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Manor of Leighton Buzzard alias Grovebury Reciting will of John Franklin and that the testator's nephew John Franklin died without issue whereby the testator's nephew Thomas Franklin took possession of the estate until his death when the same became vested in his son Thomas Franklin an infant who, however, attained the age of 21 in February last and has since suffered a recovery to cut off the entail, Surrender by John Cooper late of Leighton Buzzard and now of Ham, Derbyshire, gent. as only surviving trustee, by his son John Cooper as his attorney, to the use of Thomas Franklin, and ADMISSION of Thomas Franklin, Recovery suffered on premises, and ADMISSION of Thomas Franklin and Elizabeth his wife, to: customary messuage or tenement, late in the occupation of John Shotbolt in Lovell End, and Tan Pits, tan yards and tan mill; 15 acres arable land formerly purchased of Humphrey Bell; Gravell Pitt Piece or Close, 1 a. arable, and a barn built on it, in Friday St., abutting S on Friday St., N on the Great Garden, 1 a arable called the Backside or Backyard adjoining W to Gravell Pitt Piece and the barn, N to Great Garden, S and E to Friday St. formerly purchased of Edward Hickman; cottage or tenement formerly divided into two tenements in Gigg Lane in L.B. bounded W by cottage heretofore of Wm. Atkins and E by cottage late of Joseph Wardon, and S by Gigg Lane formerly purchased of John Emerton and wife; cottage in which Wm. Atkins formerly dwelt called the Greyhound in L.B. formerly purchased of John Capon and his wife; piece of wood in Billington field in L.B. near the Wenlock Stile adjoining Grovebury Lane N and Billington Field S (1 rood) formerly purchased of Richard Cann; 3 acres arable and ley formerly purchased of Robert Ashwell; cottage with appurtenances in Leck End once in occ. Henry Tarry, cottage called The Starr in Leck End L.B. adjoining the above, formerly in occ. John Hawkins, formerly purchased of James Leach; 1 acre arable in Grovebury Field in Wenlock Stile Furlong lying near Wenlock Stile formerly purchased of Henry Millard; 8 a. arable and swerd in common fields late in occ. Thos. Arnold, cottage or dwelling house part lately built by Mark Fountaine called Row Riddy Stone House held by Town Officers as a pest house, 10 a. close adjoining in Shenley Hill field. formerly purchased of Alexander Brown; 2 a. in common fields, and a further 3 acres formerly purchased of Robert Bull; 27 a. 2 r. of arable lying dispersed in fields, formerly purchased of Charles Wardle and wife; 9 a. arable formerly purchased of Thomas Arnold and wife; messuage or tenement in North End of L.B., cottage adjoining, pightle of one acre adjoining and 20 acres in common fields formerly purchased of George Scott and wife.

October 1799

From: 1799 To: 1799

No. of pieces: 1

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Franklin, John,
Franklin, Thomas,
Cooper, John,
Franklin, Elizabeth,
Shotbolt, John,
Bell, Humphrey,
Hickman, Edward,
Atkins, William,
Wardon, Joseph,
Emerton, John,
Capon, John,
Cann, Richard,
Ashwell, Robert,
Tarry, Henry,
Hawkins, John,
Leach, James,
Millard, Henry,
Arnold, Thomas,
Fountaine, Mark,
Brown, Alexander,
Bull, Robert,
Wardle, Charles,
Scott, George

wills, Leighton Buzzard alias Grovebury Manor, pits, tanner, general tanning, agricultural land, private buildings & land, gravel pit, gardens, Leighton Buzzard Greyhound, woods, Leighton Buzzard fields, Leighton Buzzard Star, Lake Street, pest houses, common fields, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Grovebury, ham, Leighton Buzzard Friday Street, Leighton Buzzard Gigg Lane, BILLINGTON, Leighton Buzzard Leck End, Leighton Buzzard Shenley Hill, Leighton Buzzard North End