• Reference
    WB/Green4/1/Lu/CS3/5
  • Title
    Copy Marriage Settlement Parties: (i) Francis Peacock of Great Missenden [Buckinghamshire], grocer; (ii) Edward Blackwell of Great Missenden, gentleman; Edward Fastnidge of Great Missenden, carpenter; (iii) Hannah Byrchmore of St.Albans [Hertfordshire], spinster; (iv) John Byrchmore of St.Albans, distiller; Robert Wheeler of Aylesbury [Buckinghamshire], grocer Reciting: - intended marriage between (i) and (iii) Operative Part: - (i) to receive 500 as marriage portion of (iii); - (i), as jointure for (iii), released (a)-(f) to (iv) - (i) and (ii) (for 5/- paid to (ii)) assigned (g) to (iv) Property: (a) messuage in occupation of Hugh Busby called Nags Head, Little Missenden [Buckinghamshire]; (b) close of arable of 2.5 acres in Middlewide Field, Little Missenden, adjoining lane from London Highway towards wood called Nerdwood on S side of close of Thomas Ives to W, close late of Joseph Pedder N and close of Francis Peacock E; (c) close of meadow in Little Missenden of 1.5 acres in occupation of Thomas Winter abutting: highway from Missenden to London E; highway called Windsor Lane S; land of Francis Peacock W; land late of Edward Hickman, now Francis Peacock N; (d) tithes of corn and grain on parcel of rectory impropriate of Little Missenden and late of Mary Fastnidge; (e) cottage on piece of ground called the Chapel, Great Missenden in occupation of George Crookshanks adjoining NW White Hart Inn, formerly in occupation of Edward Blackwell, now Charles Tinson; (f) messuage formerly in occupation of Joseph Fastnidge deceased, now (i) in Great Missenden bounded one side by messuage in occupation of Edward Blackwell and the other by messuage in occupation of Joseph Stevens; (g) slip of 80ft on which a chimney once stood in Great Missenden, bounded: NW by a dwellinghouse of William Hill; SE by plot of ground on which chapel formerly stood; SW by street; NE by building adjoining a barn; leased on 28 Apr 1719 by William Hill to Joseph Fastnidge deceased for 1,000 years at peppercorn rent Habendum: - to (iv) upon trusts; to use of (i) until his marriage with (iii); to use of (i) for life; to use of (iii) if she survived (i) as her jointure to bar dower on any lands of (i); to use of heirs of (i) and (iii); to use of (i) and (iii) Proviso: - (iv) to deduct their expenses from rents, profits etc. of (a)-(f) Witnesses: - William Whitley; - William Archer
  • Date free text
    20 Aug 1774
  • Production date
    From: 1719 To: 1774
  • Level of description
    item