• Reference
    WB/Green4/1/Lu/CS5/2
  • Title
    Attested Copy Release Parties: (i) William Goldsmith of Paternoster Row, London, esquire (only son and heir at law of William Goldsmith, late of Luton, gentleman and Elizabeth his wife and devisee in will of Elizabeth who was devisee in will of William senior as well as daughter and heir of John Nodes late of Luton, esquire) and Elizabeth, his wife; (ii) John Chase of Luton, surgeon; William Anstee of Luton, draper Operative Part: - (i) conveyed (a)-(f) to (ii) for 1,050 Property: (a) messuage with houses, outhouses, edifices, buildings, barns, stables, lofts, brewhouse, yards, gardens, backsides etc. in South End of Luton late in occupation of Elizabeth Goldsmith, now Tomkinson Cooper bounding: messuage of Henry Cain S; messuage late of William Gutteridge, now Daniel Brown N; street near Cross Pond leading from Market Place to The Brach E; purchased by William Goldsmith senior from Joseph Britain and Elizabeth, his wife, William Gutteridge and Samuel Chase and Bridget, his wife; (b) toft in Castle Street, Luton on which mansion house called Langleys with granary, barn etc., lately let to parish as workhouse lately stood; (c) land adjoining (b), formerly yard and orchard and now converted, with (b), into garden formerly in occupation of William Watkins now Isaac Dawson; (d) pasture called Langleys near (b)-(c) and containing 4 acres formerly in occupation of Elizabeth Goldsmith now William Hinson having been conveyed, with (b)-(c) to Elizabeth Goldsmith by Ambrose Reddall, esquire by lease & release on 18-19 Jul 1771; (e) piece of arable known as Hunts Close containing 1 acre, formerly part of Bailey Field bounding: close formerly of John Ewer, now Samuel Chase one side; land formerly of William Okey, now Samuel Chase on other side; upper end abutting on footway from castle Street to The Brach; lower end abutting on orchards and backsides formerly of William Chapman and John Edwards, now Thomas Godfrey Burr; in occupation of William Watkins (f) arable land in Bailey Field of 1 rood near place called Brown's Brick bounding: land formerly of Samuel Slow, then William Okey, now Samuel Chase one side; land formerly of Sir Theophilus Napier, now Earl of Bute on other side; one end abutting on Brown's Brick Close; in occupation of William Watkins; with (e) formerly estate of John Nodes Habendum: - to (i) to use of (i) in trust for John Chase Covenant: - by (i) to bar dower by levying a fine sur conizance de droit come ceo Witnesses: - Leonard Hampson; - W.Dale, servant to William Goldsmith; - William Parsons; - William Everitt Certified true copy of original by John Griffiths and Edward C.Williamson on 27 May 1803
  • Date free text
    31 Jan 1786
  • Production date
    From: 1786 To: 1803
  • Level of description
    item