between Stephen Clinch of Green Terrace, Islington, Mddx, gentleman and Ann his wife sold to William Lacey of Catherine Wheel Alley, St Botolph without [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Bishopsgate Bishopsgate], London, bricklayer.
-'''9<sup>th</sup> Aug 1913   The COURT RELEASED POWER''' to the Trustees
+The cottage wherein [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/John_Biggs John Biggs] formerly dwelt now in the occupation of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Caleb_West Caleb West] at a place called [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Darvills_Hill Darvills Hill], Princes Risborough, together with a close of grass ground adjoining to the cottage containing by estimate 1 acre, adjoining on the south and west the wood-ground ([https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Grove grove])of the [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Reverend_Edward_Stone Reverend Edward Stone] and on the north and east the land of the late [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Richard_Wade Richard Wade] containing about a rood and a half.
-'''TRUSTEES'''
+'''26<sup>th</sup> July 1857 WILLIAM LACEY DIED'''
+.William Lacey returned from Bishopsgate to die at Turnip End and is buried in [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Lacey_Green Lacey Green] graveyard.
+'''WILLIAM LACEY’s WILL''' was long and very detailed but unfortunately it ran into difficulties due to problems with executors and deaths therefore  but by a judgement of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice it was ordered that the real and personal estate of the Testator should be administered under the direction of the Court.   In a second action on 26 April 1893 the judge was of the opinion that according to the will of the Testator the surviving issue of the three grandsons originally named to inherit, however remotely,  should inherit equally between the three families of '''William, James and Jesse Lacey, the three sons of William'''
+'''28<sup>th</sup> May 1913  NEW TRUSTEES''' of the estate ('''10 in all''') appointed by the Court
 .      Frederick George Larkin of Whitehouse Farm, Wooburn, Bucks, farmer and [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Joseph_George_Floyd Joseph George Floyd], of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Loosley_Row Loosley Row], coal merchant and general provision dealer.
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 .      Emily Legge of 10 Boden Street, Derby, Co. Derby,(the wife of Charles Legge)
-.      Elizabeth Hawkins of 56 Bruce Buildings, Caledonian Road, London (the wife of William Henry Hawkins, motor fitter).                                                                     7.      Keturah Lacey of 84 Hawkesby Road, Stoke Newington London (the wife of William James Lacey)
+.      Elizabeth Hawkins of 56 Bruce Buildings, Caledonian Road, London (the wife of William Henry Hawkins, motor fitter).         7.      Keturah Lacey of 84 Hawkesby Road, Stoke Newington London (the wife of William James Lacey)
 .      Ernest Sylvester Lacey of Drayton Gardens, West Ealing, Mddx, wine merchants manager.
@@ Line 77: / Line 73: @@
 .      Charles Percival Lacey of 178 Ardgowan Road, Hither Green, Catford, S.E. London, foreman in the tea trade
-.   Part. William Lacey, 32 Argyle Road SE London, stationer
+.    William Lacey, 32 Argyle Road SE London, stationer
+'''7th November 1913'''.   The Trustees sold the property (later to become [[Turnip End Cottage]]) for £150 to William Lacey, 32 Argyle Road SE London, stationer, one of the 10 trustees.
 '''Continue the history''' of this property under [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Turnip_End_Cottage Turnip End Cottage]

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