Reference
AD961
Title
Indenture of Composition
Date free text
12 Mar 1638 [1639]
Production date
From: 1639 To: 1639
Scope and Content
Indenture of Composition.
(i) John Burgoyne of Sutton esq., lord of the manors of
Potton regis, Much Manured and Rectory.
(ii) 'The freeholders, copyholders, cottagers, tenants and
inhabitants' of Potton: list of 69 names given given,
including Ralph Bromsall gent., Ric. Parratt gent., Hen.
Godfrey gent., Geo. Shires clerk, and Tho. Sheppard clerk.
Rec. that Burgoyne as lord of the manors is owner 'of the soyle
of a great heath or warren ground' in Potton cd. Potton Warren,
which warren 'hath in former times been suffered by the lords
of the said manors to lie for a warren of conies'. The
inhabitants of Potton 'have used to have common of pasture
as well within the sd. warren (except the ground called the
Frith) ... at all times
of the year for their cattle as also in the common fields ..
which said heath or warren ground hath of late years, by
composition between the lords of the manors and the inhabitants
... been converted used and occupied in tillage and taken
by lease ... since which composition and leases ended ..
the said John Burgoyne hath reduced the said grounds into
warren grounds and doth use the same for warren for conies
... and since the converting of the said heath or warren
into tillage hath heretofore much redounded to the benefit and
wealth of all the inhabitants of Potton ...'
Burgoyne agrees to allow the warren to continue in tillage.
Clauses as to letting, and destroying conies with 'hayes, ferrets
and engines'.
Level of description
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