HF13/5/24

Abstract of title of William Bodger to freehold property at Clifton

1657-1831

From: 1657 To: 1831

a)Part of the Estate 1) Mortgage in £2,000 (void on payment of £2,120) by Lease for 500 Years i) Walter Rolt, Sir Wolston Dixie, Bart, John Oneby, Richard Edwards, John Dixie and Thomas Dixie Esqs (Mortgagors) ii) Jasper Edwards, Esq (Mortgagee) Property including arable lands & leys in Common Fields of Clifton (80 Acres) in occupation of Walter Rolt AND two cottages or tenements, then or late in the occupation of Robert Dilley and Thomas Carter, their heirs or assigns 13 June 1657 2)Assignment in trust for Residue of Lease for 500 Years i) Jasper Edwards (Mortgagee), Walter Rolt (Mortgagor) and John Trice esq ( Purchaser) ii) John Heron, Esq (Trustee) Capital messuage etc [Clifton] subject to a Lease for 99 Years in favour of Margaret Trice, mother of J. Trice Consideration £1,449 paid by Trice to Edwsrds 15 November 1660 3) Bargain & Sale i) Walter Rolt (Vendor), Sir Wolston Dixie, John Oneby, ,John Dixie and Thomas Dixie ii) J.Tryce (Purchaser) Capital messuage etc [Clifton] Consideration £4,151 paid by ii) to Rolt 17 November 1660 4)Bargain and sale i) J.Tryce (Vendor) ii) William Symcotts (Purchaser) Reversion on Capital messuage etc Consideration £1,500 paid by i) to ii) 23 April 1664 5) Assignment of Lease for 500 Years with Covenant to levy a Fine i) J.Heron (Trustee) ii) J.Tryce and Jane his wife (Vendors) ii) John Symcotts (purchaser) recites Surrender by Margaret Tryce of Lease for 99 Years of 30 April 1664 property as above Consideration £1,000 paid by Symcotts to Tryce 30 April 1664 6) Fine i) J.Tryce and Jane, his wife ii) J.Symcotts Messuage, two cottages, two barns, two stables, one dovehouse, two gardens, two orchards, 80 Acres of land, 12 Acres of meadow, 30 Acres of pasture and 13 Acres of moor land in Clifton Symcotts to hold for residue of term of 493 Years Trinity 16 Charles II 7) Deed to declare Uses i) J.Symcotts (Trustee) ii) W.Symcotts (True Owner) recites J.Symcotts in above deeds was only a Trustee on behalf of W.Symcotts, the purchase money, having been paid by W.Symcotts alone J.Symcotts declares his specific role as Trustee to be to allow during a term of years (not filled in the Abstract) W.Symcotts the rents and profits throughout his lifetime, if he should die before the end of the term of years. Reversion to Mary, wife of W.Symcotts THEN reversion to the uses expressed in the Will of W. Symcotts or any other writing of his properly witnessed 2 May 1664 b) Another Part of the Estate (part of Albone's Farm) 1) Copy of Will of Walter Rolt to loving friends John Altham & John Dixie, Esqs and William Abbis, Gentleman as Trustees for Sale to pay debts and incumbrances: Manor, messuages, lands etc., (except one cottage in possession of James Pratt, his ancient servant, in Clifton made 7 August 1657. Proved PCC 24 March 1661 (1662) 2) Lease & Release i) John Dixie, Esq (Executor of Walter Rolt's Will) (Vendor) ii) W.Symcotts, Gent (Purchaser) recites death of other two Executors of the Will, shortly after the Will was made and therefore Dixie proved the Will on his own Several pieces of arable land (43 Acres) in the tenure or occupation of W.Symcotts or his assigns AND all ways property formerly occupied by John Albone and has lately been called Albone's Farm in parish and fields of Clifton, Henlow, Polehanger, Campton, Shefford, Meppershall and Stanford (Southill) Consideration £460 paid by ii) to Thomas Dixie of Hatfield, Herts by direction of i) to pay off outstanding debt of Walter Rolt 1 & 2 June 1681 c) All above property 1) Will of William Symcotts to three daughters Penelope, Ann & Elizabeth Symcotts his freehold & copyhold messuages, lands & tenements at Clifton, Henlow & Sandy AND personal debts after payment of legacies and funeral expenses made 10 May 1698. Proved at PCC by three daughters [NB Ann now wife of John Crawley) 21 March 1704 (1705) 2) Marriage Settlement i) Penelope Symcotts (marrying party) ii) Samuel Smith of City of London, Bookseller (marrrying party) iii) Pemberton Bedford of Henlow, Clerk; John Smith of Lincoln's Inn, Gent (Trustees) Third part share in Mansion House, outhouses, gardens etc AND in all other messuages etc (late the Estate of the late W.Symcotts) in Clifton, Henlow and Sandy AND third part share in personal estate of late W.Symcotts Agreed that when £500 out of real and personal estate this should be given to Samuel Smith for his own use. Residue to be laid out in purchase of lands or an Annuity to produce £400pa, Details of the Entail given. None of these provisions to bar Penelope from any benefit she might have out of the estate of Samuel Smith according to the Custom of the City of London 4 October 1705 3) Will of Penelope Smith of Dunstable, Widow to loving nephew, John Crawley all real estate to two nephews John and Thomas Crawley all other monies and personal estate unbequeathed made 7 November 1721. Proved PCC 19 October1726 4) Will of Elizabeth Symcotts to Mrs Barbara Ventris of Campton, Spinster and Elizabeth Lyles, wife of William Lyles yearly sums of £3pa each for their lives to be paid out of from messuages etc in Clifton & Henlow to Thomas Crawley, her nephew (son of John Crawley of Dunstable, Gent & Ann, his wife) made 5 June 1735. Proved PCC 5 October 1741 5) Lease and Release i) Samuel Bedford, Clerk (son, heir and administrator of Pemberton Bedford, Clerk, deceased) ii)Thomas Hodgetts, Gent (heir at law & administrator of Benjamin Smith, deceased, who was son & heir and residuary legatee of Samuel Smith, deceased) iii) Thomas Crawley, Gent (brother and heir of John Crawley, Gent deceased. John was the devisee of the real esate of Penelope Smith (nee Symcotts), widow of Samuel Smith AND Thomas was the residuary legatee of Elizabeth Symcotts, deceased, who was the Executrix of the Will of Penelope Smith) recites above documents; Sandy lands sold off soon after the marriage of Samuel Smith and Penelope Symcotts recites death of Samuel Smith on 19 November 1707, leaving Penelope surviving her. There was no issue by her. recites Will of Samuel Smith to son, Benjamin Smith, all residue of his estate Testator's brother, John was appointed Executor of the Will Will made 23 September 1707 Letters of Administration with the Will attached granted to Thomas Hodgetts, Clerk (father of Thomas Hodgetts above), Hodgetts died soon after when Letters of Administration were granted to Walter Noel (John Smith, having renounced Probate) recites Benjamin Smith, residuary legatee of Samuel Smith died April 1724 without issue and intestate Next of kin are the children of Ann Hodgetts, Benjamin's only sister namely: Thomas Hodgetts (see above), Ann the wife of John Keeling (theretofore the wife of Randolph Stevens of Worcester, Esq and Elizabeth, the wife of Samuel Nott recites Letters of Administration for estate of Benjamin Smith granted to Thomas Hodgetts recites death of J.Crawley died 4 April 1735 recites death of Elizabeth Symcotts Thomas Crawley becomes entitled to Penelope Smith's third share in the Will of W.Symcotts recites death of John Smith, one of the Trustees "several years ago". On the death of the surviving trustee , Pemberton Bedford, the trusteeship reverted to Samuel Bedford, his son and heir recites legal action relating to Penelope Smith's third share Thomas Hodgetts, Randolph Stevens & Ann, his wife; Samuel Nott & Elizabeth, his wife (Plaintiffs) v Ann Crawley, E.Symcotts, Samuel Bedford, Walter Noel & Thomas Crawley (Defendants) Case heard 26 July 1742 and referred to Arbitrators, Robert Barber of the Inner Temple, London, Esq and Marsh Dickenson of Parish of St Thomas the Apostle, City of London Arbitrators awarded that £150 should be paid by Thomas Crawley to Hodgetts. On receipt of this money, the Plantiffs should issue a General Release from all Actions 7 March 1744 (1745) The third Share of Penelope Smith in all messuages etc in the estate of W.Symcotts in Clifton , Henlow and elsewhere in Bedfordshire except the messuage & premises at Sandy, sold during the lifetime of Samuel Smith Consideration £150 paid to Hodgetts by Crawley 7 & 8 April 1745 6) Deed Poll by Walter Noel, administrator with the Will annexed of Samuel Smith, late of London, Bookseller, unadministered by Thomas Hodgetts, late of Prees, Shropshire, Clerk release of all actions over third share above 9 April 1745 7) Will of Thomas Crawley to John Lord, the Rector of Drayton Parslow, Bucks: Manor of Lacies alias Clifton AND Capital Messuage or Manor House AND Farm with the arable land, meadow, pasture ground in the parish of Clifton occupied by John Field or his undertenant AND 3 messuages, cottages or tenements in Clifton, then occd by William Ward, Thomas Coxe, William Rogers & Richard Edwards AND all his estate in the Kingdom of Ireland AND Residue made 14 December 1752. Proved PCC 17 January 1753 7) Will of John Lord of Drayton Parslow to wife Mary Lord, John Gibbard of Sharnbrook and Newdigate Poyntz (son of Newdigate Poyntz), then late of Hexton, Herts Manor of Clifton AND messuages etc in Clifton Trustees to hold rents and profits for Mary during her lifetime THEN to sell, so can pay testator's three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth & Ann Lord £300 and further sum of £200 to be equally divided between them (taken out of money left to eldest son John Lord £200 to be paid to son James Lord Residue of money from Clifton sale to his sons John Lord (subject to deuctions as above), Charles Lord, Thomas Lord, Newdigate Lord, Alston Lord, Robert Lord and James Lord in equal shares Personal Estate (apart from specific bequests to William Lord) charged with payment of his debts Will made 20 March 1773. Proved in the Arcdeaconry of Buckingham 20 July 1778 8) Marriage Settlement i) John Shepperd of London, Citizen and Baker (marrying party) ii) Ann Lord, Spinster (marrying party) iii) John Lord, the son, of Mursley, Bucks, Gent; Reverend Daniel Shipton of Husborne Crawley,Clerk; John Gibbard (Trustees) All the money to which she would be entitled under the Will of her father, John Lord 20 March 1773 9) Deed of Poll by Charles Lord, Captain in the Somerset Fencibles, then serving in Ireland granting Power of Attorney to the Reverend William Lord recites Will of John Lord and that Newdigate Poyntz as the surviving Trustee has contracted for the sale to him of the Manor of Clifton for the sum £5,150. Charles's share is £78,11s,5d, exclusive of his share of Robert Lord's share. Robeert died unmarried and intestate. William Lord to sign deeds and receive any money on Charles's behalf 16 November 1798 10) Letters of Administration of effects of Alston Lord granted to W.Lord as the Uncle and Guardian of Jane Alston Lord, Alston Lord's only child. PCC 12 December 1798 11) Letters of Administration of effects of Robert Lord granted to John Lord, the son. PCC 12 December 1798 12) Lease and Release i) Reverend Newdigate Poyntz of Formenton, Gloucs, Bachelor of Laws (surviving Trustee of the Will of John Lord of Drayton Parslow, Bucks who was a devisee in the Will of Thomas Crawley of Dunstable, Dr of Physic (deed traces his title back to William Symcotts of Clifton, Gent, deceased) ii) John Lord,the son, Charles Lord, Captain in the Somerset Fencibles, serving in Ireland Thomas Lord of Camberwell Road, Parish of St George, Artist Newdigate Lord of Huntingdon Street, Parish of Shoreditch, Middlesex, Founder The Reverend William Lord of Drayton Parslow DD (administratof the goods of Alston Lord, deceased) James Lord of Drayton Parslow, Clerk John Thornton of Woburn, Woolen draper and Mary, his wife John Ricketts of Soulbury, Bucks, Schoolmaster & Elizabeth, his wife John Shepperd & Ann, his wife (Children of John Lord)(Vendors) iii) Simpson Anderson of Lambs Conduit Street, Parish of St George The Martyr, Middlesex, Esq (Purchaser) recites Will of John Lord recites death of Mary Lord and John Gibbard, leaving Poyntz sole surviving Trustee recites death of Alston and Robert Lord intestate recites Marriage of Mary Lord with John Thornton; Elizabeth with John Rickets and Ann Shepperd with John Shepperd Property including closes of pasture & meadow in Clifton AND 80 Acres of common field, arable lands and leys (originating form property owned by Walter Rolt and then by John Price who sold it to William Symcotts) AND several pieces of Lammas ground, 43 acres of Common arable lands with messuage or farmhouse, called Albone's Farm (formerly Walter Rolt's, sold by John Dixie to William Symcotts) AND pieces of arable land and leys, lying dispersed in the Common Fields (122A,2R) namely: 36A,1R in Shefford Field 8A in Little Field 33A,1R in Hitchin Field 27A in East Field 18A in Hoo Field (then in the occupation of John Arch, his undertenants or assigns) in the Parish and Fields of Clifton AND messuage, cottage or tenement with garden & orchard in the occupation of Richard Edwards in Clifton, next to a messuage or cottage, belonging to John Arch Consideration £5150 paid by Anderson in the following proportions: John Lord in own right £378,11s,6d (sic) As Executor of Robert Lord £578,11s,5d Charles Lord £578,11s,5d Thomas Lord £578,11s,5d Newdigate Lord £578,11s,5d William Lord as Administrator of Alston Lord £578,11s,5d James Lord £778,11s,5d (sic) John Thornton & Mary, his wife £366,13s,4d John Ricketts & Elizabeth, his wife £366,13s,4d John Shepperd & Ann, his wife £366,13s,4d 13 & 14 December 1798 13) Declaration under the hands of John Lord, Daniel Shipton, John Shepperd & Ann Shepperd, endorsed on the back of above deed Lord and Shipton declare that they have received £366,13s,4d under the Shepperd's Marriage Settlement of 25 March 1780 14 December 1798 14) Bargain and Sale (inrolled in Chancery on 25 January 1799) Parties as above property as above 14 December 1798 15) Certificate of Redemption of Land Tax (redeemed Simpson Anderson, occupier John Arch £17,14s Sum assessed in 1798) Manor of Clifton and Manor of Laces alias Clifton AND farm consisting of a capital messuage and 182 Acres of meadow, pasture and arable land AND three cottages or tenements adjacent to each other AND messuage , cottage or tenement with the garden, orchard etc in Parish of Clifton 6 June 1799 16) Certificate of Exoneration 20 July 1799 17) Lease and Release i) Simpson Anderson (Marrying Party) ii) Richard Critchett of Queen Square, Middlesex, Esq iii) Mary Critchett of same, Spinster (one of the daughters of 2) by Sarah, his wife, the only child of John Hughes, then late of Mitcham, Surrey, Esq deceased)(Marrying Party) iv) James Campbell of Warnford Court, London, Esq Thomas Howden of George Street, Hanover Square, Esq Thomas Brydges Hughes of The Middle Temple, London, Esq Richard Critchett, the Younger, of Queen Square, brother of 3) (Trustees) Property as above Ultimate Reversionary Charlotte Anderson 14 & 15 July 1800 18) Lease & Release i) James Campbell, Thomas Brydges Hughes and Richard Critchett, the Younger (Marriage Trustees of 2) ii) Simpson Anderson and Mary, his wife (Vendors) iii) Honourable Samuel Ongley recites death of Thomas Howden property as above Consideration £6,100 paid by 3) to 2) on behalf of 1) 17 & 18 September 1806 19) Samuel Ongley's Will to Frances Henley Ongley personal estateAND real estate subject to payment of debts to aid personal estate to servant G.Mattin Annuity of £20 pa to be paid in the South Porch of Clifton Parish Church in half Yearly instalments (if living with the testator at the time of his death) made 12 September 1812. Proved PCC 10 July 1822 Deed Poll of George Mattin Quit claiming Annuity Consideration £300 3 September 1823 Title to 2A,2R,25P of land in Hitchin & Hoo Fields, being part of 11A,2R,7P of land, given in exchange by Mr Field to Mr Ongley 1) Deed of Exchange i) Samuel Henley Ongley ii) George Honeybone Field of Clifton, Farmer a) 24 pieces of arable land (11A,2R,27P), then occupied by G.H.Field(not listed in detail in this Abstract) exchanged by Ongley to Field b) 23 Pieces of arable land (11A,2R,7P), lying dispersedly in the Common Fields of Clifton including: In Hoo Field In Fine Land Furlong one piece (being one land) (1R,2P) abuttments: E land of S.H.Ongley W land of William Horne In Kate's Jointure Furlong one piece (being one land) (1R,4P) abuttments: N & S land of S.H.Ongley one piece (being one land) (1R,0P) abuttments: W land of Mary Whittingstall S land of S.H.Ongley In Hitchin Field In Cuckolds Corner Furlong abuttments: E land of William Horne W land of S.H.Ongley In Longlands Furlong one piece (being one land) (IR,38P) abuttments: N land of S.H.Ongley S land of William Horne In Dog ditch Furlong one piece (being one land) (IR,9P) abuttments: E land of William Horne W land of S.H.Ongley one piece (being one land) (IR,11P) abuttments: E & W land of S.H.Ongley one piece (being one land) (IR,6P) abuttments: E land of John Arch W land of S.H.Ongley (all which pieces of land were in the occupation of S.H.Ongley) together with all hedges etc Consideration £4,2s,6d paid by Field to Ongley to equalise the values of the exchanges 30 September 1812 As to 5A,2R,13P in same fields, being part of 1A,1R,26P of land, given in exchange by Mr Arch to Mr Ongley 1) Deed of Exchange i) S.H.Ongley ii) John Arch a) Ongley grant to John Arch pieces of arable land lying dispersedly in common fields and parish of Clifton (11A,1R,30P) & then in the tenure of John Arch b) Arch grant to Ongley 11A,1R,20P in Fields and Parish of Clifton In Hitchin Field In Broadland Furlong one land (1R,20P) abuttments: E Hitchin Lane Hedge W Five Acres Piece N land of William Horne and Arthur Bold S land of S.H.Ongley In Five Acre Hedge Furlong three lands and a headland (3R,1P) abuttments: E Broadland Joint W Lower Hoe Way Furlong N & S land of S.H.Ongley In Dog ditch Furlong two lands (2R,21P) abuttments: E Henlow Close W Hitchin Way Joint S land of S.H.Ongley S (sic) William Horne & Arthur Bold one land (1R,2P) abuttments: N land of S.H.Ongley S land of George Honeybone Field In Upper Rylands Furlong Two lands (2R,6P) abuttments: E South Shot W Hitchin Highway S land of S.H.Ongley N land of William Horne and Arthur Bold In Dell Furlong One land (1R,19P) abuttments: E Dell Ditch W Lower Rylands N land of S.H.Ongley S land of G.Whittingstall In Langland Furlong one land (1R,2P) abuttments: E Lower Rylands W Dunmow Joint N land of S.H.Ongley 2 1/2 lands, Bailey's Balk (1A) abuttments: S land of S.H.Ongley N Bailey Balk In Hoe Field In Long Peaseland Furlong one land (1R,17P) abuttments: S Split Headland N Short Peaseland E & W land of S.H.Ongley 3 lands (2R,39P) abuttments: E a common balk W land of S.H.Ongley In Wren Park Furlong one land (1R,6P) abuttments: E Joint Ditch W Upper Hoo Way S land of S.H.Ongley N land of William Horne & Arthur Bold (All of which land was in the occupation of S.H.Ongley) 17 December1821 2) Lease & Release i) Honourable Frances Henley Ongley of Sandy. Widow (Vendor) ii) William Bodger of Shefford, Miller (Purchaser) iii) Richard Bodger of Southill, Farmer (Trustee) recites death of S.H.Ongley on May 1822 recites Auction of premises at Royal Oak Inn, Biggleswade on 18 June 1823 recites ii) highest bidder for Lots 6-9 and 16 was William Bodger Three Messuages cottages or tenements with the yards, gardens and orchards in Parish of Clifton, then in the occupation of Thomas Dillis, William Pratt & John Ashby (formerly in the occupation of Gregory Sole, W.Cain and Abraham West and were erected on the scite of one messuage or cottage, theretofore in the occupation of Richard Edwards (all part of the Manor Farm at Clifton, formerly the estate of Simpson Anderson, Esq, who sold to S.H.Ongley.) Consideration £1,930 28 & 29 November 1823 3) Agreement to produce Title Deeds i) Henry Palmer of The Manor House, Clifton, Esq (Purchaser of the largest amount of property at the Auction of 18 June 1822) ii) William Bodger 29 November 1823 No details of who prepared the Abstract Watermark 1831

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Bodger, William,
Bodger, Richard,
Rolt, Walter,
Dixie, Woolstan,
Oneby, John,
Edwards, Richard,
Dixie, John,
Dixie, Thomas,
Edwards, Jasper,
Dilley, Robert,
Carter, Thomas,
Trice, John,
Trice, Margaret,
Tryce, Jane,
Heron, John,
Symcotts, William,
Symcotts, Penelope,
Symcotts, Ann,
Symcotts, Elizabeth,
Symcotts, John,
Symcotts, Mary,
Altham, John,
Abbiss, William,
Pratt, James,
Albone, John,
Crawley, Ann,
Crawley, John,
Crawley, Thomas,
Smith, Samuel,
Smith, John,
Smith, Benjamin,
Bedford, Pemberton,
Bedford, Samuel,
Smith, Penelope,
Ventris, Barbara,
Lyles, Elizabeth,
Lyles, William,
Hodgetts, Thomas,
Hodgetts, Ann,
Keeling, John,
Keeling, Ann,
Stevens, Randolph,
Stevens, Ann,
Nott, Elizabeth,
Nott, Samuel,
Noel, Walter,
Barber, Robert,
Dickenson, Marsh,
Field, John,
Ward, William,
Coxe, Thomas,
Rogers, William,
Edwards, Richard,
Lord, John,
Lord, Mary,
Lord, Elizabeth,
Lord, Ann,
Lord, James,
Lord, Charles,
Lord, Thomas,
Lord, Newdigate,
Lord, Alston,
Lord, Robert,
Lord, William,
Lord, Jane Alston,
Gibbard, John,
Poyntz, Newdigate,
Shepperd, John,
Shepperd, Ann,
Shipton, Daniel,
Thornton, John,
Thornton, Mary,
Ricketts, John,
Ricketts, Elizabeth,
Anderson, Simpson,
Anderson, Mary,
Arch, John,
Edwards, Richard,
Critchett, Richard,
Critchett, Mary,
Critchett, Sarah,
Hughes, John,
Campbell, James,
Howden, Thomas,
Hughes, Thomas Brydges,
Anderson, Charlotte,
Ongley, Samuel,
Ongley, Frances Henley,
Ongley, Samuel Henley,
Mattin, George,
Horne, William,
Whittingstall, Mary,
Whittingstall, G.,
Bold, Arthur,
Field, Goerge Honeybone,
Dillis, Thomas,
Pratt, William,
Ashby, John,
Sole, Gregory,
Cain, W.,
West, Abraham,
Edwards, Richard,
Palmer, Henry

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