• Reference
    T42/70
  • Title
    Conveyance (Lease & Release) for £400:
  • Date free text
    1, 2 May 1771
  • Production date
    From: 1771 To: 1771
  • Scope and Content
    i) Richard Ashwell of Eaton Bray, yeoman; ii) Nehemiah Brandreth of Redbourne (county Hertfordshire), gentleman (eldest son of N.H. of Dunstable, gentleman deceased, who survived Thomas Read of Wingfield in Chalgrave, yeoman); and iii) Archibald Buchanan of Sundon, esquire [Recites Will of Thomas Peirson of Upper Sundon, yeoman, dated 8 January 1744/5. ..... Devised all his property in Upper Sundon to Hugh Cook for life, charged with payment of annuity to Elizabeth Walker; and after his decease, to Nehemiah Brandreth (father) and Thomas Read, in trust for Elizabeth Cook (daughter of Hugh Cook), and heirs; and in default of issue, to use of said Richard Ashwell]. ... The Manor or farmhouse called Notely Manor or Grange; a close (2 acres); an allotment under Sundon Enclosure Award (1770), of 14 acres 1 rood 24 perches. Witnesses: William Cole, William Hampson and William Pittman.
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  • Level of description
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