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Bargain & Sale Parties: (i) Edward Procter of Leighton Buzzard, farmer; Percy Procter of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman; (ii) James Procter of Gresham Street, London, woollen draper Reciting: - will of 21 Feb 1846 of Joseph Procter of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman appointing his brothers, (i), as executors and trustees for sale of his real estate; - death of Joseph Procter on 27 Jun 1865 and proof of his will in Northampton DPR on 7 Aug 1865 Operative Part: - bargain and sale by (i) to (ii) for 4,962 of (a)-(t) Property: (a) land at upper end of freehold close formerly of Ann Roberts then James Partridge, John Fox, William Pyne and William Bennett successively being W of Friday Lane, Leighton Buzzard, formerly in occupation of Daniel Reeve, butcher then William Pyne; (b) cottage in Middle Row, Leighton Buzzard formerly of John Marshall for many years then divided into 2 tenements (one for a long time past used as an inn called Cross Keys) in occupation of William King and James Sharpe then Henry Samuel and William Drage, now William Fossey Pettit; (c) toft on which part of cottages formerly stood formerly in occupation of William Flemons, miller, then John Layton, gardener, then bounded out by stones from Market Place near Cross; (d) two tenements in Leighton Buzzard adjoining inn called White Horse then Roebuck in which John Atkins used to live, then William Drage, then Edward Walker then Benjamin Gartside, formerly part thereof formerly divided therefrom in occupation of Joseph Felce and Widow Hack then Elizabeth Clark, widow, now dead and Robert Turnham; situate on S side of Roebuck fronting W on alley called Lindons Alley, which two tenements Benjamin Reeve pulled down and built two new ones 40 feet by 25 feet (e) washhouse and room over in occupation of Benjamin Garside appertaining to Roebuck; (f) part three stall stable adjoining little yard of tenement erected by Benjamin Reeve near where washhouse stood measuring 10 ft 6 in long and 2 ft 10 in broad from loft floor to ground and to be partitioned from other part at expense of Samuel Reeve; (g) piece of ground in Roebuck yard; (h) right of way through Roebuck yard to Jeffs Lane; (i) use of necessary house and pump, paying one third maintenance costs; (j) inn called White Horse, then Roebuck near Market House, Leighton Buzzard formerly in occupation of William Drage, then Benjamin Gartside, then Samuel Reeve, now William Fossey Pettit; (k) cottage in Leck End, Leighton Buzzard called Sun late in occupation of John Hopkins, then Joshua Hopkins, now William Fossey Pettit; (l) cottage in Leck End, Leighton Buzzard in which James Bates formerly dwelt then some time past divided into 2 tenements in occupation of George Day and Daniel Phillips then William Toms and Rebecca Stratford then John White and Widow Brewer then William Tomes and [blank] Surfield (m) pightle of pasture on which a cottage stood until burned down, now called Sun Close in Leck End, Leighton Buzzard in occupation of John Laurie then William Rogers then Samuel Reeve, now William Fossey Pettit; (n) barn or stable with loft over in Gigg Lane alias Jeffs Lane, Leighton Buzzard in occupation of Thomas Higbid then John Tebworth, later converted into a cottage in occupation of Widow James, then William Reeve; (o) cottage in Middle Row, Leighton Buzzard late in occupation of Thomas Higbid, Hannah Lyndon and John Tebworth, then Widow Higbid, Benjamin Reeve and John Tebworth next to house formerly of Thomas Burnham then Robert Emerton the William Emerton to S; (p) bakehouse and barn, formerly a malthouse, on backside of (o); (q) Peacock formerly in occupation of Thomas Crane and George Cooper senior, then Sarah Parsons, widow and George Cooper in Corn Market or Leck End, Leighton Buzzard late in occupation of Samuel Hopkins and William Tomes now Thomas Gilbert and John Inns subject to right of way for George Hart (owner of cottage in Gig Lane in occupation of William Tompkins, butcher) from Gig Lane to upper yard of Peacock in which barn of George Hart in occupation of William Prentice, then George Hart stood (r) messuage in Leck End, Leighton Buzzard, formerly called Maidenhead with garden and yard formerly in occupation of John Saulsbury, then Arthur Clarke, then William Claridge, then Arthur Ashfield, then Joseph Procter, now Percy Procter; (s) allotment of land on The Heath in Heath & Reach of 11 perches allotted to owner of (c) in lieu right of common in Leighton Buzzard Inclosure bounded: NW by Linslade Road, NE land allotted to Joseph Powell, SW and SE by land allotted to Eleanor Bailey; (t) cottage wherein John Clarke formerly dwelt, then in occupation of John Chamberlain, then William Hack, then John Grrom and [blank] Gilbert, now William Chamberlain in Leck End, Leighton Buzzard Witness - John Newton of Leighton Buzzard, solicitor
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1 Feb 1866
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From: 1846 To: 1866
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