W1368

Deed of settlement (Copy) (i) Sir Wm. Palmer of Hill kt. (ii) Wm. Palmer of Ladbrooke Warws. esq. & w. Margaret (one of daus. of Sir Thos. Gardiner kt. Recorder of city of Lond.) (iii) Sir Thos. Gardiner; Sir Geo. Clarke Kt. (one of sheriffs of Lond.); Hugh Awdeley of Inner Temple esq & Anth. Biddolph of Lond. mercht. -- Manor of Hill, closes in Hill, Warden & O.W. (Aston Close), -- Mansion & chief house called Hill House or Hill Hall House w. clo. on E. side, hopyard (10 1/2 ac.), clo. on S. (the Great Close - 24 ac. 3 r.), the Dayrie clo. & Shepherds clo. (27 ac. 3 r.), close next to Northfld. (Fishers clo. - 12 ac. 3 r.), the Greene (close - 26 1/2 ac.), New Close (30 ac.), Clos. lying tog. next the river called Englands Brooke (222ac.) Grove at Aston closes called the Copis (11/2 ac), - short meade in drivers parcels (22 ac.), the Holmes (2 pieces of mead. - 2 1/2 ac.) in pars. of Warden, Hill & Biggleswade. -- 2 messuages in Hill w. 300 ac. land, 43 ac. mead., 40 1/2 ac. past - mess. in Hill w. 3 ac. croft, Aston Little Close (3 r.), 33 ac. arable in Warden occ. Jn. Marbery in Northfld., 38 1/2 ac. arable in Southfield. Jn Plomes Close (2 ac.), grove nr. Buckland ford (2 ac.), 2 ac. mead. upon the Broad brook, 1 r. mead. next the parsonage of Warden occ. Jn. Marbery & c. in Hill Warden, Broome, S'll. & B'wade. form. purch. by Sir Wm. Plomar kt. dcd. of Hen. Ld. Mordant; - 1 ac. mead. in Hill Meade called Baldocke als Ballocke acre, purch. by Sir Wm. Plomer of Wm., Humf., & Thos. Fish, tens. sold by Wm. Plomer s. of Sir Wm. to Rob. Palmer late f. of sd. Sir Wm. P. - 4 ac. land in Hill late occ. Rich. Killingworth of O.W. & other lands late of Rob. & Wm. Cumberland purch. of them by Sir Wm. Palmer. Disposal: The following being part of manor - to use of Wm. Palmer for life, then Marg. for life for jointure, then hrs. (Val. £6000): -- The manor house, Bridge clo. (14 ac.), the Greene (clo. - 12 ac.), Dayrey Clo. (5 ac. 2 r.), Hoggholme clo. (2 ac.) & grove adjg. - in demesne, - Mess. occ. wid. Ludington, grnd. abtg. on Shefford Way E., Warren clo. N., Broome clo. S. (16 ac.), mead. called Bottoms als Pond Meadow (4 ac.), Old Hop ground (past. - 4 ac.), the Dayrey Clo. (13 ac.) the Warren clo. next Sheffield Way E., the Bottoms W. (25 ac.) the Warren hop ground (past. - 2 ac.) in manor of Hill occ. Thos. Hill -- the Bottoms late occ. Nich. Barber (12 ac.), the Bottoms clo. abtg. on the Bottoms W., Shefford Lane E. (20 ac.) in Hill, occ. Thos. Hills, - Hill Meadow in O.W. (30 ac.) occ. T.H. & Nich. Sharpe, mead next to it late occ. N.S. & Wm. Barber (6 ac.), Dry Clo. betw. sd. mead. E. & Sheff. lane W. (24 ac.), in Hill occ. N.S., - Sharps Close betw. the Warren & the Greene & abtg. on Shef. hway. E. occ. Thos. Atterton (20 ac.), one Little Bottom Close adjg. (3 ac.) in Hill ''part of prems. afsd.'', - Furzen Balke (20 ac. clo.), Ram Pightle (2 ac. clo.), Knights Pastures (5 ac. clo.) occ. Wm. Brownill, Castle Meade (25 ac.) late occ. Rob. Goods now W.B., in Hill & part etc., - the Dry Clos. late occ. Jeremy reade (26 ac.) abtg. on Sheff. lane W. Caldecote fld. N., occ. Nich. Retchford, Bushey Close abtg. on Caldecote fld. N. (19 ac.), the Ducke Meadow abtg. on last W. Biggde. river E. (8 ac.), another clo. abtg. on B.C. on N. (15 ac.), part of Little Meadow adjg. Hoggholme, called Sharpesholme (2 ac.), in Hill, late occ. Jer. Reade now Wm. Chambers & part etc. - clo. adj. Bushey clo. E. & Retchfords grnd. W. (6 ac.), clo. late occ. Rob. Goods (5 ac.), occ. Edw. Bray. To convey by copy of crt. roll acc. to cust. of man. of Warden -- 2 copyhold messuages in Warden w. land, purch. by Rob. Palmer of Wm. Plomer, sometime occ. (1) by Thos. Everett then W, Hale & Jn. Woodfld. (2) W. Edwards, - & other copyholds late occ. fraternity of Biggleswade, sometime occ. Jn. Bill Ments. Mary m. of Sir Wm., dame Dorothy w. of Wm. P. Excepts : leases (listed in schedule). Wtns. Jn. Savile, Rob. Tempest, Gilb. Mabbott, Thos. Peirson, Rob. Tilbrigge, Thos. Marsh, James Horne. Copy cert. 3 July 1648 by Hen. Payne.

1 Apr 1642

From: 1642 To: 1648

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Palmer, William,
Palmer, Margaret,
Gardiner, Thomas,
Clarke, Geo.,
Awdeley, Hugh,
Biddolph, Anthony,
Marbery, John,
Plomer, William,
Mordant, Henry,
Fish, William,
Fish, Thomas,
Fish, Humfrey,
Palmer, Robert,
Killingworth, Richard,
Cumberland, Robert,
Cumberland, William,
Hill, Thomas,
Barber, Nicholas,
Sharpe, Nicholas,
Barber, William,
Atterton, Thomas,
Brownill, William,
Goods, Robert,
Reade, Jeremy,
Retchford, Nicholas,
Chambers, William,
Bray, Edward,
Everett, Thomas,
Hale, W.,
Woodfield, John,
Edwards, W,
Bill, John,
Palmer, Mary,
Palmer, Dorothy,
Savile, John,
Tempest, Robert,
Mabbott, Gilbert,
Peirson, Thomas,
Tilbrigge, Robert,
Marsh, Thomas,
Horne, James,
Payne, Henry

Recorder of City of London, sheriffs, merchant, Hill Manor, parsonages, settlements, Old Warden fields, Warden Manor, Fraternities, Old Warden Hill, Old Warden, Old Warden Hill House, BIGGLESWADE, SOUTHILL, Broom