• Reference
    OR47
  • Title
    “Richard Orlebar esquire his articles on his marriage with Mrs Diana Astry”. (i) Samuel Harcourt of the Middle Temple esquire, and wife Dame Elizabeth Astry, relict of Sir Samuel Astry. (ii) Diana Astry, daughter of Sir Samuel and Dame Elizabeth. (iii) Richard Orlebar of Hinwick esquire. Recites will of Sir Samuel Astry; devised to Diana £6,000.
  • Date free text
    4 December 1708
  • Production date
    From: 1708 To: 1708
  • Scope and Content
    On payment of this within 6 months of marriage Richard Orlebar will settle following property:- -- The capital messuage and manor house of Hinwick, lately purchased of [blank] Orlebar widow, of the yearly value of £110; A farm in Hinwick in the occupation of Widow Partridge or son William, rent £40; The manor house of Podington, called the Bury Steed, in the occupation of Widow Mason and son John, rent £90; a farm in Podington in the occupation of Daniel Brown, rent £80; a farm in Podington in the occupation of Mark and Richard Partridge, rent £43; a farm in Podington in the occupation of Edward Yeomans, rent £40; a farm in Podington in the occupation of Widow Denton, rent £40; a messuage in Podington with lands and tithes in the occupation of William Bradley, £66; a messuage in Podington in the occupation of Thomas Hawkes, £5; a messuage in Podington in the occupation of Jonathan Finney senior, £5. Witnesses. Thomas Edwards junior, William Edwards, Joseph Edwards
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