Z937/9/4

Manor of Sharpenhoe Enfranchisement of copyhold cottage of 2 tenements in Higham Gobion occ by William Pratt and John Hilyard, fronting E the road leading from the Turnpike Road towards Pulloxhill, W land of the Trustees of Barton Free School, S by cottage late of William Smart deceased; also the site of small cottage some years since built by James Brown on a parcel of Manorial waste abutting E the turnpike road from Barton to Silsoe. Annual value 19s, yearly rent 6d, to which the tenants were admitted 14 August 1871. Discharged from copyhold or customary tenure to fee simple. Witnesses: Hugh Smyth, James Brown, clerk of Baldock, Sarah Rebecca Smyth, and Herbert Warren, solicitor of Baldock

1886

From: 1871 To: 1886

2 sides, No. of pieces: 1

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Pratt, William,
Hilyard, John,
Smart, William,
Brown, James (d),
Smyth, Hugh,
Smyth, Sarah Rebecca,
Warren, Herbert

enfranchisement, turnpikes, Barton Free School, Barton, BARTON-LE-CLAY, manorial waste, Sharpenhoe Manor, HIGHAM GOBION, Baldock, Sharpenhoe