• Reference
    BO72-73
  • Title
    i) Charles Wardle and Mary his wife of Gawsworth, Chester, dairyman, Charles W. being uncle and heir at law of Thomas Wardle late of Leighton Buzzard, infant aged 4 yrs. decd., who was the only son and heir at law of Thomas Wardle sen. of Dunstable and later of Leighton Buzzard, yeoman, deceased intestate, who married as his first wife Sarah Procter of Leighton Buzzard, spinster, deced. the daughter of Thomas Procter late of Leighton Buzzard, cordwainer, deceased. ii) John Franklin of Leighton Buzzard, gent. CONVEYANCE (Lease and Release) by i. to ii. in consideration of 10/- and £220 (with covenant to surrender 27a. 2r. copyhold land held of the manor of Leighton Buzzard alias Grovebury) of: 11 1/2 acres arable and ley in the common fields of Leighton Buzzard ... Shenley Hill Field .. 1/2 ac. arable shooting E into Pinfoldway next swerd ground late of Ric. Ashwell, now Benj. Ashwell in Millbottom. .. 1 r. same furlong shooting E, land late Jn. Dean E .. 1 acre being 3 ridges of furze or ley ground on Great Broomhill between the Two Broomhill Ways E, Flemons' Windmill W, lands of widow Leach on both sides N and S .. 1 a. being 3 ridges abutting W into Broomhill way, shooting SE to Guys bush next land late Ric. now Benj. Ashwell N or NE, and late Thos. Hopkins now Thos. Deverell S or SW .. 1 a. being 4 ridges shooting N, land Mr. Wilkes W and late Ben. Poole E. ... Grovebury Field .. 1 a. arable shooting to S to Ralleyhill, N to Great Kingsmead, bounded W. by new enclosed land of John Salusbury late belonging to the Unicorn, and land Matthew Rutley E; .. 1/2 a. arable or swerd lying by Kingsmead Leys, ley of Ric. now Edw. Ashwell S, new enclosed swerd of Edw. Ashwell N, being the first land on the left hand going into Kingsmead; .. one head acre of headland and 'Fellow' of arable shooting S. into Billington Highway and N into Billington Bottom, land of Crouch E, new enclosed piece of ground of Jn. Franklin W of south end; .. 1/2 being to butts of arable in Short Deed furlong, land late Thos. Fowler E; .. one land or 1/2 acre arable in Long Deed Furlong, both lying for an acre, one being a Thoroughout, land late Tobias Churchill on both sides, now widow Pounton NE and widow Flemons S, Wm. Gurney SW; .. half acre shooting E into Leedon, land late Gabriel Honnor now Thos. Arnold S, and Jn. Phillips N; .. half acre arable shooting W into Dunstable Highway near or against Chapmans Close End, late Jn. Salusbury NE and Mrs. Leach SW which 8a. 1r. were formerly pur. of Thomas Welles. ... Grovebury Field .. half acre arable being Middle Land of three half acres in Pittman Furlong, the other two lands being heretofore copyhold lands of Thos. Proctor now of Chas. Wardle, abutting E on Dunstable Way and W on Windmill Way. There is a hedge at the W end of the 3 half acres, and they are bounded NW by land late Geo. Scott now Jn. Franklin, and Edw. Ashwell SE. formerly purchased of Joseph Jeffs. ... Shenley Hill Field .. two lands cont. by est. 1 a. arable lying together in a furlong shooting into Leighton Stone by Lamsay Wayside upon Gigghill, one of the lands being a foreshooter, land heretofore Rich Burch N, and of Benj. Poole S, and shooting E into Lamsey Middle Field .. 1/2 acre by Clipson wayside, land late Thos. Foster N, Clipson Way S; .. 1/2 acre swerd in Watery leys, land late Jn. Welles esq. S, Geo. Foster N; Grovebury Field .. 1 rood arable shooting S into Dunstable way, land late Gabriel Honnor now Thos. Arnald W, late Wm. Brewer now Ste. Perrin E, which 2 a. 1 r. were formerly purchased of John and Richard Colchin. ... one ley of swerd ground lying for half an acre in Kingsmead Leys, land late Edw. Ashwell yeo. now Edw. Ashwell esq. N, and of Benj. Ashwell S. formerly purchased of Thos. Hopkins. All of which were formerly the estate and inheritance of Thomas Procter senior and by his last will dated 17th Nov 1725 given to Sarah Procter his dau. who afterwards intermarried with Thos. Wardle senior deced. father of Thos. Wardle infant deced., and by an indenture dated 20 Oct 1736 made bet. Thos. Wardle and Sarah his wife and Stephen Cooke were settled to uses 28 Feb, 1 Mar 1759
  • Date free text
    1688 -1922
  • Production date
    From: 1759 To: 1759
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    No. of pieces: 2
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