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Document Number:					0505107
Title:		Mortgage
Date:			15 March 1855
Price:				£65.00
Condition:
Very good
Physical description:
Parchment : 3 sheets 61cm x 75cm with 2 wax seals and revenue stamps
Summary of contents
Parties Frederick William Banks of Bridgewater, Somerset. Accountant. Elizabeth Banks of Dawlish, Devon. Widow. Richard Smith of Bridgewater, Somerset. Gentleman. Subject Frederick and Elizabeth Banks are borrowing £1000 from Richard Smith on security of property in or near Dawlish, Devon. the property is detailed in a schedule to the indenture which lists 21 closes of land totalling 67 acres together with a dwelling house, barn, cellar and cottage. It is all called 'Weston' or 'The Weston Estate'. We are told that there is a complication of "a certain Suit of a Neck and Wood pending in the High Court of Chancery". Any payments which might result would be a charge on the property which would affect Richard Smith's security.
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