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A descendant’s comment: Mortgagee certainly means the lender be it bank or private individual. I presume the fact that the sale was "by order of the Administrator" is the clue to his bankruptcy. They must have been going very cheap as it also says ""to persons of limited capital they offer an unusual opportunity" Do you have Jacob Durham's will of 1867? How much did Charles get from it? Did he inherit the four pubs that were sold in 1871? And were they on leases then?
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CHARLES JACOB DURHAM
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1815 BIRTH 1838 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE 1840 PIGOT’S DIRECTORY 1841 SON’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE 1841 CENSUS 1843 SON’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE
AND POST OFFICE DIRECTORY 1847 DAUGHTER’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE 1848 POST OFFICE DIRECTORY 1849 SON’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE 1851 CENSUS, POST OFFICE DIRECTORY 1858? MELVILLE’S DIRECTORY 1861 DAUGHTER’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE 1861 CENSUS 1861 POST OFFICE DIRECTORY 1870 DEATH CERTIFICATE |
HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, MIDDX DEPTFORD, KENT KINGS ARMS, DEPTFORD JOINERS ARMS, CAMBERWELL JOINERS ARMS, CAMBERWELL JOINERS ARMS, CAMBERWELL JOINERS ARMS, CAMBERWELL JOINERS ARMS, CAMBERWELL JOINERS ARMS, CAMBERWELL JOINERS ARMS, CAMBERWELL MAN IN THE MOON, GREENWICH MAN IN THE MOON, GREENWICH MAN IN THE MOON, GREENWICH MAN IN THE MOON, GREENWICH MAN IN THE MOON, GREENWICH |
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· Charles Jacob doesn’t seem to have left a will – perhaps he died
unexpectedly, as he was only 55 – and Letters of Administration (see below)
were granted to the firm of John & William Nicholson, Distillers, so
perhaps he died in debt - there is a court case (see below) in 1871, brought
by John Edward Meek, a copartner in John & William Nicholson, and there is a
notice (see below) from the latter’s solicitors, dated March 1871, addressed
to any of Charles Jacob’s creditors – then there is another court case
(see below), in 1871, Short title: Nicholson v Knott, where Nicholsons sue the entire family and John
Edward Meek |
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· The following has been found online: Nicholson’s pubs have a rich
historical past, stretching back to an 18th century family of Clerkenwell gin distillers. Two descendants of that
family, John and William Nicholson, decided to found ‘their own houses’
offering impeccable hospitality, excellent food and the finest drinks. Over
two hundred years later, each of the Nicholson’s pubs still has its own
fascinating story and each provides the same exceptional standards of service
and fare. Today Nicholsons
are a brand of the Mitchells & Butlers pub
chain |
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· Charles Jacob had land dealings in Lee, Kent in 1867, together with
his brother-in-law, William Steward, but ….yyy |
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LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION 27 FEB 1871 (italics = handwritten parts) ON
the 27th day of February 1871, Letters of Administration of all and singular the personal
Estate and Effects of Charles Jacob
Durham, late of Bear Lane, Greenwich, in the County of Kent, Licensed
Victualler, deceased, who died on the 10th
day of November 1870, at Bear Lane aforesaid intestate, were granted at the Principal
Registry of her Majesty’s Court of Probate to John Edward Meek of No. 195 Saint John Street, Clerkenwell
in the County of Middlesex, a Copartner in the firm
of John and William Nicholson and Company, of the same place, Distillers, the
person appointed by the Right Honourable James Plaisted,
Baron Penzance, the Judge of Her Majesty’s said Court, under the authority of
the xx Section of the Court of Probate Act 1857 to be the Administrator of
all and singular the personal Estate and Effects of the said deceased, he
having been first sworn duly to administer Effects under £3,000 (approx. £200,000 or £2 million in today’s currency?) |
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LONDON GAZETTE 3 MAR 1871: CHARLES JACOB DURHAM (INSOLVENCY
MATTERS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE LONDON GAZETTE) CHARLES JACOB DURHAM, deceased Pursuant to an Act of Parliament
22nd and 23rd Vic., cap. 35, intituled "An Act to further amend the Law
of Property, and to relieve Trustees” NOTICE is hereby given, that all
creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate
of Charles Jacob Durham, late of Bear-lane, Greenwich, in the county of Kent,
Licensed Victualler, deceased (who died on or about the 10th day of November,
1870, and letters of administration to whose personal estate and effects were
on the 27th day of February, 1871, granted to John Edward Meek, a creditor of
the said deceased by the Principal Registry of Her Majesty's Court of
Probate), are hereby required to send the particulars, in writing, of such
claims or demands and the nature of the securities (if any) held by them for
the same, to us the undersigned, Nash, Field, and Layton, of No. 2,
Suffolk-lane, Cannon-street, London, E.C., the Solicitors of the said
administrator, on or before the 1st day of May, 1871, after which day the
said administrator will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Charles
Jacob Durham, deceased among the persons entitled thereto, having regard to
the claims and demands only of which he shall then have had notice ; and the
said administrator will not be liable for the assets of the said Charles
Jacob Durham, deceased, so distributed, or any part thereof, to any person or
persons whomsoever of whose claims or demands he shall not have had notice at
the time of such distribution.—Dated this 1st day of March. 1871. NASH, FIELD, and LAYTON, No. 2, Suffolk-lane, Cannon-street, London,
E.C., Solicitors for the Administrator |
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COURT CASE 1871 (perhaps the case had been started before Charles Jacob died in 1870 –
John Edward Meek was the man who was granted Letters of Administration) Court of Probate and Supreme Court of
Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate... Testator:
Durham, Charles Jacob, Case: Meek v Durham,
Court of Probate and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of
Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Principal Probate Registry:
Date: 1871*. Source: The Catalogue of The National Archives |
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1871
COURT CASE LISTED ON NATIONAL ARCHIVES |
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number: 1871 N25. Short title: Nicholson v Knott. Documents: Bill, interrogatories and four answers. Plaintiffs: William Nicholson, William Graham and James Robert Aldous. Defendants:
Frederick Alphonso Knott, John James Fenn, Ann Frances Durham widow [presumably Charles
Jacob’s widow, as his daughter Ann
Fran was not yet a widow], William Jacob Smith Durham, Charles John Durham,
Alfred Thomas Durham, Frederick Evan Durham, Walter Herbert Durham (since deceased),
James Edward Durham and John Edward Meek. Covering dates 1871 |
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AUTHOR’s ANALYSIS OF THE
DEFENDANTS |
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· the author imagines this had something to do
with Charles Jacob’s estate! |
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CHILDREN IN ORDER OF BIRTH |
MENTIONED AS DEFENDANTS |
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ELIZABETH ANN |
1839-1928 |
HUSBAND
FREDERICK ALPHONSO KNOTT |
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SARAH JANE |
1840-1914 |
HUSBAND JOHN
JAMES FENN |
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CHARLES WILLIAM I |
1841-2 |
DEAD |
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WILLIAM JACOB
SMITH |
1843-94 |
WILLIAM JACOB
SMITH DURHAM |
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CHARLES JOHN I |
1845-95 |
CHARLES JOHN
DURHAM |
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ANN(E) FRANCES |
1847-? |
NOT MENTIONED |
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JAMES EDWARD I |
1849-1912 |
JAMES EDWARD
DURHAM |
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EMMA LOUISA |
1851-74 |
NOT MENTIONED |
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ALFRED THOMAS |
1853-82? |
ALFRED THOMAS
DURHAM |
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JANE ANN |
1854-1937 |
NOT MENTIONED |
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FREDERICK EVAN |
1855-1918 |
FREDERICK EVAN
DURHAM (he was not often mentioned in family matters!) |
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MARY ANN II |
1856-1922 |
NOT MENTIONED |
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ALICE MATILDA |
1858-65 |
DEAD |
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WALTER HERBERT I |
1859-71 |
WALTER HERBERT
DURHAM (SINCE DECEASED) |
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HENRIETTA SARAH |
1861-1959 |
NOT MENTIONED |
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GEORGIN(I)A MORRIS |
1862-1935 |
NOT MENTIONED |
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· all the sons are listed as defendants, even Walter Herbert
who, assuming the case was started in 1870 (Charles Jacob’s death) , would
only have been 11! · only the
(husbands of the) first two daughters are listed – perhaps for age reasons,
as all the others would all have been 23 or less in 1870 – a correspondent
says it is due to the lower standing of women in those days · the plaintiff William
Nicholson is presumably the distiller, and the other two plaintiffs his
partners (William Graham became partner 1860, John Edward Meek and James
Robert Aldous 1867) – unfortunately the names are too
common to find in the 1871 census · apparently Nicholsons loaned out
money to many publicans and there are records of these loans and associated
deeds – they were probably trying to get their money back! · John Edward
Meek – the author thought at first he was something to do with the
family, but sees that he is, or was, a copartner in
John & William Nicholson, to whom the letters of administration were
granted in February 1871 – for some reason he found himself a defendant
together with the family! (originally
written 25 September 2009) |
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