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Manor of Biggleswade: view of frankplegde of the King, held before Isaac Hindley, gent., deputy steward: admission of George Herbert on death of father Dennis

25,26 Oct 1803

From: 1803 To: 1803

- part of a wharf (admitted 23-4 Oct. 1764 on surrender by Henry Winn), then described as Salthouse orchard, late occupied by Widow Barratt; 120' x 72-66'; abutting west on the river; rent p.a. 1.1/2d.; - a messuage and counting-house, warehouse, coal sheds, vaults, cellars etc. in Shortmead End (admitted 23-4 Oct. 1764 on surrender by John Hide, then described as a customary cottage, sometime occupied by widow Slennett; also 3 customary cottages in Shortmead End which in 1764 were occupied by William Carter, John Musick, Joseph Winn; rent p.a. 1s.; - a messuage late occupied by John Carrington, cottage occupied by John Cooper, and 2 cottages, late occupied by Dennis Herbert; all in Shortmead End or Street; and lie near to each other (admitted 29-30 Oct. 1765 on surrender by William Crout); rent p.a. 4d.; - a customary cottage in Shortmead End formerly Thomas Goods', sometime occupied by John Kettle, then Dennis Herbert, now Thomas Grantham, clerk to George Herbert (admitted 15-16 April 1766 on surrender by Samuel Wright); rent p.a. 4d.; - a cottage in Langford End adjoining Back Lane, leading from Holme to Biggleswade; formerly occupied by John Mann, maltster, now Ellis Firby, baker & Samuel Wells, brewer (admitted 26-7 Apr 1768 with other property since sold to John Brown, on surrender by Richard Taylor sr.); rent p.a. 2s.; -a cottage in Shortmead Street called the Black Swan, and another cottage made out of a stable (admitted 24-5 Oct. 1769, with other property since sold, on surrender by Austin Drage); the former occupied by Richard Richardson, the latter late Thomas Dalton; rent p.a. 2d.; - a messuage occupied by Willis, woolstapler, and 2 cottages occupied by (blank) Osborn and (blank) Richardson, in Shortmead Street, and 2acres meadow in Black Meadow, occupied by George Herbert (admitted 5-6 May 1772 on surrender by Jac. Hunt, George Pettit junior & wife Lettitia, Levitt & William Hedding); and residue of same meadow; rents p.a. 2s. and 6d.; - a cottage and close in Shortmead Street, Known as the Salthouse; formerly occupied by Mary Blewitt & JohnToseland, after Thomas Barrett, now George Herbert and his clerk James Keefe (admitted 23-4 April 1776 on surrender by Robert Foster & Francis Wootton; rent p.a. 2.1/2d.; - the Crown Inn, Biggleswade, and 1 rood garden & hogsty near to the malting; formerly Richard Hide, after William Nightingale, late James Grigg, now William Grigg; rents p.a. 1s. 6d. and 4d.; stables adjoining Crown Yard, occupied by William Grigg; rent p.a. 6d.; slipe on which stables are built; (admitted 5 Feb. 1783 on surrender by Joseph Weston); - a moiety of a toft wheron the Old Swan stood, formerly occupied by Jer. Bryant, then Edward Bryant, since Robert Sanders; the lately erected Swan, occupied by William Crouch; (admitted, with Samuel Wells 21-2 Oct. 1785 on surrender by Jer. Bryant); rent p.a. 2s. 6.1/4d.; - a toft on Market hill fronting the Crown, whereon several buildings called the Brick Shops or Old Shops stood before the fire; then occupied by James Grigg; (admitted as above on surrender by Turner Boston); rent p.a. 1.1/2d.; - a toft whereron a malthouse stood before the fire, now laid into the Crown garden; puchased by Dennis Herbert of William Nightingale; rent p.a. 8d.; - a moiety of land where the Queen's Head formerly stood, for some time past used as a garden or close to the Swan; (admitted 21-2 Oct 1791, on surrender by John French); rents p.a. 1s.11d. and 7.1/2d.; - a moiety of a messuage built on the site of the former Masons' and Bricklayers' Arms (admitted, with Samuel Wells, 24-5 Ap.1795); rent p.a.1.1/2d.; - 8/9 of a cottage divided into two tenements in Shortmead St., formerly occupied by Ralph Thompson, after Mary Easey, widow, & John Bolnhurst, late John Bolnhust & Edward Saunders; with right of common; and of another cottage ditto formerly occupied by Richard Richardson, late William Richardson; (admitted 25-6 Oct. 1799 on surrender by William & Elizabeth Asher); rent 1s. 6d.; (admitted to 1/9 on 4 Feb. 1801 on surrender by John Cooper); - a new erected capital messuage, and 2 cottages adjoining in Shortmead Street, with a close extending backwards to the river, and two pieces of meadow, 1.1/2 ac.; (admitted 7-8 May, 1802) on surrender by John Robinson esq.; 7 r. meadow in Long Mead or Rhee Mead; (in the admission this is described as late the Wrestlers' Inn, and the land is differently described; all then late William Hughes); rent p.a. 6s.; entry fines 7s. 6.1/4d. Note: above is very full, and not all names have been extracted.

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Herbert, Dennis,
Herbert, George,
Hindley, Isaac,
Winn, Henry,
Barratt,
Hide, John,
Slennett,
Carter, William,
Musick, John,
Winn, Joseph,
Carrington, John,
Cooper, John,
Crout, William,
Goods, Thomas,
Kettle, John,
Grantham, Thomas,
Wright, Samuel,
Mann, John,
Firby, Ellis,
Wells, Samuel,
Brown, John,
Taylor, Richard,
Drage, Austin,
Richardson, Richard,
Dalton, Thomas,
Willis,
Osborn,
Richardson,
Hunt, Jacob,
Pettit, George,
Pettit, Leiitia,
Levitt,
Hedding, William,
Blewitt, Mary,
Toseland, John,
Barrett, Thomas,
Keefe, James,
Forster, Robert,
Wootton, Francis,
Nightingale, William,
Grigg, James,
Grigg, William,
Weston, Joseph,
Bryant, Jeremiah,
Bryant, Edward,
Sanders, Robert,
Crouch, William,
Boston, Turner,
French, John,
Thompson, Ralph,
Easey, Mary,
Bolnhurst, John,
Saunders, Edward,
Richardson, William,
Asher, William,
Asher, Elizabeth,
Cooper, John,
Robinson, John,
Hughes, William

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