R6/1/2/15

Conveyance [see also R6/1/1/26]

21 & 22 Dec 1738

From: 1738 To: 1738

Parties: (1) Charles, Lord Bruce, Baron of Whorlton [Yorkshire], (eldest son of Rt.Hon.Thomas, Earl of Ailesbury); (2) Charles, Duke of Queensbury & Dover & Catherine, his wife; (3) Hon.William Finch, esquire, (second son of Daniel, late Earl of Winchelsea & Nottingham, deceased) & Anne, his wife (sister of Charles, Duke of Queensbury & Dover); (4) Rt.Hon.Henry Hyde, esquire, called Lord Cornbury (son and heir of Henry, Earl of Clarendon & Rochester); Hon.John Finch, esquire (third son of Daniel, Earl of Winchelsea & Nottingham); (5) John Ivory Talbot of Laycock [Wiltshire]; (6) John, Duke of Bedford; (7) Robert Harper of Lincolns Inn [Middlesex], esquire Operative Part: - (7) paid 6,000 to (4) at request of (3) and (1); - (7) paid 4,000 to Catherine, Duchess of Queensbury & Dover; - (7) paid 16,457/14/10.5 to (1); - (1) and (5) conveyed (a)-(n) to (7) Property: (a) manors of How End and Dame Ellins, with mansion house of (1) and Houghton Park alias Dame Ellingsbury, sometimes called Ampthill Park, with quitrents on manors amounting to 1/5 per annum; (b) farms, messuages etc. belonging to (a) in occupations of Richard Atterbury, Thomas Sletyer, William Gillard, James Facer, William Russell, Widow Odell, Francis Clark, Joseph Sletyer and Widow Parrot at rents totalling 273/16/3 per annum; (c) messuages, farms etc. lately part of Houghton Park in several occupations of Christopher Bennett, Thomas Sletyer, William Betts and Joseph Stanbridge at rents totalling 265/5/- per annum; (d) farm, part of Houghton Park, in occupation of Joseph Sletyer at a rent of 56/9/6 per annum; (e) messuages, farms etc. in Ampthill in occupations of William Wildman, [blank] Carlton, Matthew Bushby, Robert Taylor, Robert Ball and Samuel Wright at rents totalling 52 per annum; (f) quitrents of 5/4/8 and 1/14/- payable on Ampthill lands in occupation of James Clark and Judith Richards; (g) mansion or reputed Manor of Ruxox alias Roxox; (h) Manor Farm in Flitwick purchased by (1) from Elizabeth Scarburgh, widow in occupation of Widow Circuit at yearly rent of 60; (i) woods in Houghton Conquest containing 101 acres of yearly value of 45/9/-; (j) manors of Maulden and Ragons with fishery on River Ouse; (k) messuages, farms etc. belonging to (j) in several occupations of Rev.Rouse, Thomas Shatbolt, Thomas Cook, William Betts, Thomas Barefoot, John Betts, Widow Costins, Richard Crouch, Richard Hayns, William Watson, John Jennings, Ambrose Higham, George Wainwright, John Dickinson, Peter Matthew, John Lincoln, Widow Radwell, Robert Read, Joseph Stanbridge, Richard Turner, John Bull, Thomas Millard, Thomas Read and Harvey Jones at rentals totalling 523/10/4 per annum; (l) quitrents payable to (j) amounting to 5/2/2.5 per annum; (m) Maulden Wood of 210 acres of value of 116 per annum; (n) Warren house in Millbrook at yearly rent on 9/10/-

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Whorlton, Charles, Baron of,
Queensberry, Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of,
Queensberry, Catherine, Duchess of,
Finch, William,
Finch, Anne,
Douglas, Anne,
Cornbury, 2nd Viscount,
Finch, John,
Talbot, John Ivory,
Russell, John (4th Duke of Bedford),
Harper, Robert,
Atterbury, Richard,
Sletyer, Thomas,
Gillard, William,
Facer, James,
Russell, William,
Odell,
Clark, Francis,
Sletyer, Joseph,
Parrott,
Bennett, Christopher,
Betts, William,
Stanbridge, Joseph,
Wildman, William,
Carlton,
Bushby, Matthew,
Taylor, Robert,
Ball, Robert,
Wright, Samuel,
Clark, James,
Richards, Judith,
Circuit,
Rouse,
Shatbolt, Thomas,
Cook, Thomas,
Barefoot, Thomas,
Betts, John,
Costins,
Crouch, Richard,
Hayns, Richard,
Watson, William,
Jennings, John,
Higham, Ambrose,
Wainwright, George,
Dickinson, John,
Matthew, Peter,
Lincoln, John,
Radwell,
Read, Robert,
Turner, Richard,
Bull, John,
Millard, Thomas,
Read, Thomas,
Jones, Harvey

Houghton Conquest How End Manor, Houghton Conquest Dame Ellensbury Manor, Houghton Conquest Houghton Park Farm, Flitwick Ruxox Manor, Flitwick Manor Farm, woods, clergy names index, warrens, Ampthill Houghton Park, Houghton House, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, AMPTHILL, FLITWICK, MAULDEN, Maulden Wood, MILLBROOK, Millbrook Warren House