Title
Conveyance (Bargain & Sale). 1560.
(i) St. John Chernock of Holcot, esq.
(ii) Rbt., Lord Bruce, s. & h. of Th. E. of
Elgin.
manor of Beadlow in Clophill except:
- 1/4 a. lately enclosed out of waste ground
next the Wood gate
- finishing where river runs through ground
retained by (i)
- mes. etc. mentioned in attached schedule.
inn called 'sign of the Talbot' in occ. Jn.Kent
66 a. arable 13 a. past., in Beadlow bounded
as in schedule. let for 32.
mess. in ten. Edw. Hill, and 50 a. in fields of
Clophill, bounded as in sched., rent 18.
34 a. in occ. Jn. Day bounded as in sched. rent 18.
2 a. coppice wood.
cott. in occ. of Jn. Fenn for life, in Beadlow,
rent 2.
10 cott. lately built upon the waste of Clophill
and Beadlow.
all others on same
10 beasts commons in Commons of Beadlow and
Clophill in poss. Jn. Day.
1/2 a. mead under Cow in occ. of same.
hills and waste ground called Round hill and
Slade ground, & stone pits thereon
all other land of (i) incl. rents of assize
worth 2-10 and all manorial appurt.
(i)'s part of the rectory and advowson of
Clophill church.
attached schedule of lands NOT granted (place
names only):
- in occ. Jn. Day house homestall & 2 past.
called Corne inland; land newly stocked out
of Beadlow wood upper horse close, also from
Beadlow wood itself and from field next to
Woodgate
- in occ. Edw. Hill, Nether Horse close,ground
newly stocked out of Beadlow wood, Broomfield
medow being divided by a drain
- in occ. Jn. Austin, house homestall, orchard
and hempland 5 a. close, woodend close, Middle
close parcel ground from N.E. side Beadlow,
Gutters lee past. and Cow close.
- wid. Goodman, house in which lives and lane
belonging.
- Th. Middleton & Wm. Goodin, the mill
house, mills, homestall and pightle called
Mill pightle, Beadlow lane from Clophill
field to Broomfield close, the meadow end
of Cowclose and Hasacks, all which meadow
is divided into three parcels.
- in occ. Jn. Tare, the manor house, home-
stall, orchard and hemp land, Abbey orchard
next the house, a corner of same called
Hares meade, Broomfield closes divided
into three parts, Broomfield meadow, the
other part thereof divided into three
parts.
- in occ. Jn. & Wm. Hopkins, house, home-
stall and little hempland adjoining Cow
close, Stafford close divided into two part
Staffords close divided by drains
- in occ. Wm. Turrall, house, homestall
and hempland; Corneclose meadow, divided
by drains.
- Beadlow wood in occ.of (i) with all
necessary freeboards
attatched schedule of land granted (names only)
- in occ. Jn. Fenns, cott. & pightle adjoin-
ing Sign of Talbot.
- in occ. Jn. Kent, Sign of the Talbot.
- in occ. Edw. Hill, cott. & 1 a. behind it,
Sheeps hill cont. 5 a. (S. on Findle Grove
N. on Charles Bawke'.)
- Impey piece, in occ. Jn. Kent cont. 6 a.
- North field, nr. Pigley wood, and rd. to
Clophill tile kiln
- seven acres piece, N. on Grange field,
S. on Middle furl.
- 5 a. piece, N. on Grange Grove, S. on
Rushbed furl.
- 15 a. piece. N. & E. on Grange field,
S.E. on Hollow Lee furl.
- Church field: 3a. piece next Corne
Inlands, Hogges hole furl. Stumpe across
acre; 9 a. piece next higway from Bead-
low and land above; Woodgate piece cont.
5 a. next Over Horse close Corn Inlands
& Hurst piece; 7 a. piece next Shefford
Clophill footpath, Clophill-Beadlow path
and 9 a. piece; Furson piece next 9 a.
piece, cont. 3 1/4 a.; Cookes piece cont.13 a.
next Hook's Hardmeade & Middle furl;
various strips upon Churchill on Pinchill &
Hogshole, Hoakes furl, Hardmeade furl.,
furl. abutting on Cookes way, Jakes furl.
- North field: strips on Grange grove furl.
furl. abutting N.W. on Grange field and
S.E. near the Wellspring (nr. Brownes
hedge & Grange field); Banley furl; the
North side of Howgrove furl; Howgrove furl.
'Poplar' furl.; Rush bedd furl.; Hollow
Lee furl.; Howson Hill furl.; Middle furl.;
near Bryars Quench; the furl. abutting
East on Stoplies spinney; the furl. shoot-
ing Eastward upon the common baulk; twenty
acres piece.
- Impey Field: furl.abutting North
on 'Tilekill' way
- the several tenants are tenants until
lady day next.
- other landholders mentioned: Mr. Beverley,
Rbt. Moore, Ric. Greene, Mr. Dyer,wid. Deakin,
town lands, the glebe, Francis Child, Jn.
Retchford, Wm. Younge, Rbt. Retchford, Jo. Dekins,
Th. Howson.
- seal of (i): papered.
- witnesses: Jn. Eldridge, Francis Fenn, Ric. by
(Yrvestch?) Th. Edward, Jn. Kent,
R. Chernocke, Hum. Monoux.Rbt.Cher-
nocke jnr., Ben Rhodes, Ric.Halshall.