Scope and Content
Surviving trustees (appointed1822):
Francis, Duke of Bedford
Lord Holland
Henry Hartop Knapp, rector of Ampthill
Thomas Chapman, senior, surgeon
New trustees:-
John Morris Esq of Ampthill
Thomas Beach Whitehurst, clerk, of Ampthill
Thomas Bennett, gentleman of Woburn
John Eagles, gentleman of Ampthill
Andrew Hamilton, surgeon of Ampthill
Thomas Chapman, junior, surgeon of Ampthill
Samuel Swaffield, gentleman of Ampthill
William Seabrook, farmer of Ampthill
Description of estate:
Messuage and garden near Pinfold Hill, Ampthill, formerly occupied byRobert gray and other poor persons, since taken down and taken into close next described.
Close, formerly pasture, now arable, adjoining above, 5a 1r 16p, with barn formerly occupied by Benjamin Goode, now Henry Spring.
North: a close late Simon Urlin, now the Duke of Bedford
South: land allotted to the rector, former common or waste
West: lane leading to Houghton Park
East: close of the Duke of Bedford
Messuage in Mill Street, occupied by William Peele, then James Faulkner, then William Farnell, now Ann Farnell
Ground to east of the above 11ft 8ins x 41ft 3ins adjoining premises late - Shouler occupied by William Claridge. North: Mill Street.
Messuage in Church Street formerly occupied by Thomas Evans and Thomas Kilpin then John West, now John Bartram.
Messuage divided into several tenements - Church End formerly occupied by Mary Hutchinson and other.
North: the churchyard
South: messuage formerly occupied by John Butler
Cottage in Church End, formerly occupied by Robert Gray, then Elizabeth Dobney and other poor persons.
West: the church yard.
Messuage in Church Street formerly occupied by Samuel Wright or his under tenants, then John Dunville, then John Beach, now John G. Ramsey.
East: messuage formerly occupied by John Bennell, then Richard Arnold, gent., now ___ Cowley.
West: tenement occupied by John Bartram (see above)
Messuage in Market Place
South west: The White Hart
North east: messuage late William Findlay, formerly occupied by Thomas Hollingworth then Charles Haley, now Ann Shaw, widow.
Allotment on the warren 2r 34p
North east and north west: allotment following
South east: Flitwick Road
South west: allotment to the rector
Allotment on the warren 4a 8p
North east : allotment following
Part south east: Flitwick Road
Part south west, south east: allotment above
Part south west: allotment to the rector
North west: public drain
Allotment on the warren 3a 2r
North east: allotment following
South east: Flitwick Road
South west: allotment above
North west: public drain
Allotment on the warren 1a 2r 25p
North east and south west: allotments above
South east: Flitwick Road
North west: public drain
Allotment on the warren 2a 5p
North: private road to the warren of the Ampthill Hospital estate
South east: Flitwick Road
South west: allotment elsewhere described
North west: public drain
All above allotments late occupied by William Morris, now Robert Sexton
3 closes, adjoining, of pasture, one called Russell Close, 6a 1r 36p, other two called Late Greens Closes, 12a 2r 6p, all in the parish of Maulden, now occupied by George Coleby andJames Phillips.
North: land of Martha Morris
East: the Duke of Bedford and William Exton
South: French, Austin and John Morris
West: Eagles, Berry, Austin and private road of Martha Morris
Messuage in Maulden occupied by George Wildman, then William Summerfield, now william Summerfield junior
East: the Lane
West: William Jennings, now ?
North: cottage formerly Morton Bass, then William Henson, now Daniel Mann; occupied by William Stokes
South: Morr called Blackmoor