Millennium Project
Rob Forsyth
Schedule of Deeds and owners is compiled from documents very kindly provided by the present owners Gregor & Katrina Brown. Editorial comments are in italics.
| 27 June 1839 | On line record of a court case | According to the record of this complex legal case (see footnote) [Greenwood v Churchill] Mr JC Eisley puchased the property from the court. |
| 1844-46 | A bundle of 10 documents | Relating to the above legal dispute |
| 22 June 1854 | Conveyance | William Busby to William Williams |
| 7 July 1856 | Copy of Will | William Williams (deceased) bequeaths this property to daughter Eliza Ann along with four cottages in The Stile. He also leaves properties in Philcock Street to his wife Maud and daughter Sarah Bostock. (see his Will. A part transcription can be found here. He owned 6 properties - see highlit text) |
| 10 April 1862 | Conveyance | Eliza A Williams to John Malins |
| 26 June 1871 | Redeemed mortgage | betweeen John Malins and Elizabeth Turner |
| 8 November 1901 | Conveyance | May Ann Malins (and others) to Ernest William Baker |
| 30 April 1914 | Valuation | of 2 cottages and a yard - Wm Fowler & Wm Fortnum |
| 15 May 1928 | Conveyance | The personal representatives of Ernest William Baker (deceased) |
| 3 March 1933 | Conveyance | The personal representatives of Alfred James Gardner (deceased) and William Tompkins |
| 5 December 1941 | Abstract of Title | William Tompkins |
| 10 December 1941 | Conveyance | The personal representatives of William Tompkins (deceased) and Harry Douglas Hopcraft (known as Douglas who was i/c the Deddington ROC group in WWII) |
| 10 November 1950 | Supplemental Abstract of Title | Douglas Hopcraft |
| 7 December 1950 | Conveyance | Douglas Hopcraft to (Mrs) Constance Russum |
| 8 December 1950 | Redeemed mortgage | Constance Russum with the Crown Building Society |
| ????1964 | Abstract of Title | The personal representative of Constance Russum (deceased) |
| 31 March 1964 | Land charges search | Constance Russum, Kenneth Gunn, Betty Gunn |
| 15 April 1964 | Conveyance | Betty Gunn & Squadron Leader Kenneth Russum to AE Prince (known as 'Dick') |
| 29 April 1980 | Conveyance | AE Prince to Irene Margaret Fisher (known as Margaret) |
| 29 December 1992 | Grant of Probate | Christopher Fisher & John Stephen Leport |
| 8 January 1993 | Assent | Christopher Fisher & John Stephen Leport with Margaret Fisher |
| 30 April 1997 | Contract of Sale | Margaret Fisher to Andrea Jean Draper |
| 30 April 1997 | Form of Transfer | Margaret Fisher to Andrea Jean Draper |
| 3 August 2011 | Contract of Sale | Andrea Jean Draper to Wendy Meagher |
| 8 April 2022 | Contract of Sale | Wendy Meagher to Gregor and Katrina Brown |
Footnote: Greenwood v Churchill
This was a long running and complex legal case which originated because £8000 of the 1806 Will of Samuel Churchill was not properly discharged.There are records of the case online from which the following summary is extracted. Those with a legal bent who wish to can read the three sequential abstracts HERE, HERE & HERE.
Summary: In 1826 various parties sought recourse to their entitlement. A mortgage was taken out with Lord Carrington by Samuel's sons to pay the beneficiaries. Mrs Greenwood seems to have been involved in the sum of £2273 for which she sought payment via the courts. The costs of this dispute involved fees paid to solicitors (Baker & Hodgson) who then broke up and seem to have failed to pay the proper tax so HMRC got involved and it looks as the courts took legal control of the property because, in 1839, a Mr JC Eisley 'puchased the property from the court'. He became entitled to rental from it - but not until he paid his purchase price into the court. This was delayed through no fault of Mr Eisley because title had not been proved and so he was not able to claim his rent! There was then discussion by the court as to whether and how much interest he should pay. One presumes that the overall winners, as usual, were the solicitors.