• Reference
    BW1315
  • Title
    Marriage settlement: John Harvey & Bettrice Cokayne.
  • Date free text
    4 Apr. 1727
  • Production date
    From: 1727 To: 1727
  • Scope and Content
    1. Richard Cokayne, Cokayne Hatley, esq. Ann his wife. 2. Bettrice Cokayne, daughter & only child of 1. 3. Samuel Ongley, Old Warden, esq. Sir Richard Cust, Hysingham (Lincs), Bt. 4. John Harvey, Ickwell Bury, esq. Reciting BW1309 -1310. by which uses of manor of Cokayne Hatley were divided between John Cokayne, wife & heirs, & 1. & heirs. 2., as only surviving child, is entitled to £4,000. Estate is now vested in 1b. in trust, following deaths of other trustees. A. £7,500 marriage portion, to be paid to 3. as trustees. (To be used to pay off portions of younger brothers of 4. according to his father's will): £3,500 already paid, £4,000 to be secured by a mortgage; - - - manor of Cokayne Hatley. Witnesses Roger Coningsbye, George Buckley.
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