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Abstract of title of Francis Crawley to land at Keysoe [abstracted by Hills, Godfrey & Halsey of 23 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, solicitors], abstracting: (I) extract of will of 3 Jun 1829 of Susanna Keet, formerly of Hadley, then of Ailward Grove, Stanmore [Middlesex], widow: - devised all her freehold land in Bedfordshire to use of her nephew Samuel Crawley, remainder to use of James Quilter, Thomas Burgoyne and William Crawley during the life of John, eldest son of Samuel Crawley upon trusts, remainder to sons of her great nephew John Crawley; - Richard Crawley and William Lake appointed executors (II) death of Susanna Keet on 4 Jul 1830 (III) proof of will of Susanna Keet in PCC on 4 Aug 1830 (IV) marriage of John Sambrook Crawley and Sarah Bridget Wells on 4 Nov 1852 (V) death of Samuel Crawley at Naples [Italy] on 21 Dec 1852 (VI) birth of Francis, eldest son of John Sambrook Crawley on 12 Oct 1853 (VII) conveyance to bar estates in tail male of 23 Aug 1876 Parties: (1) Thomas Burgoyne of 160 Oxford Street, London; Ven.William Crawley of Bryngwyn Rectory, Newport [Monmouthshire], Archdeacon of Monmouth; (2) John Sambrook Crawley; (3) Francis Crawley of Stockwood, Luton, esquire (eldest son of (2)); (4) William James Farrer of Lincolns Inn Fields [London] Reciting: - (2) and (3) wished to bar estates in tail of (3) devised by will of Susanna Keet; - (2) and (3) had asked (1) to convey their estate Operative Part: - (1), (2) and (3) conveyed (a)-(b) to (4), discharged from all estates in tail male of (3) to use of (2) remainder to (3) Property [total 3,602a 2r 33p] [being 5/36ths undivided parts devised by will of Susanna Keet to lands in keysoe, Thurleigh, Clapham, Bolnhurst, Little Staughton, Pertenhall and Yelden and all other lands in Bedfordshire to which (3) was entitled for an estate in tail male by will of Susanna Keet] Keysoe Brook End - John Hartop [229a 0r 15p]: (a) Walkers Close - 22 acres; (b) 1 acre of land; (c) Nether Wood Close - 14a 1r 36p; (d) Salmonts Field - 18a 3r 21p; (e) Little Love Leys - 9a 3r 32p; (f) Middle Love Leys - 5a 3r 10p; (g) Great Love Leys - 13a 2r 22p; (h) 1 rood of land; (i) Brook Field - 14a 0r 26p; (j) Brook Field - 16a 2r 20p; (k) Brooks Piece - 4a 3r 22p; (l) Close - 2a 2r 0p; (m) Homestead - 30 perches; (n) Homestead - 0a 1r 20p; (o) Close - 3a 3r 8p; (p) Tipping Field - 24a 3r 22p; (q) Second Tipping Field - 14 acres; (r) First Tipping Field - 15a 2r 36p; (s) Part of field - 4a 3r 36p; (t) Homestead and close - 2a 1r 32p; (u) Homestead and close - 1a 2r 3p; (v) Little Staughton Field - 19a 3r 0p; (w) Little Staughton Field - 17a 1r 30p Keysoe - Thomas Browning [246a 2r 37p]: (x) Stonepit Piece - 4a or 2p; (y) Copers Close - 4a 2r 8p; (z) Reading Meadow - 7a 0r 22p; (aa) Reading Field - 22a 0r 24p; (ab) Reading Field - 23a 1r 8p; (ac) Broad Close - 50a 3r 37p; (ad) Marshalls Close - 15a 2r 10p; (ae) Wood Meadow - 3a 2r 12p; (af) Beavor Close - 21 acres; (ag) Far Church Field - 25a 3r 10p; (ah) Near Church Field - 23a 1r 6p; (ai) Far Church Field - 19a 2r 16p; (aj) Middle Church Field - 18a 2r 14p; (ak) Near Church Field - 4a 1r 30[; (al) Homestead and Close - 2a 3r 0p Keysoe Bury - James Horsford [285a 0r 5p]; (am) The Meadow - 36a 2r 19; (an) Cow Close - 14a 0r 17p; (ao) Home Meadow - 7acres; (ap) Riseley Hill - 14a 1r 13p; (aq) Homestead and Close - 14a 1r 13p; (ar) Homestead and Close - 10a 0r 16p; (as) Hall Close - 3a 1r 34p; (at) Peacocks Close - 1a 1r 18p; (au) Chamberlains Close - 10a 2r 25p; (av) Bassets Close - 19a 2r 6p; (aw) First Bentleys Hill - 27a 3r 32p; (ax) Bentley Hill - 33a 3r 15p; (ay) Second Bentley Hill - 28a 2r 36p; (az) Little Hills & Sheep Pen - 24a 2r 15p; (ba) Great Hills - 23a 3r 0p; (bb) Church Field - 25a 2r 11p Keysoe - William Hartop [314a 3r 7p]; (bc) Close - 6a 1r 16p; (bd) Homestead - 2a 2r 33p; (be) Long Croft - 18a 1r 10p; (bf) Fortune Field - 14a 1r 24p; (bg) Fortune Field - 18a 2r 4p; (bh) Fortune Field - 11a 0r 34p; (bi) Short Croft - 7 acres; (bj) Hills Close - 11 acres; (bk) New Close - 11a 2r 8p; (bl) Long Close - 10a 2r 33p; (bm) Broad Close - 12a 1r 0p; (bn) Oar Close - 10 a 3r 10p; (bo) Hangman's Close - 11a 1r 29p; (bp) Bulls Pightle - 1a 1r 34p; (bq) Robinsons Pightle - 2a 2r 35p; (br) Stocking Field - 28 acres; (bs) Stocking Field - 23a 0r 18p; (bt) Great Stockings - 13a 1r 6p; (bu) Little Stockings - 3a 3r 0p; (bv) Peckerton's Close - 12a 0r 4p; (bw) Over Close - 15a 0r 25p; (bx) Bushey Close - 12a 0r 2p; (by) Mowing Close - 8a 0r 36p; (bz) Grave Close - 6a 1r 18p; (ca) Heaven Pightle - 2a 0r 34p; (cb) Hell Pightle - 1a 1r 16p; (cc) Ley Pightle - 3a 3r 22p; (cd) Stewarts Close - 18a 2r 38p; (ce) Stewarts Close - 9a 1r 18p; (cf) Stewarts Close - 6a 3r 30p Berry Fields - Charles Dunlop [308a 1r 1p]; (cg) Little Coppice Field - 15a 1r 8p; (ch) Great Coppice Field - 33a 2r 0p; (ci) Great Lowsden - 23a 0r 38p; (cj) Little Lowsden - 10a 3r 18p; (ck) Nooked Close - 12a 3r 16p; (cl) Sheep Ground - 37a 2r 17p; (cm) Close - 9a 1r 38p; (cn) Homestead - 3a 1r 0p; (co) Three Corner Close - 6a 2r 2p; (cp) Plowed Horse Ground - 28a 2r 14p; (cq) Part of Sheep Walk - 22a 3r 9p; (cr) Part of Sheep Walk - 16a 3r 0p; (cs) New Plowed Field - 14a 0r 24p; (ct) Burial Ground - 25 acres; (cu) Horse Ground - 20a 0r 1p; (cv) Sapwoods - 26a 1r 16p Keysoe - Richard Gell [235a 2r 24p]; (cw) Stocking Field - 13a 1r 26p; (cx) Farm Pightle - 6a 0r 3p; (cy) Close - 4a 0r 20p; (cz) Homestead - 0a 2r 26p; (da) Pightle - 5a 2r 21p; (db) Homestead - 0a 2r 39p; (dc) Pightle - 0a 1r 35p; (dd) Claris' Close - 5a 3r 13p; (de) New Close - 2a 1r 0p; (df) Labour Lost Field - 15a 1r 16p; (dg) Middle Labour Lost Field - 26a 1r 8p; (dh) Lower Close - 6a 2r 0p; (di) Lower Close - 6a 3r 24p; (dj) Hill Piece - 15a 0r 32p; (dk) Turnpike Road Piece - 13a 3r 16p; (dl) Hill Piece - 13a 3r 0p; (dm) Brick Kiln Close - 19a 3r 16p; (dn) Hill Close - 13a 2r 32p; (do) Lower Ground - 8a 2r 25p; (dp) Lower Ground - 9a 3r 8p; (dq) Seven Acres - 16a 3r 17p; (dr) Bushey Close - 10 acres; (ds) Oak Close - 14a 3r 37p; (dt) High Field - 3a 1r 6p; (du) Spinney - 1a 2r 2p Cross End Farm - trustees of Benjamin Hartop [163a 2r 15p]; (dv) Hopkins Field - 6a 0r 16p; (dw) Hopkins Field - 8a 0r 11p; (dx) Hopkins Field - 12a 1r 18p; (dy) Top Close - 13a 1r 16p; (dz) Spinney - 1a 1r 32p; (ea) Homestead and Close - 8a 2r 0p; (eb) Close - 8a 1r 0p; (ec) Homestead - 1a 0r 27p; (ed) Moat Close - 5a 2r 37p; (ee) West Field - 10a 0r 10p; (ef) Meadow - 12a 3r 11p; (eg) Great Whitemans - 15a 2r 30p; (eh) Little Whitemans - 16 perches; (ei) 6a 1r 0p; (ej) Ploughed Whitemans - 8a 0r 28p; (ek) Ploughed Whitemans - 7a 0r 37p; (el) Churches Close - 5a 2r 30p; (em) Park Close - 7a 2r 29p; (en) North Croft - 16a 0r 17p; (eo) North Croft - 0a 1r 30p; (ep) Bushey Hill - 6a 1r 18p Thurleigh Bury - Thomas Howkins [301a 1r 12p]: (eq) Gammons Close - 8a 2r 6p; (er) 0a 1r 8p; (es) Tenement - 16 perches; (et) Homestead - 9a 1r 29p; (eu) 6a 0r 10p; (ev) Cottage - 26 perches; (ew) Dove House Close - 10a 3r 34p; (ex) Bush Fillards - 21a 2r 19p; (ey) Reed Bed Meadow - 11a 3r 37p; (ez) Church Field, part of - 15a 0r 12p; (fa) Church Field - 13a 2r 38p; (fb) Meadow - 6a 2r 24p; (fc) Little Field - 42a 3r 18p; (fd) Little Field - 41 acres; (fe) South Field - 26a 1r 33p; (ff) Claps Field - 26a 2r 14p; (fg) New Hill Brook Close - 9a 2r 18p; (fh) New Hill Brook Close - 10a 0r 38p; (fi) New Hill Brook Close - 9a 2r 18p; (fj) New Hill Brook Close - 30a 1r 16p Thurleigh - John Jeffries [252a 2r 18p] (fk) Hill Green - 10a 2r 26p; (fl) 0a 2r 16p; (fm) Park End Close - 9a 3r 35p; (fn) Park End Close - 14a 2r 9p; (fo) Haydens Close - 7a 1r 16p; (fp) Meadow - 13a 2r 35p; (fq) South Field - 17a 3r 34p; (fr) 0a 1r 32p; (fs) South Field - 18a 3r 0p; (ft) Homestead and Close - 1a 2r 12p; (fu) Negus Close - 14a 1r 9p; (fv) Close - 1a 3r 8p; (fw) Twelve Acres - 12a 3r 9p; (fx) Slipe Close - 10a 0r 4p; (fy) Ploughed Close - 35a 2r 36p; (fz) Wisemans End Close - 22a 3r 3p; (ga) Oak Close - 11a 2r 17p; (gb) Clapham Brook Close - 1a 2r 22p; (gc) Cooks Close - 19a 1r 21p; (gd) Cooks Close - 10a 2r 0p; (ge) Cooks Close - 10a 2r 6p; (gf) Lamberts Close - 5a 3r 38p Thurleigh Scott End Farm - Samuel Smith [180a 3r 26p]: (gg) South Field - 14a 0r 23p; (gh) Daniels Field - 23a 2r 7p; (gi) South Field - 13a 2r 34p; (gj) 16 perches; (gk) South Field - 8a 1r 10p; (gl) Meadow - 10a 0r 12p; (gm) Wheel Piece - 18a 1r 9p; (gn) South Field - 3a 2r 10p; (go) Nether Close & Pightle - 6a 0r 23p; (gp) Homestead - 1 acre; (gq) Upper Close - 6a 2r 26p; (gr) Ploughed Bassingbourne - 15a 2r 11p; (gs) Home Close - 6a 1r 6p; (gt) Cow Hill Field - 11a 0r 28p; (gu) Great Langley - 16a 1r 9p; (gv) Grass Bassingbourne - 12a 2r 18p; (gw) Mill Field - 13a 1r 14p Keysoe - John James [71a 3r 8p]: (gx) Brook Field - 22a 2r 35p; (gy) Far Tipping Field - 20a 3r 22p; (gz) Gravel Pit Field - 18a 3r 29p; (ha) Tipping Field - 9a 0r 10p; (hb) Barn and Yard - 32 perches Ruff: (hc) The Four Acres - 8a 1r 24p Thomas Barnett [21a 0r 14p]: (hd) Hall Pightle - 0a 1r 30p; (he) Public House and Close - 2a 3r 24p; (hf) Top Church Piece - 17a 3r 0p John Dorman [8a 2r 25p]: (hg) Low Mead - 7 acres; (hh) Pertenhall Close - 1a 2r 25p Thurleigh - Thomas A.Jefferies [14a 1r 26p]: (hi) Church Field - 8a 1r 18p; (hj) Church Field - 6a 0r 8p Cottage Gardens [47a 1r 25p]: (hk) Over Close - 22a 3r 32p; (hl) Church Field - 11a 1r 12p; (hm) New Hill Brook Close - 6a 0r 36p; (hn) Beeby Close - 6a 3r 25p The Keeper: (ho) Beaven Close - 2a 2r 12p In Hand: (hp) Keysoe Park - 241a 3r 2p Yelden - Thomas Eads [35a 0r 34p]: (hq) The Seven Acres - 7a 2r 26p; (hr) Poulters Close - 5a 1r 4p; (hs) The Four Acres - 4a 3r 18p; (ht) Poulters Hill - 6a 3r 32p; (hu) New Close (late Harris) - 10a 1r 34p William Eaton: (hv) Close (late Moore) - 3a 2r 20p Henry Burge: (hw) Cottage and Garden - 17 perches Samuel Burgess: (hx) Cottage and Garden - 0a 1r 3p William Claridge [70a 0r 3p] (hy) Cottage Meadow - 5a 0r 32p; (hz) Cottage Meadow - 16 perches; (ia) Cottage Meadow - 12 perches; (ib) Cottage Meadow - 7 perches; (ic) Great Pasture - 33a 3r 6p; (id) Little Pasture - 2a 2r 16p; (ie) Twelve Acres - 10a 1r 21p; (if) Priest Way Close - 1a 3r 29p; (ig) Church Lane Close - 0a 3r 26p; (ih) House & Homestead - 0a 1r 13p; (ii) In Mill Field - 39 perches; (ij) In Mill Field - 0a 2r 2p; (ik) In Mill Field - 0a 1r 12p; (il) In Mill Field - 0a 1r 5p; (im) In Mill Field - 17 perches; (in) In Mill Field - 0a 1r 13p; (io) In Mill Field - 7 perches; (ip) In Mill Field - 0a 2r 17p; (iq) In Mill Field - 0a 1r 33p; (ir) In Mill Field - 0a 1r 37p; (is) In Mill Field - 0a 2r 16p; (it) In Mill Field - 0a 1r 18p; (iu) In Mill Field - 0a 1r 5p; (iv) In Middle Field - 0a 1r 35p; (iw) In Middle Field - 0a 1r 2p; (ix) In Middle Field - 0a 2r 25p; (iy) In Middle Field - 0a 1r 35p; (iz) In Middle Field - 0a 2r 14p; (ja) In Middle Field - 0a 1r 27p; (jb) In Middle Field - 36 perches; (jc) In Middle Field - 0a 1r 8p; (jd) In Middle Field - 1a 1r 38p; (je) In Middle Field - 01 1r 24p; (jf) In Church Field - 1 rood; (jh) In Church Field - 38 perches; (ji) In Church Field - 0a 1r 23p; (jj) In Church Field - 1a 2r 38p; (jk) In Church Field - 1a 1r 13p; (jl) In Church Field - 0a 3r 13p Richard Crow: (jm) Cottage & Garden - 27 perches Robert Coleman: (jn) Cottage & Garden - 32 perches Joseph Charles: (jo) Cottage & Garden - 7 perches Joseph Lynn: (jp) Cottage & Garden - 19 perches Tithe on Yelden [120a 9r 11p]: (jq) 100 acres; (jr) 10a 19r 6p; (js) 2a 11r 2p; (jt) Claridge - 5a 2r 6p; (ju) 1a 6r0p; (jv) Eaton - 0a 10r 9p Thomas Gell [560a 3r 15p]: (jw) Fox Covers - 6a 2r 15p; (jx) Lambs Close - 22a 2r 24p; (jy) Chettles Close - 25a 2r 6p; (jz) Bushey Close - 30a 1r 39p; (ka) Burnt Close - 26a 2r 36p; (kb) High Field - 76a 0r 17p; (kc) High Field - 40a 2r 9p; (kd) High Field - 28a 0r 30p; (ke) High Field - 34a 1r 21p (kf) Barn Close - 29a 0r 35p; (kg) Barn Close - 21a 3r 34p; (kh) Fox Covert - 13a 2r 10p: (ki) Dillingham Pasture - 12a 1r 11p; (kj) Long Close - 4a 3r 23p; (kl) Spinney - 1a 3r 21p; (km) Spinney Close - 3a 0r 6p; (kn) Silkham Meadow - 12a 0r 22p; (ko) Samworth Meadow - 12a 0r 21p; (kp) Dean Wold - 21a 2r 28p; (kq) Matsons Meadow - 6a 3r 28; (kr) Fillingham Bushes - 16a 0r 12p; (ks) Neather Meadow - 14a 0r 38p; (kt) Over Meadow - 11a 0r 3p; (ku) Fatting Close - 58a 3r 17p; (kv) Conygear Close - 4a 3r 32p; (kw) Homestead & Close - 10a 2r 37p; (kx) Spinney Close - 14 acres (VIII) Inrollment of (VII) in High Court of Justice Chancery Division - 23 Aug 1876 (IX) Mortgage of 30 Jan 1882 Parties: (1) Fracis Crawley; (2) John Sambrook Crawley; (3) William Joseph Jarrett of 66 Lincolns inn Fields [Middlesex] Operative Part: - (2) lent 2,500 to (1) at 4% interest; - (1) conveyed (a)-(kx) above to (3) in trust for (2) (X) Will of 20 May 1882 of John Sambrook Crawley, including, amongst other things: - devising all his real estate to his trustees William James Farrer and William Joseph Jarrett for 500 years upon trusts to use of his eldest son Francis Crawley; - part of trust was that his wife Sarah Bridget Crawley might receive an annuity of 700 per annum in addition to provisions in their marriage settlement, secured on his real estate; - his son Francis Crawley appointed sole executor (XI) death of John Sambrook Crawley on 22 Sep 1895 (XII) proof of will and codicil of John Sambrook Crawley in PPR on 17 Dec 1895 (XIII) Conveyance of 9 Feb 1899 Parties: (1) William Joseph Jarrett of 66 Lincolns Inn Fields, esquire; (2) Francis Crawley of Stockwood, Luton, esquire; (3) Sir William James Farrer of 18 Upper Brook Street, London and William Joseph Jarrett Reciting: - 2,500 remained outstanding on (IX); - (3) had agreed to purchase from (2) five thirty sixths of (a)-(kx) above for 6,672/15/7 Operative Part: - (3) paid 6,672/15/7 to (2); - (1) conveyed and (2) released (kz)-(ma) to Sir William James Farrer to hold to (3) discharged from claims of (IX) Property: all Keysoe Park Farm in occupation of Charles King: (kz) 28a 2r 36p arable; (la) 23a 3r 32 p arable; (lb) 23a 3r 37p arable; (lc) 26a 1r 11p arable; (ld) 27a 3r 36p arable; (le) 6a 0r 32p arable; (lf) 16a 1r 12 p arable; (lg) 3a 2r 10p arable; (lh) three cottages - 0a 1r 11p; (li) 10a 3r 16p arable; (lj) 1a 0r 28 p arable; (lk) 3a 1r 8p pasture; (ll) 3a 2r 30p pasture; (lm) rickyards - 0r 3r 30p; (ln) homestead - 0a 3r 20p; (lo) moat - 0a 1r 12p; (lp) orchard - 2a 2r 17p; (lq) shrubbery - 0a 1r 14p; (lr) 161a 2r 19p arable; (ls) 42a 0r 7p pasture; (lt) 26a 0r 23p arable; (lu) 5a 0r 20p pasture; (lv) 14a 0r 26p pasture; (lw) 12a 1r 5p pasture; (lx) 12a 1r 10p pasture; (ly) 15a 0r 34p pasture; (lz) 2a 3r 26p arable: (ma) 14a 0r 31p arable (XIV) Indenture of 5 Dec 1903 in which Francis Crawley replaced Sir William James Farrer and William Joseph Jarrett as trustees of will of John Sambrook Crawley with Edgar Lubbock of The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London and Arthur William Leatham of Miserden Park, Cirencester [Gloucestershire] (XV) Indenture of 3 May 1907 in which Francis Crawley replaced Arthur William Leatham as trustee of will of John Sambrook Crawley with Arthur Flower of 36 Princes Gate, London (XVI) death of Arthur Flower on 19 Mar 1911 (XVII) Appointment of 18 May 1911 in which Francis Crawley replaced Arthur Flower, deceased, with Arthur George Ferguson of Bellwood, Perth as trustee of will of John Sambrook Crawley

1912

From: 1829 To: 1912

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Crawley, Francis,
Hills, Godfrey & Halsey,
Keet, Susanna,
Crawley, Samuel,
Quilter, James,
Burgoyne, Thomas,
Crawley, William,
Crawley, John,
Crawley, Richard,
Lake, William,
Crawley, John Sambrook,
Wells, Sarah Bridget,
Crawley, Sarah Bridget,
Farrer, William James,
Hartop, John,
Browning, Thomas,
Horsford, James,
Hartop, William,
Dunlop, Charles,
Gell, Richard,
Hartop, Benjamin,
Howkins, Thomas,
Jeffries, John,
Smith, Samuel,
James, John,
Ruff,
Barnett, Thomas,
Dorman, John,
Jefferies, Thomas A.,
Eads, Thomas,
Harris,
Moore,
Burge, Henry,
Burgess, Samuel,
Claridge, William,
Crow, Richard,
Coleman, Robert,
Charles, Joseph,
Lynn, Joseph,
Gell, Thomas,
Jarrett, William Joseph,
King, Charles,
Lubbock, Edgar,
Leatham, Arthur William,
Flower, Arthur,
Ferguson, Arthur George

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