NICHOLAS MYLREA jnr to ANN CROW

SALE - 1808 (Ballaugh)

Know all men by those presents that I Nicholas Mylrea of Balla Corraige in the parish of Ballaugh by and with the joint consent of Margaret Mylrea otherwise Kneen my wife divers good causes and reasons as hereunto moving but chiefly and more especially for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and forty-five pounds of good and lawful money according to the currency of Great Britain sixty pounds British thereof to be paid on the 12th day of May next and the remainder part of the said consideration money on the 12th of November next ensuing the date hereof at by and from the hands of Ann Crow otherwise Kneen of the Guilgah in the parish of KK Andreas and have, given, granted, bargained, confirmed and sold and by those presents do hereby give, grant, bargain, confirm and forever absolutely sell unto the said Anne Crow all and singular the whole of our part of the Quarterland of Balla Corraige aforesaid in all respects whatever situate in Ballaugh aforesaid to haveth to hold unto the said Ann Crow her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns the said recited premises with all and every its houses, buildings, edifices, ways, waters, watercourses, easements, liberties, privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining forever as aforesaid commencing from the 12th of November next ensuing the date hereof yielding and paying the Lord’s Rent of the premises with all boons, suits and services annually incumbent thereon and I the said Nicholas Mylrea and Margaret Mylrea my wife do hereby firmly bind and oblige ourselves our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns to uphold awarrant, maintain and defend the said premises and its appurtenances in the peaceable and uninterrupted possession of the said Anne Crow her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns against the right, title, property, claims, challenges and demands of all persons whomsoever and for the faithful performance of all and singular the before written Deed of Sale I Nicholas Mylrea and Margaret Mylrea otherwise Kneen my wife do bind and oblige ourselves our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns in the penalty of six hundred and eighty pounds of the like currency to be levied and paid according to law as witness our subscriptions this 30th day of April one thousand eight hundred and eight 1808 Nicholas Mylrea (script) Margaret Mylrea my mark X

Signed and delivered in presence of John Moughtin, Wm Corlet

I Nicholas Mylrea the Grantor named in the beforewritten Deed of Sale do hereby acknowledge to have received and to be fully satisfied the sum of three hundred and forty-five pounds British being the consideration money mentioned in by the said Deed in full from Anne Crow the said purchaser/also therein named. As witness my subscription this seventh day of July 1808. Nicholas Mylrea (script)

Witness presents Dan Stephen, John Stephen

At Ramsey the 5th February 1820 Margaret Mylrea one of the executing parties to this before written Deed of Sale acknowledged the same to be her act and deed and John Moughtin one of the subscribing witnesses thereto made oath that Nicholas Mylrea the other executing party also signed and executed the same in his presence and also in presence of Dan Stephen the other witness Before me Thomas W Corlett

At a Court of Common Law at Ramsey the 15th February 1820 the foregoing Deed of Sale having been acknowledged by one of the executing parties thereof by the other executing party having been proved to before a High Bailiff and now openly published in this Court and no objection offered thereto the same is ordered to be recorded

[REF: NSS 1820 #?? ]

NOTES

  1. Ann Crow was the sister of Margaret Mylrea als Kneen
  2. This "sale" was probably an attempt to protect the inheritance of William Mylrea, oldest son of Nicholas jnr & Margaret Kneen because three months later, the land was sold back to William for the exact same sum. Nicholas Mylrea jnr acknowledged payment of the purchase price the day after the reverse Sale went through (July). The two 1808 documents involving Ann Crow ought to be read in conjunction
  3. In 1808, Nicholas jnr also sold off parts of the family estate and it is conceivable that he did so in order to repay the outstanding mortgages and then undertake this "sale" of the unencumbered estate to Ann Crow
  4. Curiously, the attestation that Margaret Mylrea "acknowledge the same to be her act and deed" in 1820 flies in the face of the knowledge that Margaret Mylrea had died a decade ago. The hearing in the Court of Common Law in 1820 is also interesting. William had died in 1816. Perhaps it was the beginning of the process through which the guardians of son and heir of William jnr sought to restore the boy's inheritance.

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