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Marriage Settlement: Richard Cokayne & Ann Ryan.

19 Aug. 1698

From: 1698 To: 1698

1. John Cokayne. Elizabeth his wife. Richard Cokayne, son & heir 2. Walter Ryan, London, merchant. Ann his daughter. 3. Sir Pury Cust, Newton, (Lincs) John Proby, Middle Temple, esq. Morgan Ryan, Islington (Middx), esq. Josias Bainton, London, merchant. A. £4,000 marriage portion. B. 3c & 3d made tenants to the praecipe for purposes of Fine & Recovery on manor of Cokayne Hatley. To following uses: 1. to John Cokayne, Elizabeth his wife, 3 as trustees for son Richard & heirs of marriage. - - - mansion house in occupation of 1a. - - - Greathill close, pasture, 32 acres - - - 2 closes called Meadows closes, 30 acres - - - 2 closes called Land closes, 18 acres - - - 60 acres arable in Cokayne Hatley open fields, in occupation of Benjamin Ward. - - - messuage - - - Home close, pasture, 12 acres - - - Childs close, 20 acres - - - St. Jones (sic) close, 6 acres - - - Part of the 50 acres close, 20 acres - - - 60 acres arable, in occupation of John Usher. - - - 2 pasture closes called the Lawnes, 30 acres - - - Hill close, pasture, 12 acres, in occupation of Jeremy Negoose. - - 2. to Ann Ryan as jointure: (held by 3 in trust.) - - - messuage - - - pasture close called the 16 acres. - - - pasture close the Thoroughfare, 6 acres - - - Park close, 8 acres - - - arable land, 100 acres in occupation of John Ayres. - - - messuage - - - Oak close, 10 acres - - - Land close, pasture, 8 acres - - - Home pightles, 10 acres - - - meadow close, 8 acres - - - Bushie close, 15 acres - - - 100 acres arable land in occupation of Widow Randall. - - - messuage - - - 2 pasture closes called the Stockings, 10 acres in occupation of Matthew Prigmore. - - - messuage - - - 2 pasture closes called Wood closes, 30 acres. - - - Simcotts pightle, 6 acres in occupation of Thomas Hawkes. - - - messuage - - - Coles closes, pasture, 10 acres - - - Meadow close, 4 acres - - - Land close, 8 acres in occupation of John Harris. - - - messuage - - - Stacys pightle, pasture, 8 acres - - - 2 cow commons, in occupation of John Gilby. - - - messuage - - - Home close, 6 acres in occupation of Thomas Bartle. - - - 2 pieces arable land, 40 acres in occupation of William Sibley. - - - cottage in occupation Robert Butler. - - - cottage in occupation of William Squier. - - - cottage in occupation of John Brane. - - - cottage in occupation of Elizabeth Swinscoe. - - - messuage - - - Home pightle, 3 1/2 acres in occupation of Jeremy Negoose. - - - pasture close called the Empty, 16 acres - - - pasture close called Home close, 40 acres - - - Squiers closes, 30 acres - - - arable close called the Twenty Acres. - - - Wheat close, arable, 30 acres - - - arable close called Part of the 50 acres, 30 acres. - - - 3 closes called Burnt closes, 41 acres in occupation of John Cokayne. 3. to use of 3 after death of Richard Cokayne, as trustees for male heirs, with provision for daughters of marriage. - - - Great Wood, 120 acres - - - Stockings grove, 10 acres - - - 2 groves in the Burnt grounds, 10 acres - - - Park grove, 14 acres - - - 2 closes called Burnt closes, 9 acres. - - - Simcotts grove, 4 acres Witnesses Francis Sambrooke, George Buckly, John Rose, Timothy Pratt.

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Cokayne, John,
Cokayne, Elizabeth,
Cokayne, Richard,
Ryan, Walter,
Ryan, Ann,
Cust, Pury,
Proby, John,
Ryan, Morgan,
Bainton, Josias,
Ward, Benjamin,
Usher, John,
Negoose, Jeremy,
Ayres, John,
Randall,
Prigmore, Matthew,
Hawkes, Thomas,
Harris, John,
Gilby, John,
Bartle, Thomas,
Sibley, William,
Butler, Robert,
Squier, William,
Brane, John,
Swinscoe, Elizabeth,
Sambrooke, Francis,
Buckly, George,
Rose, John,
Pratt, Tim

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