Thomas Fowler STEWARD [12458]

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Thomas Fowler
Event Type: Baptism
Father: Timothy Steward
Mother: Mary
Baptism Date: 12 Apr 1796
Baptism Place: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Denomination: Presbyterian
Piece Title: Piece 1973: Yarmouth, Gaol Street, Old Meeting (Presbyterian), 1706-1820

Thomas Fowler Steward
Marriage Date: 10 Jul 1824
Marriage Place: Gorleston With Southtown,Suffolk,England
Spouse: Isabella Travers
FHL Film Number: 0952318-327, 0952979, 0952981-0952985

Articles of Clerkship in the Law
Thomas Fowler Steward
Clerk's Father: Timothy Steward
Attorney: Nathaniel Palmer
Filing Date: 14 Apr 1814
Parish or Town: Great Yarmouth
County: Norfolk

Thomas Fowler Steward
Birth Year: 1796
Burial Year: 1880
Burial Place: Gunton St Peter, Suffolk, England
Death Age: 84
Cemetery: St Peter

Steward Thomas Fowler Esq. 14 December 1880. The Will of Thomas Fowler Steward late of Great Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk Esq who died 14 November 1880 at Great Yarmouth was proved at Norwich by the Rev Charles John Steward of Somerleytonin the County of Suffolk Clerk the Nephew and Charles Frank Lucas of Great Yarmouth gentleman the Executors.
Personal estate under £12,000.
National Probate Calendar.

  Research Notes:

Deeds of the Martineau family estate, mainly in Walsham le Willows and Stanton Catalogue in Full new page
Creator(s): Martineau family of Walsham le Willows and Stanton, Suffolk
section A: THE MAIN ESTATE IN WALSHAM LE WILLOWS, ETC.
FILE - Assignment of three several terms of 1,000 years - ref. TEM.173/273 - date: 25 May 1848
Contents
(i) Jn. Hector Munro, esq., of Walsham le Willows
(ii) Amelia Helen Munro, spinster, (dau. and only child of (i),) of the same place,
(iii) Lestock Peach Wilson, Wm. King and Robt. Cotesworth, esq., all of the London Assurance Office, City of London
(iv) Jn. Coverdale, gent, of Bedford Row, Co. Middlesex.
In the manor, messuages, etc., (as in the indenture of 29 September 1830) by (i) at the request of (ii) and on the nomination of (iii), to (iv) upon the trusts following:- before execution of the indenture recited in (1) upon the trusts in the said indenture of 29 September, 1830, and afterwards upon trust for (iii), to recover payment of the sum of £11,000 and interest thereon.
Recites that
(1) indenture of mortgate, of the same date as the present indenture.
(2) That the said manor and certain parts of the freehold messuages, lands, tithes, etc., intended to be conveyed by the said recited indenture, are subject to the three several terms of one thousand years created respectively by the indentures of 11 October 1820, 30 August 1821 and 27 October 1819.
(3) By divers assignments and ultimately by an indenture of 29 September 1830 the manor, messuages, etc., affected by the said three several terms were vested in (i) for all the unexpired residue of the said terms, upon trust for Wm. Pitcairn, Jonathan Brundrett, Andrew Gregory Johnston, Timothy Steward and Thos. Fowler Steward.
(4) (i) and (ii) are now the only persons beneficially interested in the said manor, and freehold hereditaments.
(5) By the indenture recited in (1) it was agreed that the unexpired residues of the said three several terms of one thousand years should be assigned by (i) to a trustee nominated by (iii).
274 (a)
25 May 1848
(i) Jn. Hector Munro, esq., of Walsham le Willows
(ii) Amelia Helen Munro, spinster, of the same place
(iii) Lestock Peach Wilson, Wm. King and Robt. Cotesworth, esq., all of the London Assurance Office
(iv) Henry Vallance, esq., of, 20 Essex Street, the Strand, co. Middlesex.
Mortgate, for £11,000 of the manor, messuages and lands (freehold and copyhold) (as in the indenture of 28-29 September 1830) and lands (as in the second Schedule): messuage, barns, stables, etc., late of Jn. Boldero, decd., in Walsham le Willows, next West Street E. and S.E. and a lane leading from Walsham to Wickenhall, N., abutting W on lands in the first Schedule, W., several pieces of land late also of the said J. Boldero, in Walsham, Stanton and Bardwell, for many years occupied with the same messuage, all formerly in occupation of Robt. Garnham, since of Jn. Garnham, Ezekiel Simpson, - Mills, and late of Robt. Chandler (62.a.0r.10p.) All included in the marginal plan in the indenture of 2 June 1832. Third Schedule gives names of tenants, field-names, acreages, terms of tenancies and rent.
Recites:
(1) indenture of 19 October 1825.
(2) Messuage of Jn. H. Munro and Amelia Steward on 20 October 1825 in the parish church of Gt. Yarmouth.
(3) As recited in (3) in indenture of 2 June 1828 (endorsed on indenture of 19 October 1825).
(4) Indenture of 29 September 1830.
(5) It was subsequently proposed that surrender of the copyholds mentioned in (4) should be to Thos. Fowler Steward only and not in the names of Wm. Pitcairn, Jonathan Brundrett, Andrew Gregory Johnston, Timothy Steward and Thos. Fowler Steward.
(6) At a court of the manor of Walsham on 20 May 1831 T.F.Steward was admitted to the said copyholds, on the surrender of Mary Sparke and Jn. Sparke, to hold in trust for the said Wm. Pitcairn, Jonathan Brundrett, A.G.Johnston, Tim. Steward and Thos. F. Steward as joint tenants.
(7) Admission of T.F.Steward at a court of the manor of Walsham Church House, on 20 May 1831, to copyhold of the said manor (as 6), (the lands being as in TEM.173/261/9), with exception of the lands excepted in 264.
(8) Admission of Wm. Pitcairn, Jonathan Brundrett, A.G.Johnston, Tim. Steward and T.F.Steward, at a court of the manor of Stanton Hall with Mickfields on 24 October 1837, to certain lands and tenements then formerly Lords, at a rent of fourpence, and other lands then formerly Lawrences at a rent of one shilling and elevenpence, one hen and five eggs, valued at one shilling and twopence, consisting of 6a. formerly Mays and a messuage and about 1a., formerly Withers', heretofore of John Buckley, afterwards Thos. Buckley and then late of Jn. Sparke (as in the first Schedule, (copyhold) in the present indenture).
(9) Indenture of 2 June 1832 (release and bargains and sale); (i) the Rev. Geo. Boldero, the Rev. Hen.Adams and the Rev. Edward Rene Payne (ii) Hester Boldero, wid., (iii) Wm. Pitcairn, Jonathan Brundrett, Andrew Gregory Johnston, Timothy Steward and Thos. Fowler Steward; by which the messuages and lands in the second Schedule of the present indenture were conveyed to (iii) with the copyhold properties described in the same Schedule, for £1,415 paid to (i) by (iii) (£515 being in fact advanced by Jn. Hector Munro).
(10) Admission of T.F.Steward at a court of the manor of Walsham on 16 May 1834 (on the indenture recited in (9)) to a messuage and 13½a. of copyhold lands, abutting on the highway from Walsham to Thetford N. and on lands then late of Thos. Page E., and lands of Rich. Packer, afterwards of Jn. Grocer, W.; a tenement called Sayes and copyhold lands belonging to it (8a.0r.18p.), in West Street in Walsham, formerly of Thos. Parker; 1½a. of meadow in the Great Meadow, between the meadow theretofore of Sam. Canham N. and the meadow theretofore of Thos. Rampley, gent., S. abutting E. on lands theretofore of Jn. Page, since of Jn. Sparke, gent., decd., and since of Jn. Sparke his son, and W. on the lands called Short Homes, formerly the estate of Edward Seaman (all the copyhold lands comprised in the second Schedule of the present indenture).
(11) Death of the said Jonathan Brundrett in May 1841.
(12) Death of Amelia, w. of Jn. H. Munro, before 9 February 1842 (when she was buried at the parish church of Blunderton cum Flixton, co. Suff.).
(13) There were two children, since of the messuage between Jn. H.Munro and the said Amelia; viz. Amelia Helen, b. 15 October 1826 and baptised at the parish church of Gt. Yarmouth, 1 November 1826, and Emmeline Kate, b. in November 1829.
(14) The said Emmeline Kate Munro died 15 April 1831 and was buried at Gunton, co. Suffolk.
(15) Declaration that the said sum of £25,500 being the sum paid for the purchase of the manor, etc., in the indenture of 29th September 1830 and the sum of £900 (part of the before mentioned sum of £1,415, the purchase money for the hereditaments comprised in the indenture of 2 June 1832) making together the sum of £26,400, were raised from the sale of parts of the sums held in bank annuities (as in the indenture of 19 October 1825), with the consent of Jn. H.Munro, and the sum of £1,415 having been paid by the said J.M. Munro out of his own money.
(16) No appointment of the funds and securities comprised in the said indenture of 19 October 1825, by the said J.H.Munro under the power reserved in that indenture.
(17) On the decease of the said Amelia Munro, the said Jn. H.Munro and Amelia Helen Munro became the only parties beneficially interested in the trust funds in the last mentioned indenture and in the manor, etc., purchased from the proceeds of sale of the said funds, the said J.H.Munro being entitled to an absolute interest in the capital thereof immediately expectant on the decease of the said J.H.Munro.
(18) J.H.Munro and Amelia H.Munro are desirous of retaining the said manor, etc., as real estate, and also such proportion of the hereditaments comprised in the indenture of 2 June 1832 as are referable to the said sum of £900.
(19) The third Schedule annexed to the present indenture containing a rental of the tenants of the properties comprised in the first and second Schedules, but is not intended to qualify or restrict the descritions contained in those Schedules.
(20) (i) and (ii) having occasion for the loan of the sum of £11,000, have applied to (iii) for the same, with interest at 5%, to be secured by a mortgage of the said manor of North Hall and the messuages, etc., as in the schedules hereto.
(21) Agreement between (i) and (ii) that the said manor, etc., intended to be surrendered, and the equity of redemption therein should be discharged from the power of appointment contained in the indenture of 19 October 1825 and limited to the uses hereinafter declared (the powers in the indenture of 2 June 1832 are to be extinguished) in respect of any claim of (i) of the said sum of £515, being the sum advanced out of his own monies, so that the said sum may be extinguished in the land. 274 (b)
Deed endorsed on (a) 23 August 1854
(i) Lestock Peach Wilson, Wm. King and Robert Cotesworth
(ii) Charles Douglas, esq., of Witham, co. Essex and Joseph Arden, esq., of Cavendish Square, co. Middlesex
(iii) Thos. Fowler Steward (iv) Wm. Pitcairn, Tim. Steward and Thos Fowler Steward.
Recoveyance, for £11,000 of all freehold parts of the said Manor, etc., (as in (a)).
To (ii) upon the same trusts as in the indenture of 17 May 1850 release by (iii) from the covenants of the indenture of 20 April 1849 for surrendering the copyhold parts of the hereiditaments therein, to the use of (i).
Recites:-
(1) indenture of 24 June 1848.
(2) Indenture of 20 April 1849.
(3) The said Andrew Gregory Johnston died in March 1850 (bur.18 March 1850 at Portland, Jamaica)
(4) Indenture of 17 May 1850.
(5) No surrender has been made to (i) of the copyholds covenanted to be surrendered in the indenture of 20 April 1849 by (iv).
(6) The sum of £11,000 is still owing to (i) but all interest has been paid.
(7) (ii) have agreed to pay the sum of £11,000 to (i) who in turn have agreed to convey the freehold parts of the said properties to them.
Record from The National Archives <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/>
Deeds of the Martineau family estate, mainly in Walsham le Willows and Stanton
FILE - (a) Marriage settlement - ref. TEM.173/266 - date: 19 October 1825
Contents (i) John Hector Munro Esq., of Keppel St., St. George, Bloomsbury, Co. Middlesex for some time residing at Fritton Hall, Suff. (ii) Amelia Steward, spinster, of Gt. Yarmouth. (iii) Wm. Pitcairn esq., of Tokenhouse Yard, City of London, Jonathan Brundrett, gent., of the Inner Temple London, Timothy Steward, jun., brewer of Norwich, Thos. Fowler Steward, gent, of Gt. Yarmouth.
Recites: (1) Will of Jn. Munro, Esq., decd., of Keppel Street, proved 9 Jan. 1812, including bequest of £30,000 to J.H.Munro, Wm. Pitcairn and Geo. Rankin, as execs., purchased stocks in accordance with the will during minority of J.H.Munro (£29,510 3% consols, and £28,786.16.2. 3% reduced Bank Anuities);
(2) on death of Rankin in January 1825 the sums were transferred to Pitcairn and Brundrett, jointly;
(3) appreciation in the value of the stocks since purchase, therefore the value is now above £30,000;
(4) After settlement of the claims of the residuary legatees [to the surplus], stocks to £30,000 to be settled on J.H.Munro and Amelia Steward, on their intended marriage, in the name of Wm. Pitcairn, Jonathan Brundrett, Andrew Gregory Johnston, Tim. Steward and Thos. Fowler Steward.
J.H.Munro now covenants to transfer the said sum to the above trustees, after his marriage and the settlement of the claim of the residuary legatees, and appoints Brundrett and Pitcairn as trustees for the transfer, upon trust for J.H.Munro for life, and afterwards, as to £600 per annum (part of the interest) for the use of the said Amelia Steward for life, or in the event of her remarriage, £300 per annum; subject to the charge as above the capital sum to be held by the trustees in trust for the children of the said intended marriage, to be vested in them equally at age of 21 years (or at marriage, of daughters, whichever is earlier), during their respective minorities to be applied to their education and maintenance; in default of children or of their death under twenty one years (if daughters, also unmarried) then in trust for the will of J.H.Munro, or in default, for persons named by Mary Mitchison, wife of Jn. Mitchison, silk warehouseman, of Palmer Terrace, Upper Islington, Middlesex by decd, or will and for her use for life; in the event of Amelia Steward surviving J.H.Munro (then being no surviving children) £2,000 of the said trust funds to be held in trust for the said Amelia to the uses of her deed or will; the trustees empowered to sell stocks and to purchase others, or to purchase any Manors, messuages or lands (freehold, copyhold or leasehold) not more than one quarter to be copyhold, ditto leasehold (the leases to be for a term not less than 60 years), with power for J.H.Munro or his trustees after his decease to demise any of the properties for terms not exceeding 21 years, and power to resell or exchange; the arrangements for the said Amelia Steward to be in lieu of all claims to dower.
Two Receipts for £17,518.5.0d 3% Consols. dated 2 June 1828, attached.
(b) Endorsement, 2 June 1828; Declaration by Wm. Pitcairn, Jonathan Brundrett, Tim. Steward and Thos. Fowler Steward that £17,518.5.0d 3% consols and £17,518.5.0d 3% reduced Bank Anuities are held by them in trust for the purposes in the indenture above;
Recites:
(1) That the marriage between J.H.Munro and Amelia Steward took place 'soon after' the execution of the indenture of 1818
(2) Settlement 'by amicable adjustment' in favour of J.H.Munro, of the question the share of the residuary legatees
(3) Transfer of the capital sums above mentioned, on the date of this declaration, to the said trustees (Andrew Gregory Johnston being omitted under the rules of the Bank of England for registration of transfers in four names only, and as he 'may shortly leave England for the West Indies')
(b) Endorsement, reciting indenture of 12 Nov. 1841.
(c) Endorsement, reciting indenture of - August 1843.
Ref: Kiwicelts.com

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1. Census: England, 30 Mar 1851, Gt Yarmouth NFK. Thomas is recorded as head of house married aged 55 an Attorney & Solicitor born Gt Yarmouth NFK

2. Census: England, 2 Apr 1871, Heigham Lodge, Norwich, Norfolk. Thomas is recorded as a visitor at the home of Lucy Steward a widow aged 66 born Heigham. Thomas is recorded as aged 75 a widower a solicitor born Great Yarmouth NFK

Thomas married Isabella Russell TRAVERS [12459] [MRIN: 4177], daughter of Robert TRAVERS of Cork [12573] and Arabella TRAVERS [12252], on 10 Jul 1824 in Gorleston NFK. (Isabella Russell TRAVERS [12459] was born in 1800 in Cork co Cork IRL and died in 1867.)