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Bound Volume - "A Survey of the Honour of Ampthill, taken in December 1649" The Honour is described as "late parcel of the possessions of Charles Stuart and Henrietta Maria, late King and Queen of England, made and taken...by virtue of a Commission granted upon an Act of the Commons assembled in Parliament for Bargain and sale of the Honours, manors and Lands heretofore belonging to the Late King, Queen and Prince..." The survey ends abruptly and shows signs of being unfinished - see R/6/1/1/18 (a) quitrents from Honour and Manor of Ampthill - 2/12/10; (b) quitrents from Ampthill Town Lands - 4; (c) rents from parishes belonging to the Honour called, in the past, headsilver - from Marston Moretaine, "West Cotton", Steppingley, Wootton, Houghton Conquest, Maulden, Flitwick, Lidlington, Ridgmont, Eversholt, Milton Bryan, Chalgrave, Harlington, Old Warden and Colmworth - amounting to 11/1/4 for half year to Michaelmas (d) rents from parishes belonging to the Honour called, in the past, headsilver - from Old Warden, "West Cotton", Houghton Conquest, Colmworth, Wootton, Marston Moretaine, Ridgmont, Segenhoe, Eversholt, Milton Bryan, Chalgrave, Harlington, Flitwick, Maulden, Steppingley and Lidlington - amounting to 8/12/4 for half year to Lady Day; (e) rents for headsilver from parishes of Ampthill, Cranfield, "Heron" and Millbrook amounting to 14/10 for the year; (f) rents for headsilver from Buckinghamshire parishes of Wavendon, Bow Brickhill and North Crawley amounting to 19/10 for the year; (g) rent of assize from copyholders in Ampthill and Maulden - 8/1/8; (h) ancient rent from Borough and Corporation of Bedford - 4; (i) manor court fees and other feudal dues - 10/4/-; (j) fifteen late erected cottages in Ampthill on manorial waste in occupations of: Alice Bushby, widow; Robert Woolman; [blank] Daniel; John Wilkinson; Elizabeth Wilkinson; Richard Stratton; Alexander Hollis; John Hawkins; Hugh Williamson; William Charge; Ellen Saunders; Robert Saunders; William Copeland; William Copper; Richard Upton; one rood of land, late inclosed land on the waste in occupation of Richard Upton - amounting to 5/3/8; (k) one rood of recently inclosed land, formerly waste, on W side of Ampthill abutting on the warren to W in occupation of Henry Cook - 3/6; (l) cottage in Church Street, Ampthill in occupation of Thomas Barber alias Simpson (tenant for over 30 years), measuring 32ft by 15ft abutting on tenement of John Richardson to E and of John Pack on W; with a garden plot containing 1 rood on N side of cottage; with a note that the cottage was in good repair, part having lately been built by the tenant at 10/- per annum and worth above rent 10/-; (m) cottage built by William Beard on ground in Ampthill and a small barn belonging thereto abutting on Ampthill Town to E and part of Ampthill warren lying on the highway from Ampthill to Maulden, in occupation of Widow Beard - worth 6/- per annum; (n) leasehold cottage and small barn in E end of Ampthill abutting on way from Ampthill to Millbrook and on Ampthill Warren to W, in occupation of Edward Barber - rent of 4/- per annum and worth above rent 1/10/-; (o) leasehold cottage of three small tenements with a rood of land, in E end of Ampthill abutting on way from Ampthill to Millbrook and on Ampthill warren to W in occupation of William Heady and his assigns - rent of 2/11/- per annum and worth above rent 10 [(n) and (o) granted by James I by letters patent of 24 Apr 1616 to Richard Hodgkis, then Henrietta Maria and Henry, Earl of Holland etc. granted them by indenture of 20 Feb 1632 to Edmund Lycett]; (p) pightle of 3 roods of pasture in Ampthill, abutting on church to N and one head abutting on parsonage lands on which a barn lately stood to W, claimed by Widow Martin by letters patent from James I dated 10 Apr 1610 to John Eldred and William Whitmore, annual rent 8d and worth above rent 1; (q) five acres of arable in Ampthill Warren, on S end in common fields, rent 3/4 per annum, claimed by Thomas Pearce of Ampthill by letters patent of 10 Apr 1610 to John Eldred and William Whitmore - worth above rent 1/15; (r) two tenements and three small pieces of land called garden plots in tenure of John Jelley in White's Yard, Bedford Street, Ampthill abutting on house of John Bryan in Bedford Street to S and N; Robert Nutting claimed the garden plots by letters patent of 10 Apr 1610 to John Eldred and William Whitmore; rent 7/8 per annum; (s) two garden plots in possession of John Bryan of Ampthill abutting on Bedford Street, Ampthill to W; held by John Bryan by letters patent of 10 Apr 1610 to John Eldred and William Whitmore at rent of 1/- per annum - worth above rent 1/10/-; (t) tenement in Dunstable Street, Ampthill previously called The Falcon, now the Ragged Staff in occupation of John Noble with a close adjoining in occupation of Francis Day and 4 acres of pasture in Ampthill common fields in occupation of Thomas Bussey at yearly rent of 1/12/- worth above rent 7/8; (u) tenement called Moothall in Ampthill in the Market Place adjoining Swan Inn to W and Bedford Street to E; yearly rent of 1 - worth above rent 2/6/8; (v) tenement in Church Street, Ampthill called Old House Yard abutting on house of Edmund Wingate, esquire to E and on Red Hart inn to W; yearly rent of 1 - worth above rent - 6/8; [Thomas Bussey of Ampthill, gentleman, claimed (t)-(v) by conveyance of 7 Mar 1626 from John Walton, Baron of the Exchequer, to Richard Hodgkis from 25 Mar 1639 for 19 years and by letters patent of 19 Jun 1641 from Queen Henrietta Maria, Henry, earl of Holland, Edward, earl of Dorset etc. to William Fowks for 1 and yearly rents; all tenements were in good repair]; (w) Red Hart, Church Street, Ampthill, 40ft long by 18ft wide containing: kitchen; hall; parlour; room over one of the cellars; two other small rooms; two cellars; four chambers upstairs; two closets upstairs; small brewhouse; two stables; woodhouse; barn; granary on backside; two small gardens; orchard; pightle of pasture; back yard; all land totalling 2 acres; [Thomas Bussey claimed the inn and land by letters patent from James I on 24 Jan 1617 to Jeffrey Palmer for 40 years, rent 4/10/- and letters patent of 19 Jun 1641 from Henrietta Maria etc. to William Fowks for 1 and rents etc. for 14 years from 1657]; in good repair and worth over rent 9/10; (x) cottage, garden and hempland called Copthall in Dunstable Street, Ampthill in occupation of Richard Gray abutting on Dunstable Street to S and tenement of John Franklin to W worth 1/10/- over rent; (y) cottage in Bedford Lane, Ampthill, with hempland abutting on common street to E and tenement of William Hudson, gentleman to W; in occupation of Thomas Hill [Thomas Bussey claimed (x)-(y) by conveyance from William Fowks (who held from King after expiration of letters patent to Richard Hodgkis of 6 Jul 1616 for the lives of Thomas, Lord Bruce, now Earl of Elgin, Sir William Cavendish and Christian his wife and Robert, Lord Bruce at yearly rent of 1) - both cottages in good repair, the lessee being so bound] - worth 1 over rent; (z) cottage in Bedford Lane, Ampthill with a pightle and hempland on W side of lane, the cottage containing 3 small tenements abutting E on common street in occupation of William Hudson, gentleman, who claimed ownership from conveyance from William Fowks who had them granted by Henrietta Maria etc. on 29 Jun 1641]

Dec 1649

From: 1616 To: 1649

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Charles I,
Henrietta Maria (Queen),
Bushby, Alice,
Woolman, Robert,
Daniel,
Wilkinson, John,
Wilkinson, Elizabeth,
Stratton, Richard,
Hollis, Alexander,
Hawkins, John,
Williamson, Hugh,
Charge, William,
Saunders, Ellen,
Saunders, Robert,
Copeland, William,
Copper, William,
Upton, William,
Cook, Henry,
Barber, Thomas,
Simpson, Thomas,
Richardson, John,
Pack, John,
Beard, William,
Beard,
Barber, Edward,
Heady, William,
Hodgkis, Richard,
James I,
Holland, 1st Earl of,
Lycett, Edmund,
Martin,
Eldred, John,
Whitmore, William,
Pearce, Thomas,
Jelley, John,
Bryan, John,
Nutting, Robert,
Noble, John,
Day, Francis,
Bussey, Thomas,
Wingate, Edmund,
Walton, John,
Fowks, William,
Dorset, Edward, 4th Earl of,
Palmer, Jeffrey,
Gray, Richard,
Franklin, John,
Hudson, William,
Hill, Thomas,
Bruce, Thomas (Lord),
Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of,
Cavendish, William (Lord),
Cavendish, Christian (Lady),
Devonshire, William, 3rd Earl of,
Bruce, Robert, 1st Earl of Ailesbury

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