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Marriage Settlement : Lewis Cokayne and Margaret Hare

21 May 1597

From: 1597 To: 1597

Accession numbers 2179 and 2184

1. John Cokayne, Cockayne Hatley, esq. father of Lewis, Elizabeth his wife 2. Nicholas Luke, Woodend, esq., Oliver Luke, gent, son & heir of Nicholas Luke John Luke of Annables (Herts) esq., 3. Nicholas Hare, Inner Temple, London, esq. Ralphe Hare, same. George Rotherham, Luton, esq. Fine & Recovery to be made to make 3 trustees A. Manor of Cokayne Hatley with lands in Cokayne Hatley, Potton, Wrestlingworth, Dunton, Eyworth, Gamlingay & Abingdon, now in tenure of 1., to the use of 1. for both their lives, then to Lewis & his sons, then to his 5 brothers in turn : - - - manor house & 5 acres - - - Park pasture & wood, 6 acres - - - 2 meadow closes behind manor house, 20 acres - - - 1 pasture close, the Green Close, 12 acres - - - 1 pasture close, New Close, 40 acres - - - 1 close, lately 2, 1 called Awdleys, 1 'The 15 acr', leys, total 21 acres - - - 1 close, lately 2, 'Ponders close' & 'a little pightle abutting on the pond head', 4 acres - - - 1 close sometime 2 pightles, 1 called Rose Flowers & the other abutting Potton wood, 6 acres - - - 120 acres arable in Cokayne Hatley - - - 1 acre wood on Port wood to be chosen yearly. B. Property lately in tenure of Robert Spencer & Nicolas Cokayne, to the use of Lewis & Margaret Cokayne for both their lives, then to male heirs, then to brothers of Lewis : - - - messuage called the 'Hill House', Cokayne Hatley, & 3 acres - - - close called 'Anthonies', adjacent, & 3 acres - - - pightle behind stable, 2 acres - - - close south of house called Clay Pit Pasture, 26 acres - - - pasture called the High Pasture, 120 acres - - - pasture close called the Threescore acres, 67 acres - - - pasture close called the Over Forty Acres - - - 1 acre 'hewght' wood or underwood in Hatley Port wood. C. Property in several occupations, : to uses as in A. - - - advowson of Cokayne Hatley parsonage. - - - windmill in Cokayen Hatley - - - 120 acres wood. - - - 2 closes, Stocking close & Stocking mead, 30 acres - - - 3 pasture closes : the Middle Forty Acres, St. John's close, Baldwyn's Meadow, 19 acres - - - close next to parsonage called Darnell's close, 16 acres - - - close 'the Noble close', 26 acres - - - close called the Six Acres. - - - 5 cottages occupied by Thomas Wallys, Thomas Kinge, Edward Kinge, John Beachford, John Haster. - - - cottage with pightle in Wrestlingworth. Total : 480 acres arable, 16 acres pasture, 40 acres field meadow. - 536. Provision for daughters of Lewis & Margaret if no sons : heirs to pay them £1000 by 5 yearly payments. 6 seals

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Cokayne, John,
Cokayne, Lewis,
Hare, Margaret,
Cokayne, Elizabeth,
Luke, Nicholas,
Luke, Oliver,
Luke, John,
Hare, Nicholas,
Hare, Ralph,
Rotherham, George,
Spencer, Robert,
Cokayne, Nicholas,
Wallys, Thomas,
Kinge, Thomas,
Kinge, Edward,
Beachford, John,
Haster, John

WRESTLINGWORTH, Cockayne Hatley, DEEDS, SEALS & COATS OF ARMS, marriage settlements, POTTON, DUNTON, Eyworth, Gamlingay, Abingdon (Cambs.), ESTATES (LANDED)