• Reference
    WL1000/1/AMP1/6
  • Title
    Release: Parties: (i) Joshua Wheeler of Hitchin [Hertfordshire], gentleman; (ii) John Ransom of Hitchin, gentleman; William Lucas the younger of Hitchin, gentleman as trustee for John Ransom Reciting: - WL1000/1/AMP1/1; - marriage of Joshua Wheeler and Elizabeth Brown; - WL1000/1/AMP1/2; - WL1000/1/AMP1/3; - Elizabeth Wheeler was dead Operative Part: - John Ransom entered into a bond of obligation to pay an annuity of £30 to (i) for life and paid £50 to (i); - William Lucas paid 5/- to (i); - (i) released to (a)-(i) to (ii) Property: (a) cottage in Ampthill, formerly Queens Head Inn, formerly in occupation of Thomas Lancaster with outhouses and offices formerly a malting; (b) Hemp Ground or Hempland, Ampthill, with barn standing thereon adjoining the (e); (c) cottage, formerly an outhouse of (a) (a)-(c) all formerly in occupation of William Brown, now Ruth Brown (d) messuage in Ampthill near (a) formerly in occupation of Thomas Langhorne, then Joseph Fox and Thomas Lancaster, now John Odell; (e) former Workhouse in Ampthill in Shutts alias Shitts End, now in occupation of Gilbert; (f) two cottages in Shutts alias Shitts End near (e) formerly in occupation of Elizabeth Gray and William Pedder now John Fields and Thomas Bushby; (g) building or erection, formerly blacksmiths shop, near (f) in occupation of Robert Kent and used as a storehouse for beer; (h) two cottages adjoining (f) in occupation of Richard Evans and Thomas Jones formerly one cottage in occupation of William Hawkins with yard belonging; (i) half an acre of meadow in Ampthill called Doe Little Meadow formerly owned by Daniel Wright now Henry Cooper lying on N side of land late of White Habendum: - to John Ransom and William Lucas to the use of John Ransom and William Lucas in trust for John Ransom subject to an estate for life for Ruth Brown in (a)-(c) Witnesses: - Daniel Innes; - Thomas Innes Copy certified on 29 Dec 1808 by Samuel Davis and Charles Austin
  • Date free text
    15 Sep 1795
  • Production date
    From: 1795 To: 1808
  • Level of description
    item