Title
Abstract of Sam Wilson's title to freehold
lands at Lower Stondon in Shitlington and at
Upper Stondon
1) Will of Hen Greene of Gt Gaddesden Hoo, Herts
appt Wm Cope, Geo Greenwood and Jn Wickenden,
executors and trustees 100 for their trouble;
affairs to be directed by Court of Chancery and
Court shld appt (his relations excepted) to be
Guardians and trustees of the Children he might
have by Mrs Martha Martin.
Sister Eliz Ormsby 100
Martha Martin 500
Trustees to sell with other premises freehold
estates at Upper and Lower Stondon - purchase
money to be used to purchase new or old South
Sea Annuities
made 13 Nov 1771
Codicil out of rents and profits to pay
Eliz Ormsby 200
14 Dec 1771
Codicil if Sister E Ormsby shld by herself or any attorney
try to set aside testator's Will THEN revokes
codicil
27 Dec 1772
Proved PCC 27 Feb 1773
2) Decree in Chancery
in cause Martha Martin and Henry Martin
alias Greene, Edw Martin alias Greene,
Eliz Martin alias Greene, Mary Martin
alias Greene, Infants
rep by Martha their mother (plaintiffs) - v - Wm Cope, Geo Greenwood and Jn Wickenden (executors of Hen Greene), Arthur Ormesby,
and Eliz his wife and Arthur Ormesby,
infant by Arthur Ormesby, his father and guardian
Cause heard 4 July 1774
to proceed to Trial
Trial finds
Upholds Will
Freehold estates at Upper and Lower Stondon,
Beds and copyhold, Doddington, Isle of Ely
be sold
To be laid out in purchase of annuities as above
9 Mar 1775
3) Master's Report
approving sale to Sam Whitbread of Bedwell Park,
Herts, Esq, of freehold farm at Lower Stondon
(let to Wm Honour at 40 pa) for 785
24 Jan 1785
4) Receipts for 785
4 Aug 1785
5) Lease and Release
1) Wm Cope of Bridgen Place, Kent Esq
(vendor) as only surviving executor
2) Sam Whitbread of Bedwell Park, Herts, Esq
(purchaser)
among other properties messuage or tenement
and farm once in tenure of Fra Wells, afterwards
of Jn Clark, after that of Thos Phipp and then
late of Jn Taylor in Nether Stondon
AND 2 closes of pastures or meadow gnd in
Nether Stondon belonging
AND several pieces of arable lying dispersed
in the common fields of Upper Stondon and
Shitlington (four score acres)
occ by Wm Honour as tenant by rent of 40 pa or of
Wm Rowell as undertenant of Wm Honour
CONSIDERATION 785
22 & 23 Aug 1785
6) Will of Sam Whitbread of Cardington and
Bedwell Park, Herts, Esq
freehold estates (except those comprised in
marriag settlement of his son with Miss Eliz
Grey) and except freehold estates pt of his
brewhouse
to son in law Jas Gordon jnr of Moor Place,
Hertford, and nephew Jacob Whitbread of
Lowdham Park, Suffolk, and Jn Wingate Jennings
of Harlington, Esq, during life of his son.
Reversion to gndson Wm Hen Whitbread for life
Freehold etc in Middlesex and stock in trade
to Sam Green, Jacob Yellowley and Robt Langster
trustees to be assigned to Sam
Made 24 June 1795
2nd Codicil
grants estates at Leeshill, Wilts
AND Herne and Buckland, Kent to son Wm
absolutely so can sell if desires to
'if it should not be thought expedient to
renew lease of Rectory of Shedlington
(Shillington) by reason of the exorbitant
demand the College had made or should thereafter
make for the renewal'
Son with consent of trustees can sell all his
estates in Shitlington. Money to be used in
purchase of estates in Beds
24 June 1795
Proved PCC Jun & July 1796
7) Act of Parliament entitled 'An Act to confirm
the renunciation and Release of Jas Gordon as
Devisee in Trust of Sam Whitbread Esq, deceased ...'
recites Sam Whitbread II's Marriage Settlement
Jan 1788
Death of Sam Whitbread I 11 June 1796
1796
8) Contract for Sale
1) Wm Wilshere, agent for Sam Whitbread, son
2) Jn Bonest of Shitlington, yeoman (purchaser)
Two farms in Shitlington and Upper Stondon
1 in occ of Wm Dawson (70A) and the other called
Dixon's Farm occ of Eliz Phipp (59A) being
copyhold at price of 1800
18 Mar 1800
9) Deed Poll
1) Sam Whitbread of Southill (only son of Sam I)
2) Jacob Whitbread (Trustee) appt Geo Wm Leeds
of Croxton, Cambs. Esq as Trustee in place of
Geo Wingate Jennings deceased
10 Mar 1810
10) Bargain and Sale (appt new Trustee)
1) S Whitbread II
2) Jacob Whitbread
3) Geo Wm Leeds
23 Aug 1811
11) Deed Poll
S & J Whitbread and G W Leeds appt
Hon Thos Brand of The Hoo, Herts, as
Trustee in place of J Whitbread
23 Sep 1812
12) Appt of new Trustee (confirmed by Master
of Rolls)
appt T Brand
31 May 1813
13) Deed to create Tenant to Precipe
1) Wm Hen Whitbread of Southill, Esq,
elder son of Sam Whitbread II (who
died 6 July 1815)
2) Sam Chas Whitbread, 2nd son of Samuel II,
tenant in tail
3) Wm Wilshere of Hitchin, Esq (tenant to
precipe)
4) Jn Hogarth of Staple Inn, London, Gent
(demandant)
property incl Messuages, closes, pieces of land
in Shillington and Upper Stondon and Lower Stondon
purchased by Samuel Whitbread I
from Wm Cope and others
23 Apr 1817
14) Exemplification of Common Recovery
Jn Hogarth (demandant)
Wm Wilshere (tenant)
S C Whitbread (vouchee)
Manors, 100 messuages, 20 shops, 60 Tofts,
2 water corn mills, 30 dovehouses, 200 gdns,
7000A of land, 2000A of meadow, 2000Aof pasture
1000A of wood, 500A of furze and heath, 100A of
marsh, 200A of land covered with water, 20 rent,
common of pasture for all cattle, common of
turbary free fishery and free warren in
Southill, Old Warden, Northill, Potton, Elstow,
Kempston, Cardington St Mary, Wilshampstead,
Thurleigh, Shitlington and Upper Stondon and
in Township of Southill and in Rowney, Broom,
Stanford, Hill, Harrowden, Fenlake, Eastcotts,
West Cotton, and Lower Stondon and in Rectories
and Vicarages
Easter 57 Geo III [1817]
15) Deeds of Exchange
1) Wm Hen Whitbread
2) Wm Vizard of Lincoln's Inn Fields,
Middlesex, Gent (Trustee of 1)
15) 3) Rt Hon Thos Lord Dacre
Sir Geo Wm Leeds
4) S C Whitbread
pieces of land in Shefford Hardwick
(extra parochial)
with
messuage or tenements and farm in Nether
Stondon alias Standon in Shillington
+ 2 closes of pasture belonging
AND pieces of land in Shillington and Upper
Stondon (in common field state computed to be
4 score acres) and all other property conveyed
22 and 23 Aug 1785
and allotments under Shillington and Holwell
Enclosure Acts to be held by 1) and his heirs
18 & 19 May 1821
16) Probate of Will
of Jn Bonest
to friends Wm Eames of Hawnes, yeoman and
Jn Trustram of Lower Stondon
freehold and copyhold messuages on Lower Stondon
and Upper Stondon (except house in Church End,
Shillington) on trust by sale or by Mortgage to
raise so much of testator's debts and legacies
as his personal estate should fall short of paying
gnddau Ann Bonest house in Church St, Shillington
Trustees to get personal estate
Legacies:- Jn 200 to be invested and 10 pa
Eliz 200
Ann 200
(one half of her legacy to be pd when 21 or
marriage)
Housekeeper Mary Eames legacy of 30 and 30 pa
annuity [Note in margin of her death Nov 1823]
residue to 500
made 7 Nov 1803
proved Bedford 24 May 1804
17) Act of Parliament for enclosure of Shillington
and Holwell
42 Geo III [1802}
18) Award for Tithe Allotments and Allotments for
Manorial Rights
1st Allotment
a) piece of land in Green Hill Field in Hamlet of
Lower Stondon, Shitlington [18A 0R 27P]
abs N parish of Upper Stondon
E Turnpike Rd from Hitchin to Bedford
S public highway from Henlow Way Post
to Shitlington
W copyhold allotment to Trustees
liability to repair fences on N, E & S side
18) b) piece of land in Greenhill Field in Hamlet
of Lower Stondon and parish of Shitlington
[14A 0R 38P]
abs N parish of Upper Stondon
E allotment to Robt Wilkinson
S Public Highway from Henlow Way Post
to Shitlington
liability to repair fences on S
To Ann Gough, widow of Jos, Esq, two allotments:-
2nd of which is piece of land in Holwell Bury
field in Hamlet of Lower Stondon [1A 1R 24P]
exchanged to Trustees of Jn Bonest, deceased
abs N public Highway from Henlow Way Post
to Shitlington
E allotment exchanged with Trustees
(of Bonest)
S allotment to Mary Huckle, exchanged to
Sam Crawley
W allotment to Robt Wilkinson, exchanged
to trustees
with
pencil note 'This allotment was introduced
under a supposition that the 2 acres taken by
S Wilson in Holwell Bury Field extended so far
into the Field but they do not in fact quite
reach through the 1A allotment next described.'
AND to Ann Gough in compensation for land pt of
her estate and for a public drain and for a
public drain by then made
1A in Holwell Bury Field in Hamlet of Lower
Stondon, Parish of Shitlington, exchanged with
Trustees of J Bonest
abs N Public highway from Henlow Way Post to
Shitlington
E allotment to Wm Wilshere exchanged with
Trustees of J Bonest
S allotment to Mary Huckle exchange to
Sam Crawley
W allotment to Ann Gough (listed above)
to Wm Wilshere piece of land in Holwell Bury
Field, Shitlington (4A) exchanged with devisees
in trust of Jn Bonest
abs E Turnpike Road from Hitchin to Bedford
S allotment to Mary Huckle exchanged to
Sam Crawley
W allotment to widow of Richard Gough
exchanged to devisees of Ric Gough
N Public Highway from Shitlington to
Henlow Way Post
liability to repair fences next roads
to Wm Wilshere by exchange from estate of Trustees
Cottage and gdn (20 P)
Close of pasture adj gdn on S & E called Home Close
[1A 0R 30P] with timber, buildings and fences
18b) The gdn and close:-
abs NE cottage and gdn of Wm Wilshere and
by farm homestead of the widow and
devisees of Ric Gough
NW allotment to Wm Wilshere
AND to widow and devisees of Ric Gough
close of pasture called Stockings Close
[1A 0R 32P] with timber and fences
abs N allotment to Wm Wilshere
E Ancient enclosure of widow and devisees
of Ric Gough
S & W ancient enclosures of Edw Horn
1 Feb 1817
19) Mortgage in 800 and 5% interest
(by Lease and Release)
1) Wm Bonest of Lower Stondon, Gent
(gndson and heir and legatee of Will of
Jn Bonest of Shillington, yeoman)
2) Wm Eames and Jn Trustram (trustees and
mortgagors)
3) Ric Hitchin Whitehurst, Clerk (vicar of
Westoning) (mortgagee)
4) Wm Wilshere of Hitchin, Esq
recites Jn Bonest seised of certain freehold
(marginal note states only freehold lands he
possessed were bought from Whitbread) and
copyhold in Shitlington
and had entered into a contract with Sam
Whitbread Esq for the purchase of other messuages
etc in Shitlington and Upper Stondon and had paid
1800 for them
but no actual conveyance made
2 messuages of farm houses in Shitlington
Closes, allotments, etc in Lower Stondon
[115A 1R 17P]
pieces of land in Upper Stondon (cont ---)
premises then in occ of Jn Eames at yearly
rent of 140 pa
and all other messuages in Shitlington and
Upper Stondon then late of Jn Bonest (except
cottage to Ann B)
5 & 6 Nov 1806
20) Certificate of East India Co
issued by Jas Cobb, Assistant Secretary to
East India Ho
received List of Casualties in the Commissioned
Ranks of the Army upon Fort St George Establishment
death of Wm Bonest of 25th Regt of Native Infantry
on 26 June 1811
20 Feb 1811
Certificate issued 19 Nov 1812
20 b) Affidavit
by Geo Bowness of Sutton Benger, Wilts,
Major General in Army of East India Company
Bonest attached to Bowness' Corps soon after
Bonest's arrival in India
Wm Bonest unm and intestate
sworn 12 Apr 1827
21) Act for enclosing Upper and Lower Gravenhurst
and Upper Stondon
1 Geo IV [1820 - 1821]
22) Extract from Draft Award
to Jn Bonest for freehold
a) piece of land in White Wall Field
[2A 2R 22P]
abs N land awarded to Wm Long
E & S parish of Shillington
W Public Rd No
fences on N and against the road to be
maintained by J Bonest
b) piece of land in Tyne Hill Field
[4A 0R 15P]
abs N land awarded to Trinity College,
Cambridge
E ancient enclosures
S parish of Shillington
W private road No
fences on N and against road to be maintained
by J Bonest
extract supplied 29 Aug 1826
23) Pedigree of Bonest and list of extracts from
Parish Registers (going back to Jn Bonest of
Marston Moretaine - m 7 Apr 1761)
24) Lease and Release
1) Wm Hen Whitbread of Southill, Esq
2) Sam Chas Whitbread of Southill, Esq (bro of 1)
3) Wm Eames and Jn Trustram
4) Jn Bonest (on pedigree shown as Bap 5 Apr 1786,
bro to Wm above), of Millbrook, yeoman
5) Wm Wilshere
6) R H Whitehurst
7) Ezra Eagles of Ampthill
On 2 Nov 1810 Whitehurst advanced further 400
to Wm Eames and Jn Trustram, applied in payment
of 2 legacies of 200 each to Ann and Eliz Bonest
Death of Wm means that Jn Bonest is only surviving
bro and heir of Jn Bonest
S Whitbread contracted for redemption of Land Tax
on certain manors etc, 5.16 Land Tax
charged on property in Lower Stondon
and 0 18s 6d in property in Upper Stondon
CONSIDERATION 147 19s pd by Wilshere at
request of Eames and Trustram
8 Feb 1810
24) Still due to Wilshere 292
Bonest, Eames, Trustram requested Whitehurst
to advance further sum of 700 and pay balance
fines and fees, etc
Pieces of land in Shitlington and Upper Stondon
which in their common field state cont 4 score
acres.
AND allotments awarded under Shitlington and
Holwell Enclosure Act
and Upper and Lower Gravenhurst and Upper
Stondon Enclosure Act
occs of Jas Eames, Jas Gazeley and Sam Harris
4 & 5 Oct 1821
24a) Endorsement Further Charge in 100
1) Jn Bonest
2) Wm Eames and Jn Trustram
3) R H Whitehurst (mortgagee)
28 Mar 1822
25) Will of R H Whitehurst
legacies and printed books to his only child,
Thos B Whitehurst
appts friends Wm Wilshere and Rev Wm Alington,
Rector of Twywell, Northants executors and
trustees of residue until TBW is 21
made 22 Nov 1805
26) Letters of Admin with Will attached granted
to Thos Beach Whitehurst Esq (only son),
Wilshere and Alington having renounced probate
22 Apr 1823
27) Further Charge of Mortgage in 100 + interest
1) Jn Bonest (mortgagor)
2) T B Whitehurst of Ampthill, Esq
8 Dec 1823
28) Further charge in 1500 interest
Parties as above
5 Oct 1824
29) Further Charge in 200 + interest
Parties as above
26 Mar 1826
30) Further Charge in 1000
15 Oct 1830
31) Marriage Settlement (by Lease and Release)
1) T B Whitehurst (marrying party)
2) Jane Hatfield of Twickenham, Middlesex
spinster (marrying party) (dau of Alexander
Hatfield of Twickenham, Esq and Mary his wife
3) Ric Gerrard Perryn of Trafford Hall, Chester, Esq
Jn Thos Brooks of Flitwick Esq (Trustees)
Incl 2450 secured by mortgages of 1000
18 & 19 May 1821
32) Decree of Court of Exchequer on hearing of Cause
Thos Beach Whitehurst and Jane his wife and his
child Harriet Mary (infant). R G Perryn and
J T Brooks, Plaintiffs
- v -
Jn Bonest, Wm Eames, Wm Bonest, Eliz Bonest and
Rachel Bonest ref to Richard Richards, Master
in Chancery
Order for Sale of Property and consideration
to be put to credit of the cause
2 May 1840
Note of purchase after auction by Sam Wilson
of Clifton, Gent, purchaser for 4650
26 Jan 1841
33) Office Copy of payment of purchase money
and 31, 16s 11d interest
7 May 1841
34) Conveyance
1) R G Perryn
J T Brooks (Trustees of 2's marriage
settlement)
2) Rev T B Whitehurst
3) Wm Eames of Hawnes, farmer
4) Sam Wilson of Clifton, Gent, purchaser
5) Jos King of Southill, farmer
a) freehold
incl messuage or tenement (then
2 tenements) theretofore in tenure
succesively of Fra Wells, Jn Clarke, Thos
Phipps, and Jn Taylor, since of Wm Honour
or Wm Rowell as his undertenant, afterwards
of Wm Dawson, then or then late of Wm Bonest,
then late of Widow Bonest, another in Lower
Stondon, Shitlington and
close of pasture or meadow belonging
bi) AND close called Custards
(marginal note Jos King takes these)
AND allotment in Holwell Bury Field
[17A 2R 16P]
abs N public highway from Henlow Way Post
to Shitlington
bii) AND allotment in same field (30P)
abs N against last
E Allotment of 3A see 2nd schedule
had been thrown into or formed pt of and
was situated near W side of close of
arable called Road Piece [10A 1R 0P]
(all above taken by Jos King)
biii) AND 3 allotments or pieces of land in
Holwell Bury Field
westward pt 1A 1R 24P
next 1A
last 4A
34) adjoining one another
abs N public highway
E Turnpike Rd from Hitchin to Bedford
S allotment to Mary Huckle exchanged to
Sam Crawley
W allotment of 3A
(eastward piece of Road Piece)
(S Wilson takes 2A at NE corner extending from
Hitchin Road nearly through the 4A and 1A pieces)
biv) AND allotment in Greenhill Field in Hamlet of
Lower Stondon and Parish of Shitlington
[18A 0R 27P]
abs N parish of Upper Stondon
E Turnpike Road from Hitchin to Bedford
S Public highway from Henlow way post
to Shillington
W allotment of 42A 2R 22P in 2nd schedule
now stated to be 16A 1R 18P and called Spinney
Field and eastward side of Midward's Baulk
[Wilson takes 16A 1R 18P of this next Hitchin Rd
called Spinney Piece]
AND allotment or piece of land in Greenhill field
[14A 0R 38P]
abs N parish of Upper Stondon
E allotment to Robt Wilkinson
S public highway above
(stated now to comprise a) 10A 0R 26P called
Greenhill Piece, which S Wilson takes and
b) pt of close called Tine Hill [4A 0R 12P]
all which close called Custards and allotments
above were derived under Shitlington Award;
late and for many years occ by Jas Eames and
since at the time of the sale by Wm Armstrong
AND allotment (2A 2R 22P) in field then late
called White Wall Field in Upper Stondon
abs N allotment to Wm Long
E & S by lands in Lower Stondon, part of
allotment of 48A 2R 22P in 2nd schedule
W public road
pt of arable close called 'Goss Hill'
[7A 1R 30P] [Wilson]
CONSIDERATION 1999 for freehold
29 Apr 1842
[also pd 2682 16s 11d for copyhold]
prepared by Austin of Shefford