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Appointment, subject to marriage settlement of Robert Bruce and Frances Blaskett

7 Feb 1728 [1729]

From: 1729 To: 1729

Parties: (1) Charles, Lord Bruce, Baron of Whorlton; Robert Bruce (only son of Charles, Lord Bruce); (2) Frances Blackett (a daughter of Sir William Blackett the elder, deceased); (3) John Rolle of Stevenson [Devon], esquire; John Ivory Talbot of Laycock [Wiltshire], esquire Operative Part: - (3) paid 10/- to (1); - (1) appointed (a)-(f) to use of (3) for 1,000 years to use of (1) to raise 3,000 each as portions for: Mary, Princess of Hornes (wife of Maximillian, Prince of Hornes and daughter of Thomas, Earl of Ailesbury); Mary, Marchioness of Carnarvon (wife of Henry Bridges, Marquis of Carnarvon and daughter of Charles, Lord Bruce) and Elizabeth Bruce (daughter of Charles, Lord Bruce) Property: (a) Manors of Maulden Ragons, How End and Dame Ellins: (b) mansion house and Houghton Park, alias Dame Ellingsbury, with closes etc. called King's Mead, Carters, Thomlins, Bushy Close and Buryfield with wood called King's Wood alias Dame Ellingsbury Grove; (c) advowsan of Maulden church; (d) Wards Farm with tenements called Hitherbury Pasture, Osmonds Close, Kings Mead, Beales Farm, Stoughtons Farm, Inward Stonefield, Outward Stonefield, Hill Close, Seven Acre Close, Square Close, Tufted Close, Hallow Close, Hanging Close, Long Close, Berrystead Farm, Dudsons Grounds, Horsey Piece, Buryfield, Limbersey alias Limersey all bought from Nicholas Denton, esquire; Stanbridges Farm, bought from Daniel Williams; parcel of ground purchased from Thomas Page; 7 acres of land purchased from Samuel Rhodes, esquire; parcel of ground purchased from John Auger; Sadleirs Estate, Ampthill; (e) Manor of Ruxox alias Roxox; (f) messuage, fields and common rights in Flitwick purchased from Elizabeth Scarburgh

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Bruce, Charles (Lord),
Bruce, Robert,
Blackett, Frances,
Bruce, Frances,
Blackett, William,
Rolle, John,
Talbot, John Ivory,
Williams, Daniel,
Rhodes, Samuel,
Auger, John,
Scarburgh, Elizabeth,
Denton, Nicholas,
Page, Thomas,
Hornes, Maximillian, Prince of,
Hornes, Mary, Princess of,
Bruce, Mary,
Carnarvon, Mary, Countess of,
Bruce, Elizabeth,
Carnarvon, Henry, 2nd Marquess of

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