Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    FN1265
  • Title
    Luke Francklin's Transcripts N209-236f. Contains documents relating to the navigation subsequent to the case of Jemmatt v Ashley; repeats some from the case; 2 Acts of Parliament.
  • Date free text
    Transcripts made 1740 - 1774 of manuscripts dated 1674 - 1755
  • Production date
    From: 1674 To: 1755
  • Scope and Content
    In most cases the original documents are listed in the FN catalogue, and should be used instead of the transcripts. The items listed below are available only as transcripts. In each case a guide is given in square brackets as to where the original document might have appeared in the catalogue: N209 [after FN 1317] Letters of administration: Sarah Jemmatt to Ann Jemmatt. [Not transcribed] 22 Oct 1718 N210 [after FN 1317] Letters of administration: John Francklin, husband and guardian of Anne Francklin, a minor, to Sarah Foster. [Not transcribed] 5 Jun 1732 N211 [after FN 1317] Release, £300: (i) Samuel Palmer of Holborn, apothecary (ii) Edward Francklin of East Rainham, clerk, and Luke Francklin of Great Barford, gentleman; executors of John Francklin, late of Wisbech (iii) William Money of East Rainham and John Wright of Stanhoe, gentlemen. Part of legacy of £1000 under will of Samuel Jemmatt. Witnesses: ?Phineas Case, ?Martin Cobb, I. Thong, Thomas Nutthall 15 Jun 1741 N212 [after FN 1340] Memorandum of meeting of the Commissioners (Sir Rowland Alston, baronet, William Farrer junior, esquire, William Alston, esquire, William Livesay, esquire, Matthew Dennis, esquire, John Harvey, esquire, William Whitbread, esquire) to settle controversy between Henry Ashley of the one part and John Peck and others of Bedford, Cardington, Blunham and Great Barford. There shall be a haling path 3 feet wide through Fenlake meadow, Cardington mead, Cleave mead, Blundham, thence to Barford bridge, thence to Blunham ditch, through West mead and East mead, Great Barford; it is to be marked before 10 April by driving short stumps at convenient distances. Henry Ashley is to pay certain compensation by 25 March next, and therefore annual rents which are allotted for each section. [Note: This document was copied in the 18th century 'from the original in the possession of Mrs Burch the other proprietor of the navigation.' 31 Oct 1691 N215b [after FN 1318] Conveyance (lease and release), £90: (i) Richard Huske of St Ives, gentleman (ii) Luke Francklin and John Bailey of St Neots, merchant. A cottage in Hemingford Grey called Woburn House, next the Ouse south; and haling ground. Witnesses: Rebecca Halsey, Robert Letham 25,26 Mar 1751 N216b [after FN 1341-1346] Petition of riparian owners between Stow Bardolph bridge and King's Lynn against a bill relating to haling [see N216a]. c1749 N216c [after FN 1341-1346] Letter from Lord Dupplin to a friend at Cambridge on the above. 18 Apr 1749 N216d [after FN 1341-1346] Case of the landowners on the above. No date, c1749 N216e [after FN 1341-1346] Letters from Sir Danvers Osborn to Luke Francklin on above. 6 May 1749 N216f [after FN 1341-1346] Letter from Mr T. Thong, attorney, for the above bill, to a friend at Huntingdon. 6 May 1749 N219 [after FN 1313] Counterpart assignment of mortgage, £500: (i) Richard Walter, citizen and fishmonger of London (ii) John Jemmatt of Woodley, Berkshire, and wife Anne (iii) William Inwood, citizen and currier of London. A moiety of the rivers, streams etc [reciting FN 1311]. William Inwood has paid to Richard Walter £500, part of the mortgage of £1000. Witnesses: William Leche, William Stanton, Christopher Digges. 12 May 1699 N220 [after FN 1314] Counterpart assignment of mortgage, £200: (i) William Inwood, citizen and currier of London (ii) Anne Jemmatt of Great Barford, widow (iii) Richard Walter, citizen and fishmonger of London. All and every the rivers, streams, waters, watercourses, currents, passages, cuts, dams, sluices, locks, cranes, bridges, turnpikes, floodgates, floodhatches, emoluments, and appurtenances whatsoever, all his interest of and in the ground whereupon the said sluices do stand, which were granted by letters patent 11 December 1638 by Charles I to Arnold Spencer to which William Inwood has a right. W. Inwood has received £300 from Anne and £200 from Richard Walter. Witnesses: Charles Wood, Christopher Digges, John Hughes N229 [after FN 1485] Moneys expended by Ashley in purchasing grounds and making the same useful for the navigation of the river Ouse between Eaton mills and Barford bridge, total £960, besides annual payments amounting to £5 16s 6d. No date, c1670 - 1699 N230 [after FN 1485] Receipt for £25. Henry Ashley to John Jemmatt, in satisfaction of covenant for allowing £50 at expiration of lease. Witnesses: Edward Devenish, Richard Mathew, Charles Wood, Nathaniel Peilson. [See lease FN 1299] No date, either 1674 or 1695 N231 [before FN 1288] A note of Mr John Jammatt's writings concerning the river Ouse. [Discarded, as so much perished; merely a shortened form of list of contents of 1261-1262] No date, late 1600s N232 [after FN 1484] Receipt for £1200. Francis Wingfield of Middlesex from Samuel Jemmatt of Reading, referred to in indenture of even date. [Compare with FN 1298] 20 May 1674 N233 [after FN 1301] Release: F. Wingfield, husband of Elizabeth, late wife of Christopher Rose, for debts owed by Arnold and Robert Spencer. 7 Jul 1674 N236a [after FN 1341-1346] Prospectus of the Ivel navigation. [For an original of this see A.D.1146]. [The Ivel Act was 1756.] No date, c1750 N236b [after FN 1341-1346] A scheme submitted to the Publick for bringing the navigation from Thrapstone to Northampton. 1754 N236e [after FN 1272] Abstract of an Act for making the river Sankey in the county of Lancashire navigable. 1755 N236f [after FN 1270] An Act for making the river Dun in the county of York navigable. 1739
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