The Bourton Estate Sale of 1888

The sale of 1888 was a big event after the death of Sarah Lawrence. She was the young wife of John Tucker and widowed when he died in 1856. She remarried William Farrow Lawrence and became widowed again when he died in 1872. Sarah died in 1887 at Bath. Her first husband John Tucker had left her all his estate in Bourton, and her death meant that it would all have to be sold. This file is the result of documents that were discovered in the Bourton House papers.

This file contains the following documents:

Sale brochure of 1888 - also available online in SHS Digital Vault upon request

Abstract of Sale of Lot 1. Indenture - Sale of a small Meadow to Ernest Alfred Tucker. Indenture - Conveyance of Freehold Farm to John Allaway for £6,400. Statutary declaration of Richard Chillingworth. Statutary acknowledgement of Deeds of the estate. Abstract Title of a meadow in Lot1. Deed of ennfranchisemment by Percy Lord Viscount Barrington (8th). Requisitions of info for Lot1. Search for Judgements for Lot1. Surrender by Henry Tucker in 1865 of a road leading across the Pinfold. Indenture - Conversion of No78 on main map, 263 on Penfold map. original land of 1647, from 1000 year lease to Fee Simple. See Listing No: N1337 

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