• Reference
    R6/63/3/12
  • Title
    Release Parties: (i) Joseph Monk of Marston Moretaine, yeoman; eldest son and heir at law of Joseph Monk, late of Marston Moretaine, yeoman, deceased; John Monk of Horton [Buckinghamshire], yeoman, eldest son and heir at law of Thomas Monk, late of Heath & Reach, yeoman, deceased; Theed Pearse of Mentmore [Buckinghamshire], gentleman, only son and heir at law of Elizabeth Pearse, late of Marston Moretaine, widow, deceased (Joseph Monk was nephew of Thomas Monk and brother of Martha Geary (formerly Martha Snagg); Elizabeth Pearse was sister of Martha Geary); (ii) Thomas Harris of Tilsworth, yeoman, surviving executor of will of George Harris; (iii) Samuel Davis the younger, gentleman, nominated trustee for Thomas Jarris Reciting: - R6/63/3/6; - deed poll of 27 Jun 1734 in which Martha Geary (witnessed by Thomas Higby, Thomas Waller and Susannah Maleing, all of Newport Pagnell) appointed, after the deaths of her and her husband, Robin Hood & Little John, Woburn to David Green of Bedford, bricklayer and Green Man, Woburn to Thomas Cawne and Francis Monk of Wavendon [Buckinghamshire], yeomen for five hundred years upon trust to use of her nephew Joseph Monk of Marston Moretaine, yeoman, her brother Thomas Monk of Heath & Reach, yeoman, her brother Francis Monk of Aspley Guise, yeoman,her sister Elizabeth Pearse of Marston Moretaine, widow and her sister Hannah Geeves of Woburn, widow as tenants in common; - R6/63/3/2; - R6/63/3/4; - Daniel Snagg was dead, his real estate becoming vested in his widow Hannah [sic Martha] who, with her second husband, John Geary, was also dead; - Joseph Harris was long since dead and the mortgage was now vested in (ii); - the mortgage, including monies lent for repairs, was now substantial "and much more than the same is now worth to be sold" Operative Part: - (ii) paid £10/10/- to Joseph Monk, and £1/1/- each to John Monk and Theed Pearse; - (iii) paid 10/- each to Joseph Monk, John Monk and Theed Pearse; - (i) releases (a) to (iii) by direction of (ii) Property: (a) messuage in Woburn, formerly called Old Falcon, then Green Man formerly in occupation of Daniel Snagg, now William Evans and now called White Lion Witnesses: - John Sandon; - William Berrill; - Samuel Davis; - W.Emerton John Monk signed by mark
  • Date free text
    24 Jun 1797
  • Production date
    From: 1720 To: 1797
  • Level of description
    item