Scope and Content
To dock estates tail. 10s (ii - i)
(i) Ric. Gilpin Esq. of Hockliffe Grange, and only s. Ric. Thos. Gilpin Esq. of Hockliffe Grange
(ii) Edwd. Chilwell Williamson of Luton, gent.
(iii) Leonard Hampson Esq. of Luton
(i) to (ii)
- Manor of Wingfield in Chalgrave Manor of Caldecot in Houghton Regis Manor of Kimptons in Stanbridge Manor of Herne in Toddington
- Advowson of Rectory of Hockliffe and of Vicarage of Chalgrave (united by deed of John Bp. of Lincoln 19 December 1772; then incumbent Rev. Jn. Robinson)
- The Grange Hockliffe, occ. Thos. Phillips, then Ric. Gilpin and enclosed pasture (22a) in fld 10a in same fld. adjg. above, also 2 closes (10a) adjg. (Bt. by Thos. Gilpin f. of Ric. Gilpin from Esther Gilpin, widow except 7 acres Close (below) (bt. by Thos. Gilpin of Eliz. Heathcote) afterwards divided into following closes: - The Great Ground, The Green Lane. Round Close. Temple Close, Farm Close. Then all these "laid together" and called the Park or Home Closes and occ. Ric. Gilpin).
- Lady's Close, Hockliffe (3½a): Old Close, Hockliffe (3r. 5p.) (Occ. Michael Reed then Ric. Gilpin. Granted to latter by Hon. Jn. Trevor and w. Harriet in exchange for Manus alias Trullbank Close (5a) pt. of closes (61a) bt. by Thos. Gilpin from Sir Robt. Westly.)
- The Lodge, Hockliffe with gdns. & app. blt. by Thos. Gilpin decd. & occ. Rev. Jas. Maine Mannings Pightle or Sheffields Orchard (1a) nr. Hockliffe Church. (Bt. by Thos. Gilpin from Jas. Bocock & others)
- Dovehouse Close (2a), nr. Hockliffe Church (formerly buildings there then removed) occ. Rev. Jas. Maine.
- Seven Acres Close (9a) adjg. above then occ. Ric. Gilpin and formed part of park round the Grange (Above 2 closes with "White Horse" in Chalgrave bt. by Thos. Gilpin from Eliz. Heathcote.)
- Crabtree Close alias Path Close (2a) opp. the Lodge, and occ. Wm. Page, then Timothy Arrowsmith then My. Pickering (bt. by Thos. Gilpin from T. Arrowsmith.)
- Farmhouse and dovehouse in Hockliffe occ. Jn. Luck; then Wm. Mann, then Anthony Lester and closes (61a)
- Closes in Hockliffe (23a) (Farmhouse etc. & closes bt. by Thos. Gilpin from Sir Robt. Westly Then divided into following closes:- Homestead, Home Close, Upper and Lower Thoroughfare. The Pightle, Dunstable Hill, Upper and Lower Meadow, Pippin Lane. The Great Meadow, Pond Close, Winterbourne Ploughed Close, Dry Ground & Yard, Picked meadow. Winterborne meadow.)
- King's Arms Inn in Hockliffe occ.Wm.Tripp, then My. Pickering, with closes (20a) (Formerly called Home Close, the Pightle, Long Close, Sir Richard Chetwoods Close, the Crofts, Lobbs East Closes, Whites Close, Path Close, then called: Dulip, Home Close orchard and gdn.. Matts Close, First Long Close, Middle Long Close & Whites Close. Last occ. Jn. Inwards, all rest by My. Pickering. All bt. by Thos. Gilpin from Jas. Bocock)
- Close (4¾a 9p.) in Hockliffe occ. My. Pickering (Bt. by T. Gilpin of Jn. Webb)
- Swan Close (1a), formerly called Bridge Close, S. the Brook. Occ. Thos. Read (Bt. by T.Gilpin from Dan. Parkins.)
- 2 closes (21a) in Hockliffe.
- The Moors (close) (5a) (These 3 closes occ. Fra. White & Thos. Foxen, bt. from Foxen by T. Gilpin Then formed part of Woodcock Hills.)
- Freehold close (28¼a) in poss. Wm. Stevens, then Jos. Janes, then Joshua Janes (Bt. by T. Gilpin from Jn. Walsh & My. Young, then part of Woodcock Hills.)
- Close (4a) (moiety of Moore Close. Bt. by T. Gilpin from Chris. Lofft. then part of Woodcock Hills) (All these closes then called Woodcock Hills (58a 2r. 16p) occ. & comprised:- The Spinney, The meadow, The Moory ground, The Hilly Ground, The Great Ground, The Dry Ground, New Close.)
- Eggington alias Dickens Close (4a.) occ. Wm. Clark (Bt. by T. Gilpin from Jn. Webb.)
- Martins Close (4a.) occ. Wm. Clarke & joined to close (below) (Bt. by T. Gilpin from Eliz. Heathcote and others)
- The Crofts or the Upper Leys (2a.) occ. Nath. Poulton, then Wm. Clark (Bt. by Thos. Gilpin from Jn. Osborn)
- 3 closes (18a) (With last close then called Lower Shoulder of Mutton Close; The Upper Shoulder of Mutton Close; Lower Pound and Upper Pound pastures.)
- 2 closes & a pightle (16a.) occ. My. Pickering (Iremoners Thoroughfare, Iremongers Meadow and the Pightle)
- White Horse Inn, Hockliffe, occ. Withers Cheney, then Matt. Gilpin, then Eliz. Shaw, then Wm. Clark and pcl. formerly part of Home Close belonging.
- Times Close (1½a) occ. Wm. Clark (Last two properties bt. by T. Gilpin of Eliz. Heathcote & others.)
- Parlour Close (3a) occ. Wm. Clark (Adjg. "White Horse" Bt. by T. Gilpin from Thos. Read)
- Allotment in Lake fld. in Chalgrave (140¼a. 23p.) occ. Wm. Clark. (Held with "White Horse". 58a. laid down to pasture, rest arable. Allotted to Ric. Gilpin by Chalgrave Enclosure Award in lieu of 168a, 1r. 4p dispersed in flds of Chalgrave, Tebworth, and Wingfield Bt. by Thos. Gilpin from Eliz. Heathcote; Martha Southhouse widow; Frances Hone; Jn. Gregory
*- Tebworth Farm, with 72a. occ. Jos. Ball, formerly estate and inheritance of Dan. March, bt. by Thos. Gilpin from Jn. Cocks & Lawrence Holker, then occ. Thos. Bransom.
- Farm and 138a. in Tebworth & Wingfield occ. Jeffery Peacock, bt. by T. Gilpin from Jas. Harrot, then occ. Thos. Bransom (Consisted of following closes or old inclosures:- Homestead & Orchard; Homestead: Home Close & Orchard; Habletts Close (then part of the Parks); Spring Park (then pt. of the Parks.)
- Wingfield Farm & 63a. occ. Wm. Mann, then Thos Woodcock and --- Woodin, then Thos. Read sen. The. occ. Edwd. Horley. Bt. by T. Gilpin from Fra. West.
- Site of mess, then pulled down with 2 barns or cow house and stable at end of house at Wingfield Heath
- 3 closes (formerly 2 called Home flds.) then called Home Close (9a. 2r) Occ. Edwd. Horley. Bt. by Thos. Gilpin from Martha Southouse & others.
- Mansion House & farm at Wingfield occ. Joshua Janes. With Grove Grass Croft, Hogge Close, The Pightle, Horse Close, Little Park (10a) (Then called Grass Groves, Orchard & pightle and Little Ploughed Close.) And 76a. dispersed in flds, of Chalgrave and Wingfield Bt. by T. Gilpin from Ruth Gutteridge and others.
- 66a 1r 13p. dispersed in flds, of Wingfield and Chalgrave (Bt. by T. Gilpin from R. Gutteridge & others
- Mess. & app. in Wingfield once occ. Edwd. Coles, then held by Edwd. Horley with his farm.
- Home Close (1a) adjg. above
- Close (3r) in Whinfield alias Wingfield. (Last 2 closes then laid together & called Three Leys Close or Bakers Close, and occ. Edwd. Horley.) #
* - # Allotments in lieu of these to Ric. Gilpin by Chalgrave Enclosure Award:
- Plot in Church fld. Chalgrave (123a. 7p. ( E. partly, N. Toddington, partly Bedford Road, S. Church Road, N.W. Toddington rd. Occ. Thos. Bransom & held with his farm. (15a. laid down to pasture, rest arable.
- Plot in Grass Grove fld. (57¾a. 21p.), E. Bedford Rd., S. Houghton Regis, N. Luton Road. Occ. Joshua Jones and held with his mess. and farm. Then divided into 5 closes:- Bent fld. (13a), Cold Hill (13a), Further Cold Hill (16a), fld. below Bent fld. (12a), The Heath (3½a) - Plot in Wingfield Green (4a 1r 36p), W. private rd. from Wingfield to Gravel Pit, N. Luton Rd. Occ. Joshua Janes and laid to pasture. - Plot in Wingfield Heath (21p.), S. and W. Luton Rd., occ. Edwd. Horley, N. cott. and Three Leys Close or Bakers Close of Ric. Gilpin's.)
- Plot in Blanstead and Road fld. (95¾a 28p.), N.E. Luton Rd. Then divided into -- close of 15¾a**occ.Thos Bransom (behind his Home Close): Tebworth Fld. (24a) occ. Joshua Janes; 2a. pasture occ. Edwd. Horley (called Picked piece) and 54a arable occ. Edwd. Horley
- Plot in the Parks 8¼a 20p.) occ. Thos. Bransom (formerly 2 closes - Hither Parks and Further Park now laid together and with Habletts Close, Spring Park and old enclosure - Poulton's close (2r. 32p)*** from the Parks (11a 13p.)
- Plot in the Parks (14½a), S.E. Hog Lane then occ. Joshua Janes and divided into Two Spinney Close (5a), Long Park (3a), The Hitch (6a.)
Exchanged by Co. of Mercers to Ric.Gilpin
Old enclosure (-Poulton's Close (2r. 32p.)*** - Town Close in (Tebworth (2r.14p), laid to Home Close (S. & W) occ. Thos. Bransom. - Pcl. in West Close, Chalgrave (2r 26p.)., E.Luton Road. Occ. Thos. Bransom (pt. of 15¾a exchanged Jas.Read - Ric. Gilpin.)
- Site of Mansion House called The Chauntry nr. Chalgrave Church, then pulled down & pt.converted into a house occ. My. Inwards.
- 2 closes adjg. - Dyal Close and Hawkins Close, but then called Dovehouse Close & Flecks Close (10a.) occ. My. Inwards (Bt. by T. Gilpin from Frances Hore)
- pcl. on Church Green, Chalgrave (3r.38p.), W. Church Lane, N. Chalgrave Church Yard, occ. My. Inwards. (Alotted Ric. Gilpin in lieu of 2½a. in common flds. of Chalgrave bt. by Thos Gilpin from F. Hore and others.)
- Glebe Close nr. Chalgrave Church (Jr 29p.) (Exchanged Rev. Jn. Robinson - Ric. Gilpin) occ. My. Inwards.
- "The Shoulder of Mutton" (formerly 2 tenements) on E. side of Hockliffe St., formerly occ. Ben. Cross, then Jn. Cross & Thos. Brockhurst, then Jas. Prisley, then Thos. Read. Fronting W. Watling St. and S. "White Horse"
- Orchard adjg. (3r) (2 last bt. by T. Gilpin of Jn. Franklin)
- Capital mess. in Houghton Regis called Caldecott or Caucutt with app. and lands (Bt. by T. Gilpin from Jas Hannot.) Occ. Jn. Mann, then Wm. Burton, then Wm. Capp.
- Plot in North fld. of Houghton Regis (18a.3r.), W. Toddington-Bedford road.
- 56a 1r 7p. in West fld. of Houghton Regis. (last two awarded to Ric. Gilpin by Houghton Regis Award in lieu of lands in common flds, of Houghton Regis belonging to Caldecott Farm. Latter then consisted of:- Crabtree pightle, Middle pightle, the orchard, Little pightle. Formerly 2 closes called the Homestead & Pound Close (10a.1r 6p.): Marriots Close (3a.); Grove Mead (4a.) The Common or Caldecott Corner (6a.): The Green (6a.); Long Marriots (2a.); and the ploughed fld. "In one piece uninclosed".)
- Townsend Close in Toddington occ. Widow Strange, then Thos. Odel (1¼a.37p.) formerly in poss. of Thos. Foxen, W. highway from Dunstable to Milton Bryant; S.E. Toddington-Dunstable highway
- Farmhouse at Hearn in Toddington occ. Thos. Webb and 117¾a. (Homestead Orchard, Hill Piece, Long Hill, The Wood, Washey Close, Middle Close, Ten Acres, Five Acres, Cooks Close, Lower Cow Leys and Upper Cow Leys, Four Acres, Ten Acres, Five Acres.)
- 8½a. 1p. in Upper fld. of Toddington, S. Chalgrave, W. Dunstable rd. Occ. My. Inwards. (Allotted by Toddington Enclosure Award to Ric. Gilpin in lieu of 15½a. in common flds. of Tebworth, Chalgrave, and Toddington. (Toddington lands bt. by T. Gilpin from My. Balls, widow & others.)
- Thympstons (alias Thimpsons) farm in Stanbridge occ. Jn. Olney and 97½a. 23p. in open flds, and enclosures of Leighton Buzzard (Closes: Farmyard & Orchard, Home Close, The Mead, Pond Riddle then called Pot Ash Close, Brockhouse Close, Hillwick Piddle. Bt. by T. Gilpin from Fredk. Vander Meulen.)
- 29a. in common flds, of Stanbridge
- Martins (pasture) (2a)
- Pcl. of meadow (1a.) in Town flds, of Stanbridge occ. -- Ellingham, then Jn. Olney. Bt. by T. Gilpin from Joshua Iremoner
- 27a. of arable in Eggington alias Orkenden. (Bt. by T. Gilpin from Jn. Walsh & My. Young. 5a. occ. Anthony Lester, redr. Wm. Scroggs.)
- 15¾a. dispersed in flds, of Eggington. Bt. by T. Gilpin from Chris. Lofft. Occ. Wm. Scroggs.
- pcls, of arable and ley (5½a.) dispersed in flds. of Stanbridge
- 1r. of ley in Billingwell in Eggington - cott. & app. blt. by Jn. Andrew on W. of Farmers Close.
- 2 half acres of arable in flds, of Eggington.
- Freehold part (½a.) of James Close, adjg. West Lane Copyhold pt. belonged Manor of Grovesbury). (All above bt. by T. Gilpin from Jn. Webb.) occ. Wm. Scroggs
- 10 cottages in Hockliffe occ. Edwd. Barker Jn. Welch, Jas. Hack, Jn. Hack, Dan. Turney, Jn. Meredith, Jos Hindes, Thos. Brinklow, Jas. Hannel and Wm. Ashley.
- Site of house then pulled down with Brick Kiln and Yard and close of 9a. in Linslade, Bucks. occ. Jn. Roome, then Ben. Reeves.
With all tithes. (To make (ii) tenant to freehold. In Recovery (iii) to be demandant against (ii): Vouchee Ric. Thos. Gilpin. To use of Ric. Gilpin for life, then to R.T. Gilpin & hrs. for ever.)
Other fld. names in abuttals: Clipston fld., Leighton Lane: Eggington fld(s.), South fld.
Others mentioned: Rev. Matt. Disney: Andrew Impey; Mr. Raynam Jn. Impey; Eliz. Hillersdon; Thos. Atwell alias Wells; Wm. Birdsey: Wm. Hobbs; hrs. of Jn. March; Jn. Hillersden Esq.; Jn. Keeble; Jn. Hanwell & W. Dorothy; Jn. Osborn; Jn. Jas. Reynall Esq.; Mr. Hill; Jn. Pierson; Robt. Gilpin; Chris. Perry; White Cheyne; Thos. Barford, Rev. Jn. Robinson Geo. Hooper; Chas. Chester; Ric. Gilpin; Jn.Burratt; Jn. Woodall; Thos. Impey: Thos Buckmaster; Ric. Bonner; Ric. Morgan; Cath. Willison; Clementina Allen; Hen. Brandreth Esq., Jn. Morris; Thos. Road; Thos. Hind; Wm. Shaw; Jas. Read; My. Leigh; Robt. Hawkins; Wm. Osborn; Thos. Tooks; Jos. Betts; Ric. Peele, blacksmith; Jn. Burgess; Wm. Collyer sen.; Wm. Collyer jun.; Chris Tower.; Jn. Fowler.
Witd.: Ric. Waring, clk. to Messrs. Hampson & Williamson, Luton