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(i) Thos. How & w. Susannah
(ii) Wm. Chew [£300 to be retained by (ii) and paid with int @ 4½ at death of Eliz. How, wid.]
--- cap. mess. or farm house, Cowridge End, occ. (i)
--- closes belonging:
- - close (1ac), (ii) one side, lane from C. End to Round Green on other.
- Grove Close (3ac) abtng. on the orchard, eight acres close and the sd. lane
- Watsullins close or spring (6ac) abtng. on River Lane & the Lye Fld. - Couzen Croft (8ac), (ii) one side, and Polts Bradcroft & Lye Close on other, abtng. Lye Fld.
- Little Lye Close (2½ac), abtng. Lye Fld & Couzen Croft.
- Polts Bradcroft (6ac), abtng. Couzen Croft & Three Acres Close.
- The Lye Close (4ac) adj. the orchard.
- Three Acres Close and Spring (5ac), abtng Polts Bradcroft and lane from Round Green to Mix Hill.
- Eight Acres Close, abtng. on close of Thos. Marsome & highway from C. End to Round Green
- Hicksfield Close (5ac)
- Runnings Close - Stockings Close, abtng. on land of Jn. Crawley Esq. & Nathan Southern.
--- several pieces of arable, flds. of Luton, Stopsley & Biscott:-
Bridge Field, Luton
- ½ ac. abtng. Hitchin-Luton highway & land of Sir Jn. Napier, Bt.
- 1½ac nr. Stockholme Bridge Hedges, Wm. Chalkley one side, Mr. Ettrick on other, abtng. River Lane.
- 4ac. abtng. Luton-Bedford highway & River Way
Bisot Field
- 3½ac abtng. on meadow ground next the river and on the sand pits, & land of Mr Iremonger
- 2 swaths of grass to be cut yearly from the meadow ground adj. the last piece, the full breadth of the piece.
- meadow ground, the full breadth of a piece belonging to Sam. Chaulton's piece in Stopsley Fld. on the other side of the river, opposite the 3½ac piece.
Stopsley Field.
- 5ac abtng. Luton-Barton highway & meadow shooting down to the rive, Thos. Marsome one side
- 4ac abtng on same meadow. - piece of meadow shooting from this piece to the river and as broad as both ends of the sd. 2 pieces.
- ½ac (headland), between Biscot & Stopsley fld.
- 1½ ac abtng. Luton-Barton highway, Sam. Chaulton one side.
- piece of meadow next Sam. Chaulton, the breadth of the meadow from S. Chaulton's land down to the river.
- 4 swathes of meadow & the ground on which the grass grows, abtng land of Thos. Bean.
- ½ac abtng. Sam. Chaulton & Luton-Barton rd.
- 1ac, abtng land. of S. Chaulton & Thos. Bean
- 3r abtng land. of Thos. Groome & shooting down to Creakes Hill.
- 3r ditto.
Stopsley Little Field
- 3r shooting on Hexton Way, Thos. Groome one side
- 3r abtng land of Fra. Pigott & shooting upon Biscot fld.
- ½ac shooting down to the river, tog. with meadow ground from the end of the ½ac to the river, the breadth of the ½ac.
Neals Hillfield, Stopsley - 1ac shooting into Bedford road, Mr. Ettrick one side.
- ½ac shooting down to Hexton Way.
Lye Field, Stopsley
- 1ac., Thos. Groome one side, Lye Spring on other.
Oxey Field, Stopsley.
- ½ac, Mr. Marsome one side, Mr. Roberts the other.
Hicks Field, Stopsley
- Hicks Field Piece (6ac), Hicksfield close one side, (ii) on other.
Stocking Field, Stopsley
-- 10 ac. abtng on land of Mr. Roberts, late enclosed & on River Lane Way next River Lane. All occ. Matt. Gutteridge & Thos. Swain.
Covt. to levy a fine. [Reciting X277/11,17, and mortgage, 1 Aug, 1705 (demise), £100, 1000 yrs (i) Wm. How (ii) Jn. Pettet, Chilthorne Greene, Luton, blacksmith Of part of the premises
Mortgage 5 Jan, 1705/6 £45, 1000 yrs (i) T. How. (ii) Thos. Knight, Luton, joiner Part of the premises.]
Assignment of terms in trust for (ii) to attend inheritance Wns. Dan. Marshe, Jn. Rowley, Matt. Gutteridge, Robt. Denton.