| Description | Copy draft conveyance by Sir Hastings Reginald Yelverton of 9 William Street, Lowndes Square, Middlesex, ViceAdmiral, Ethelreda Lucy Emily Henry of Versailles, France, widow; Nathaniel Charles Curzon of Etwall Hall, esq and William Alien Francis Saunders of Winnington Hall, Lanes, esq., George Poulett Scrape of Favilawn, pa Cobham, Surrey, esq., Sir HR Yelverton and Henry Padwick of the Manor House, Horsham, Sussex, esq to Midland Railway Company. Recites marriage settlement of Barbara Yelverton, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, and George, Marquis of Hastings dated 28 and 29 Jul 1831 and sale of land in Brandon, Warks, covered by settlement to buy land in Melbourne 17 Aug 1839; George, Marquis of Hastings, died 13 Jan 1844 leaving 2 sons, Paulyn Reginald Serlo Rawdon Hastings and Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Hastings, and 4 daughters; Paulyn Hastings died 17 Jan 1851; recites marriage settlement of Marchioness of Hastings and Hastings Reginald Yelverton mentioning £500 annual rent to Yelverton from property in Melbourne and lands in trust to secure £5000 for children 7 Apr 1845; Marchioness of Hastings died 18 Nov 1858; recites mortgage by George, Marquis of Hastings, to William Hall jnr and John Curzon for £9500 5 and 6 Apr 1841 and assignment of mortgage to Nathaniel Charles Curzon and William Alien Francis Saunders 17 Jul 1855; recites will of George, Marquis of Hastings, dated 22 Dec 1836, leaving property to eldest son and his heirs, proved 25 May 1844; recites mortgage by Henry Marquis of Hastings to George Poulett Scrope for £63,000 plus £7000 to redeem earlier mortgage and other purposes including land at Melbourne 17 Dec 1867; land at Melbourne required for Derby to Melbourne railway under Midland Railway Act 1864) at agreed price £2030 16 Sep 1867; recites will of Henry, Marquis of Hastings, dated 17 Jun 1868, appointing Yelverton and Padwick as exors, and, after death of Hastings on 10 Nov 1868, proved 20 Nov 1868; agreement to release land at Melbourne measuring 7 acres 21 perches, marked on accompanying plan |