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