Estate of ANN JANE MYLREA als CUBBON

Assignment - 1897 (Douglas)

Whereas Maud Mary Johnson formerly of Woodbourne Square in the town of Douglas, spinster,did on the twentieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven pass her Deed of Bond and Security unto Rebecca Quirk of Hope Street in the said town for the principal sum of fifty pounds charged upon all and singular a dwelling house, garden, yard and premises situate and being numbered “16” in Peel Road in the town of Douglas and which is fully described in the said Deed and whereas John Brown of “39” Polwarth Gardens, Edinburgh and Maud Mary Brown (formerly the said Maud Mary Johnson) his wife did on the eighth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven pass their Deed of Bond and Security unto the said Rebecca Quirk for the principal sum of fifty pounds charged upon all and singular the dwelling house and premises described above and whereas the said Rebecca Quirk intermarried with William Fletcher of Ravensthorp, York and by their marriage settlement dated the twenty-first day of December one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-seven the said Rebecca Quirk with the consent of the said William Fletcher assigned and transferred inter alia the said two in part recited Deeds of Bond and Security unto Thomas Callister of Hope Street, Douglas aforesaid, draper, as Trustee upon Trust for such person or persons in such manner and form as the said Rebecca Quirk should by any Deed or Instrument direct and appoint and whereas the said Rebecca Fletcher and the said Thomas Callister trustee as aforesaid did on the eighteenth day of September one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-four appoint, assign and transfer the said two Deeds of Bond and Security unto ANN JANE MYLREA then of Mount Havelock, Douglas aforesaid, spinster the said Ann Jane Mylrea died some time afterwards having first made and published her last will whereof she appointed William Callow of Ballachrink in the parish of Lonan, farmer, executor and whereas all interest has been paid on the two said Deeds down to the date hereof and only the principal sums thereof are now chargeable on the said house and premises and whereas the said William Callow has agreed to assign the said two Deeds of Bond and Security unto John Cubbon of 15 Harwarden Avenue, Douglas aforesaid, gentleman

Know all men therefore by these presents that the said William Callow as such executor for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds to him in hand paid (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) hath given, granted and assigned and by these presents doth give, grant and assign unto the said John Cubbon all and singular the said two Deeds of Bond and Security granted and passed by the said Mary Maud Johnson (now Brown) and John Brown and the said Mary Maud Brown his wife to the said Rebecca Quirk dated the twentieth day of April 1887 and the eighth day of July 1887 respectively together with the moneys thereby secured and the property therein and thereby given in security to have and to hold the said two Deeds of Bond and Security and all moneys due and owing and to accrue in respect thereof together with the property therein and thereby given in security unto the said John Cubbon, his executors, administrators and assigns in as full and ample a manner to all intents and purposes as he the said John Cubbon might or could have held the same if the same had been granted to him instead of to the said Rebecca Quirk provided always and it is hereby expressly agreed upon that this assignment is granted by the said William Callow and received by the said John Cubbon upon the express condition that he the said William Callow nor the estate of the said Ann Jane Mylrea are not under any circumstances whatsoever to be made liable or responsible to the said John Cubbon or his executors, administrators or assigns for any deficiency in the value or defect in the title of the property given in security for the said two Deeds of Bond and Security but that the said William Callow and the estate of the said Ann Jane Mylrea are discharged and exonerated from all liability or responsibility in the premises in as full and ample a manner to all intents and purposes as if the said Deeds of Bond and Security had been cancelled upon record instead of being assigned. In witness whereof the said William Callow executor as aforesaid has hereunto subscribed his name this fourth day of May one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-seven. William Callow

Signed and delivered in presence of J.J.Creer, Tom E. Creer

At Douglas 4th May 1897 Tom E. Creer one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Deed (who is known to me) made oath on the Holy Evangelist that William Callow the executing party duly signed and executed the same in deponent’s presence and in presence of John J. Creer. Before me ………. Harris, High Bailiff of Douglas

Registry Office of Deeds 4 May 1897 I certify that the foregoing Deed was this day at the hour of three o’clock afternoon received by me at this Office for the purpose of being registered and recorded according to law and that the same is duly registered, recorded and entered in the Requisition Book thirteen, page 223, No. 2888. Frank J. Johnson, D. Reg

[Reg: May 1897 #52 Onchan]

NOTES

  1. Ballakilley
  2. Ann Jane was the widow of Thomas Mylrea jnr of Ballakilley estate in Lona The couple married in 1875 and Thomas jnr died in 1879. There were no children
  3. She was only 31 when she was widowed, and 48 years old when she died
  4. She described herself as a domestic servant in the 1881 & 1891 census collections, living in Mt Havelock (Douglas)
  5. However, Ann Jane might also have been a successful businesswoman for she left inter alia five Bonds of Deed & Security as part of her estate, the value of which totalled about £300. She also left two shops in North Quay
  6. The MI for Thomas jnr and his wife reads: In affectionate remembrance of Thomas Mylrea of Ballakilley, Lonan, who died February 11, 1879, aged 35 years. Also Anne Jane, wife of the above, who died May 16, 1896, aged 48 years

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