Reference
H/DE248-249
Title
Conveyance (Lease & Release) £1,344
Date free text
22, 23 Nov 1765
Production date
From: 1765 To: 1765
Scope and Content
(i) John Peck
(ii) James Turner
Richard Thorpe, Hitchin, labourer
Lawrence Willis, Bedford, shopkeeper & wife Sarah
(iii) John Radcliffe, Hitchin, esquire
[reciting H/DE233: William Turner, son of nephew John Turner died during the lifetime of his brother John Turner,
William Turner leaving as issue James Turner, (ii); John Turner, son of nephew John Turner died without issue.
Lawrence Willis is eldest son & heir of John Willis, Bedford, yeoman, deceased, who was the brother & heir of
Mary Turner, widow, & devisee of John Turner, son of nephew William Turner; Richard Thorpe is son & heir of Mary,
sister and heir of John Turner, son of nephew Joseph Turner.
reciting: H/DE240-241, 242
reciting: that it is doubtful if Lawrence Willis has a claim or whether his share descended to James Turner an
infant son of John Turner, the son & heir of James Turner, son & heir by 1st marriage of nephew John Turner and
heir of John Turner, son of William Turner, and also of John Turner's daughter.
John Turner and William Turner sons of nephew John Turner by 2nd marriage]
£200 to (i), £696, £224 and £214 respectively to (ii), and £10 to be left in hands of (iii) until the claim of
James Turner, infant, is settled and released to (iii)
(i) and (ii) to (iii)
--- Watersheres farm house, 115 acres arable, 16 acres pasture, meadow & woods, Holwell, Shillington & Ickleford,
in the occupation of John Taylor
covenant to levy a fine
covenant to surrender copyhold - Manor of Rectory of Pirton with Ickleford.
Witnesses. Thomas Sheppard, Bengeo Hall, Hertfordshire, Thomas Sutton.
22/23 Nov 1765
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