Reference
P91/25/10
Title
Hoddesdon's Charity
Conveyance (bargain and sale) by (i to (ii) for £23 10s
i) Arthur Tarsey, Leighton Buzzard, yeoman
ii) Robert Baskerfield, L.B., maltster John Ashwell, L.B. yeoman Stephen Cooke, L.B. draper Edward Ashwell, Leighton Buzzard, draper Danl. Poynton, L.B., yeoman
Date free text
10 Oct 1729
Production date
From: 1729 To: 1729
Scope and Content
Reciting will of Mary Baskerville, spinster, Land to be purchased to bring annual rent of 20s., under ii) as Trustees for distribution to the poor. Will dated 21 August 1724. Land as follows: - in Grovebury Field: 2a. in furlong shooting in King's Mead: W: land of John Ashwell, E: John Foster, S: the Headland. In occ. of Thos. Watere and 1½a. in Long Leadon, bounded W: Arthur Tarsey - in Middle Field: 1½ lands shooting into Great Hunts Way, bounded E; the Glebe Land, W: William Gurney - in Shenley Field: 2 head leys lying at Shenley Hill under Poynton's Piece, N: Thos. Ashworth's ley ground. and ½a. shooting west on Hewards Balke, N & S: land of Arthur Matthews. And all appurtenances. To be held in trust for disposal of profits on Rogation Day, except quit rent of 8d. per annum. Witnesses: Jn.Salisbury, Tho.Ashwell
Archival history
Hoddesdon's Charity (label on bundle, but impossible to tell if some of the documents in it have been misplaced)
Reference
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