Reference
LHE154b
Title
Lease & Release
Date free text
1750, 1763,
Production date
From: 1750 To: 1763
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1) Rev Richard Eaton of Downham Market, Norfolk, Clerk and Ann his wife. 2) Thomas Green of Elsinghall, Norfolk Esq ( signs his name Greene) Rev Thomas Lipyeatt, Fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge. ( Marriage Trustees)
3) William Cox of Someries, Luton, Yeoman ( purchaser recites Marriage Settlement [to secure yearly rent charge of £70 p.a. to maintain Ann wife of Richard Eaton] he should predecease her 1) Richard Eaton 2) Ann Lake, Spinster ( new wife of 1)
3)Thomas Green ( as above) Henry Lestrange of Crepenhall, Norfolk Esq ( since deceased), Thomas Lipyeatt as above. Marriage Truste Several farms in Beds and Norfolk covenant to convey further farms to value of £14.10s, 24 & 25 Dec 1750
b) Conveyance under Marriage Settlement, 1) Richard Eaton 2) Thomas Green ,Thomas Lipyeatt 3) Ann wife of 1) not conveyed lands to value of £14.10s 4) Contracted to sell lands in Luton with consent of 2) described in Marriage Settlement as occupied by Anthony Sherlock with yearly annual value of £11.15s and has purchased lands in Hilgay Norfolk, piece of hempland 2a belonging to messuage or tenement adj. Barn yard of Richard Eaton against Drove or Driftway called Casons and Messuag land of George Clarke N Dixon's Hills. AND piece of pasture called Homestall or Malthouse Close 8a lying near lands of George Clarke E Lane leading to Casons W. Drove Way N. Lands of George Clarks. AND 8A of March of fen ground in 2 pieces called Whetside parts next fenlands of George Clarke E Lands of EdgleySmith inright of wife W. Common River Ouse N Droveways AND 5A 2R of pasture lying in Lammas Meadow next the Glebe land inpt and lands of Sir Cecil Wray now or late in occupance of William Handslip in pt E. Lands of Thomas Weasingham W Drove Way N and lands of Elizabeth Wilton, widow inpt. and lands of Sir Cecil Wray now or late in occupance of John Chapman in pt on S. and 10a 2r of arable inclosed lying near the Parsonage House in Hilgay next lands of Sir Cecil Wray now or late in occupance of John Chapman E and 5. Field Lane W, Hubbards Drove Way N, lands of Sir Robert Burdett Bart now or late in occupance of John Collins S. all in Hilgay, Norfolk then in tenure of Lazarus Brewer(Purchased by Richard Eaton from Sir Cecil Wray, Bart by lease and release 4 and 5 Ap 1760) 30 and 3 ( Mar 1763) a) piece of arable land (8a) in common field called Bailey Filed Luton ( footpath from Luton to a close called Blakes Hern div same into 2 pts) land now or late of Mr Chew on one pt and land now or late of Sam Chase, Gent on other and Abuts at Upper and on lands now or late of Jaques Dalby, Gent, Jeremiah Okey, and others. b) AND piece of arable in a common field called Winsdon Field Alias Bilsell Field [3A] lying at Winsdon Bottom having a water channel of gutter running down the same, land late of Sir Theophilus Napier on both sides and at both ends.
c) AND piece of arable in common field called Blackwater Field aA. Shooting on Summers Hill into land late of Archibald Napier Esq. S. land late of Sir Theophilus Napier NE Church Path Luton to Someries SW ,heretofore in tenure of Thomas Knight
D) AND 2 pieces of land i common fields called Bridge Field and Windmillfield tot7a. 1st piece 4a in Bridgefield called Flamstead Steeple Piece abs. land late of Mr Isham on one side land late of Sir Theop Napier on other side. and abs at one end land late or heretofore of William Olney, Junior and at the other end on land late or heretofore of Mr Roberts called Stokenhill piece.
2nd piece 3a in Windmill Field abs. land formerly of Edward Winch and now or late of James Carter on one siode and land of Sarah Sam, widow deceased on the other side and abs at upper end on land late or heretofore of James Gregory and at lower and towards Stockholmbridge Closes on 2 pieces of land now or late of Thomas Winch of Clifton. ALL formerly occupied by[ Anthony Sherlock] Consideration £210 paid by Cox to Eaton. Lipyeatt's witnesses are Thomas Savage, Rector of Darleigh, Derbyshire and J Lipyeatt, Rector of Bobbingworth Essex) Greene's witnesses are John Wilson, Rector of Elsing Thomas Ward, Greene's servant.
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