Reference
LHE16
Title
Leather Bottle Field, Leather Bottle Mead, 1778, Harpenden, Herts, Sherlocks Hill Field, pieces of land staked out in Middle Shot, Great Hyde Field, Luton, pieces of arable in White Shot, Luton, Little Hyde Field (pieces of arable) in Upper & Middle Shot & Lane piece (by exchange) 1780.
Date free text
24 Jun 1780
Production date
From: 1778 To: 1780
Scope and Content
Deed of Exchange. 1) Rt Hon John Stuart Earl of Bute, Rt Hon John Stuart, Viscount Mountstuart, Baron Cardiff of Cardiff Castle (eldest son). 2) William Bacon of Borough of St Albans grant by 1) to 2) . a) close of arable called Shiremeer Pond Field
[2A1R23P]. b) Close of Arable called Aikman Croft, [5A2R7P]. c) piece of Arable as same has been staked out pr of close called Lower Samcrat Field [3A1R37P] abs W land of 2), E land of William Hale Esq, S Common field of John Ivory yeoman
N line of division running from W side of field of William Hale to land of William Bacon on the W. d) piece of Arable pr of
Common field called Smacrat, [2A2R32P], abs N land of John Ivory, S & W land of William Bacon & lane from Thrales End to Gt Hyde, Mill Common, E land of William Bacon & William Hale. e) piece of arable called Little Hyde Field as same is now inclosed
[7A3R39P], abs S & E land of N or Hyde field, N W land of William Bacon & John Ivory. f) piece of arable land as the same has
been staked out in Gt Hyde Field, [1A28R'sic] prob [1A0R28P] abs W land of 1), E land of William Hale & William Bacon
N land of 1), S land of 2). g) piece of arable as is staked out pt of Common field land in Gt Hyde Field called 'Gt White Piece' [3A2R2P] abs W land of William Hale & 2), E land of John Ivory & 2) N land of 1) S land of 2) by a line of division, N.ward from corner of 2)'s enclosure. All in Luton in occupation of Samuel Lines, Tot 26A3R16P.
grant by 2) to 1). a) Leather Bottle Field (close of arable) [9A3R23P], b) close of meadow called Leather Bottle Mead
(1A1R24P) Harpenden, Herts, r) piece of arable in Ashwell field [1R30P], abs N & E land of poor of 'Whethampstead' & Harpenden.
N land of John Sibley, W) land of 1) in Luton, late in occs of 1); Peter Hopwood & Sons, Haydon. Red Number 38
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