GHF-E123 — Family title papers removed from the farmhouse blanket box, c. 1950–52
Wiki catalogue reference: GHF-E123 · Custodian / source URL: Buckler family evidence repository
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1. The evidence
Evidence object area: not available. Recorded as a missing item so that it is never silently omitted.
Catalogue UID: GHF-E123 · Custodian/source copy: bucklerfamily.estate. Preview and provenance status as at 10-10-2026.
Description
3. What is not known
2. What is known
Catalogue: GHF-E123 · Type: Missing family papers (farm agreement, title deed, receipts) · Date of loss: c. 1950–52 · Holder: unknown; legacy files of WGR’s successors, BP and the BP Archive, Linklaters, and any successor of the Penarth agent Mr Knapp are the named places to ask · Evidence status: MISSING
FAMILY EVIDENCE. Mary Williams says papers including the agreement relating to the farm were taken from the farmhouse blanket box by a lodger placed in June 1950 by Mr Knapp, a Penarth estate agent, and passed to Knapp at his request; the family title deed was reported missing in 1950–52 (statement). The 1987 Court of Appeal recorded that Mary’s title documents were never produced.
- Who removed the papers and where they went. Nothing yet links Knapp to WGR or the Bute estate.
- The full list of what was in the box, including whether the 1928 receipt (E120) was there.
Transcription
Open transcription
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Interpretation and wider context
FAMILY EVIDENCE / UNRESOLVED. Missing papers are not proof of who took them. A written return request to the named custodians is available now (register item A-079); related lead E124.
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Interpretive assessment date: 10-10-2026.