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Lease by Queen Catherine of Braganza; William, Viscount Brouncker; Henry, Earl of Clarendon; William Mountague, esquire; Sir Richard Bellings; and John Hall, esquire, to Robert, Earl of Ailesbury

22 Apr 1680

From: 1680 To: 1680

Parties: (1) Queen Catherine of Braganza; William, Viscount Brouncker; Henry, Earl of Clarendon; William Mountague, esquire; Sir Richard Bellings; John Hall, esquire (2) Robert, Earl of Ailesbury Operative Part: - (1) leased (a)-(cd) to (2) Property: (a) Manor of Steppingley; (b) manorial lands in Steppingley in occupation of William Style; (c) 1.5 ares of waste land at "Cowaldston" [presumably in Steppingley] called Horse Cheapings, stocked with rabbits, late in occupation of Peter Gray, gentleman; (d) coppice in Steppingley in occupation of William Danby; (e) Manor of Millbrook (f) Millbrook Warren in Spencer Potts and Nicholas Potts ; (g) cottages built on Ampthill manorial waste in occupation of John Robins and Widow Baker; (h) cottage and orchard and garden in Millbrook in occupation of Andrew Lycett; (i) newly erected cottage in Millbrook with orchard and two gardens in occupation of Joan Harris, widow; (j) cottage in Millbrook with orchard and garden on manorial waste in occupation of William Sam; (k) lately built cottage in Millbrook with garden and orchard in occupation of Henry Styles; (l) lately built cottage in Millbrook on manorial waste, with orchard and garden in occupation of William Serjeant; (m) cottage in Millbrook lately built on manorial waste in Where Lane End, with small, garden, in occupation of Thomas Hildersdown; (n) cottage in Millbrook with orchard and garden in occupation of John Meade; (o) Campton & Shefford Manor (p) messuage in Campton with 72 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow and 3 acres of pasture in Southwater Mead with 6 acres of arable; in occupation of Charles Newton, then Oliver Horseley; (q) 30 acres of land, 3a 1r 0p, pightle and hempland in Southwater Mead from Stoney Dole to Polehanger Pit with 11 acres of land; all in Campton and in occupation of Thomas Horseley; (r) tolls of Shefford market and fair demised to William Sheppard; (s) cottage in Campton demised to Simon Leaper; (t) cottage and backside of 1 rood in Shefford in occupation of Henry Oldsborough alias Goldsborough, then of Margaret Cranfield; (u) cottages comprising Rotten Row, Shefford, in occupation of Margaret Cranfield; (v) Manor of Ampthill; (w) 14 stalls in Ampthill Market with butchers shambles in occupation of Edward Blofield, late Bailiff of the Manor; (x) profits of markets and fairs in Ampthill; (y) cottage in Bedford Lane, Ampthill, with pightle and hemplot in occupation of Thomas Kirby; (z) cottage, with garden and hemplot, called Clopthall in Dunstable Street, Ampthill in occupation of John Charge; (aa) tenement in Bedford Lane, Ampthill, with hemplot, in occupation of William Blithe; (ab) cottage and little piece of land in Ampthill of 6 perches inclosed and erected by William Beard, deceased; (ac) Old House Yard, Church Street, Ampthill, in occupation of Godfrey Palmer; (ad) tenement in Dunstable Street, Ampthill, with adjoining close of 4 acres in occupation of Reginald Rowland; (ae) Ampthill Moot Hall, partly in occupation of James Woodward; (af) messuage in Church Street, Ampthill, with orchard and garden in occupation of Geoffrey Palmer; (ag) cottage built on Ampthill manorial waste in occupation of George Parker; (ah) cottage built on Ampthill manorial waste in occupation of Helen Saunders; (ai) cottage lately built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Henry Bushby; (aj) cottage lately built on Ampthill manorial waste in occupation of Robert Woolman and Thomas Killingworth; (ak) cottage lately built on Ampthill manorial waste in occupation of Richard Page; (al) cottage built on Ampthill manorial waste in occupation of Jane Wilkinson; (am) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Mary Upton, widow; (an) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of George Upton; (ao) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Richard Stretton; (ap) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Widow Holles; (aq) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Thomas Ruffhead; (ar) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of John Turney; (as) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Richard Wilkinson; (at) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Francis Pymor; (au) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of William Charge; (av) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Thomas Simpson; (aw) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Thomas Crawley; (ax) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of William Cooper; (ay) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of [blank] Fenner; (az) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Widow Williamson; (ba) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Edward Perkins; (bb) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Mary Heady; (bc) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Edward Briggs; (bd) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Widow Hartwell; (be) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of William Patrick; (bf) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of William Copeland; (bg) cottage built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of Edward Warlow; (bh) windmill built on Ampthill Heath in occupation of John Oakley, gentleman; (bi) Park Mead, Ampthill; (bj) Ampthill Warren; (bk) several inclosed farms in Ampthill; (bl) certainties of hydage and view and duties for fair pleading in Honour; (bm) perquisites of courts in Honour; (bn) waste ground on E side of Ampthill of 8 acres; (bo) rents of free tenants in South Street and other tenements in Dunstable; (bp) office of Bailiff of Dunstable with Market House appertaining, with assizes, profits of markets and fairs etc.; (bq) houses, called Mr.Marshall's Lodgings, with two gardens, in precincts of former Friars House, Dunstable at S end of town; in occupation of John Davis; (br) close near Dunstable; (bs) 10 acres of arable in Dunstable; (bt) 2 grovetts [little groves] in Flamstead [Hertfordshire]; (bu) waste piece in Dunstable Market Place, part of a late demolished cross, with all structures as built by Richard Fisher with materials to build and finish house, with chambers to Court House "to keep people from the rain" (bv) Manor of Newnham Abbey; (bw) messuages in Potters Street, Bedford, St.Mary in occupation of Thomas Russell, then Richard Joy; (bx) messuage in Fourth Street, Bedford, in occupation of Joan Court, widow then of John Johnson; (by) toft in Colts Lane, Bedford, St.Paul, in occupation of Henry Houghton; (bz) messuage and plot of ground in West Street, Bedford, St.Paul, in occupation of Thomas Roath then Widow Kendall; (ca) pightle of land in Bedford, St.Cuthbert, between messuage of Master of St.Leonard's Hospital to W, in occupation of Edward Stanton, then Thomas Paradine; (cb) garden in Bedford, St.Paul, lying near garden of Henry Crouton to S; in occupation of Elizabeth Waneman; (cc) tithes issuing out of the Swan, Bedford demised to Edward Bray; (cd) barn and 30 perches of land adjoining in Bedford, in occupation of Robert Blott

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Brounker, William, 2nd Viscount,
Clarendon, Henry, 2nd Earl of,
Mountague, William,
Bellings, Richard,
Hall, John,
Ailesbury, Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of,
Elgin, Robert, 2nd Earl of,
Style, William,
Gray, Peter,
Danby, William,
Potts, Spencer,
Potts, Nicholas,
Robins, John,
Baker,
Lycett, Andrew,
Harris, Joan,
Sam, William,
Styles, Henry,
Serjeant, William,
Hildersdown, Thomas,
Meade, John,
Newton, Charles,
Horseley, Oliver,
Horseley, Thomas,
Sheppard, William,
Leaper, Simon,
Oldsborough, Henry,
Goldsborough, Henry,
Cranfield, Margaret,
Blofield, Edward,
Kirby, Thomas,
Charge, John,
Blithe, William,
Beard, William,
Palmer, Godfrey,
Rowland, Reginald,
Woodward, James,
Palmer, Geoffrey,
Parker, George,
Saunders, Helen,
Bushby, Henry,
Woolman, Robert,
Killingworth, Thomas,
Page, Richard,
Wilkinson, Jane,
Upton, Mary,
Upton, George,
Stretton, Richard,
Holles,
Ruffhead, Thomas,
Turney, John,
Wilkinson, Richard,
Pymor, Francis,
Charge, William,
Simpson, Thomas,
Crawley, Thomas,
Cooper, William,
Fenner,
Williamson,
Perkins, Edward,
Heady, Mary,
Briggs, Edward,
Hartwell,
Patrick, William,
Copeland, William,
Warlow, Edward,
Oakley, John,
Marshall,
Davis, John,
Fisher, Richard,
Russell, Thomas,
Joy, Richard,
Court, Joan,
Johnson, John,
Houghton, Henry,
Roath, Thomas,
Kendall,
Stanton, Edward,
Paradine, Thomas,
Crouton, Henry,
Waneman, Elizabeth,
Bray, Edward,
Blott, Robert

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