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Mortgage (Demise) £1500 (i) Robert Christmas Esq (ii) George & John Barne of London haberdashers

12 November 1571

From: 1571 To: 1571

- The Manor of Grovebury in occupation of William Duncomb or William Johnson. - Hamlets of Billington, Eggington, Clipston, Heath & Reach & Stanbridge. - Watermill in Leighton Buzzard. - Manor of Studham (Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire) except elm trees around Mansion House. - Lands, tenaments & rents in Bow Brickhill. - Farm at Edlesborough & Slapton (Buckinghamshire) - Hamlet of Radnage (Buckinghamshire) - Manor of Stewkley (Buckinghamshire) - park meadow and wood in Lavenham (Suffolk) Except reserved rents and annuity of £20 to Edward Williams out of Manor of Leighton Buzzard. £150 to be paid on 20 May 1573 at Mansion House of John Barne in Parish of St Mary Hill Billingsgate then annual instalments of £150 until 1582 (Recites (a) lease by Dean & Canons of Windsor to (i) 13 September 1566 (b) lease by Edward Earl of Oxford to (i) 10 November 1571 for 21 years at £200 per annum of Lavenham Park (920 acre(s) meadow (7 acres in occupation of with park for deer and 30 acres wood in the park except old standards which were left standing at last cutting also except Smalebridge Pond in said park. Witnesses: William Walsh, Henry Jones, John Sprak

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Christmas, Robert,
Barne, George,
Barne, John,
Duncomb, William,
Johnson, William,
Williams, Edward,
Walsh, William,
Jones, Henry,
Sprak, John

BILLINGTON, EGGINGTON, Clipston, HEATH & REACH, STANBRIDGE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, STUDHAM, Edlesborough, Slapton [Buckinghamshire], Radnage, Stewkley, Lavenham [Suffolk], watermills