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Petre Family : Legal documents
- Date
- 1843-1895
- By
- Petre family
- Reference
- MS-Group-2380
- Description
Comprise five legal documents and contracts relating to the Petre family, a branch of which settled in New Zealand. They include a marriage contract, land instruments relating to the Petre family estates in Essex, William Bernard Petre's will and codicil, and papers from the Principal Registry of the British High Court of Justice relating to the personal estate of William Joseph Baron Petre. All documents apart from the will have been registered with the High Court of New Zealand.
Source of title - Supplied by Library
Relationship complexity - Further papers dealing with the Petre family's genealogy and land holdings in England may be found at MSI-Papers-3744 and with the papers of June Starke at MS-Group-0978.
Henry William Petre was the younger son of William Baron Petre, chairman of the New Zealand Company and the younger brother of William Bernard Petre. By his first marriage in 1842 to Mary Ann Eleanore Walmsley he had seven sons and nine daughters and it is from this issue that the Petre family in New Zealand descend.
Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss
Provenance: Dr John Bradbury, a Wellington General Practitioner, settled with his family in Perth, Western Australia. His son, Michael, a collector of historic items, passed them to the donor. Where he obtained them is unknown, but they may have been from a former solicitor's office.
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- 5 folder(s), 0.03 Linear Metres, Contracts, Family papers, Legal instruments, Manuscripts, Wills, Mss
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Settlement of the Essex estates
Date: 14 Dec 1868
From: Petre Family : Legal documents
Reference: fMS-Papers-11873-2
Description: Attested copy settlement of estates in Essex by the Right Hon. William Bernard Lord Petre and the Hon. William Joseph Petre, his eldest son. Drawn up by Fooks Chadwick Arnold and Chadwick, Lincolns Inn, London. Registered in High Cout of New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Marriage settlement
Date: 25 Sep 1843
From: Petre Family : Legal documents
Reference: fMS-Papers-11873-1
Description: Attested copy settlement on the intended marriage between The Hon. William Bernard Petre and May Teresa Clifford, drawn up by Fooks, Chadwick Arnold and Chadwick, Lincolns Inn, London. Registered also by the Registrar, High Court of New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Deed of release
Date: 22 Jun 1887
From: Petre Family : Legal documents
Reference: fMS-Papers-11873-3
Description: Addressed from Katherine Mary Lucy Petre and others to Joseph Francis Lescher and James Cudden. Copy of deed of release concerning part of the portion fund of 25,000 pounds charged on Lord Petre's settled estates in Essex. Drawn up by Arnold, Chadwick Arnold & Chadwick, Lincolns Inn, London. Registered in High Court of New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Extracts relating to the personal estate of William Joseph Baron Petre
Date: 22 Jun 1887
From: Petre Family : Legal documents
Reference: MS-Papers-11873-2
Description: Extracts from the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of the British High Court of Justice, relating to the personal estate of the Right Hon. and Reverend William Joseph Baron Petre. Includes signatures and seals of the Registrar of Probate, and of the Deputy Registrar of the High Court of New Zealand. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Will and codicil - William Bernard Lord Petre
Date: 1883-1884
From: Petre Family : Legal documents
Reference: MS-Papers-11873-1
Description: Will and codicil of Right Hon. William Bernard Lord Petre. Proved in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division, HM High Court of Justice on 29 Aug 1884. Drawn up by Arnold, Fooks, Chadwick & Co, Lincolns Inn, London. Quantity: 1 folder(s).