C68

Lease for a year: John Miller John Biscoe of Middlesex. esq., William Goodes of Biggleswade, gent., & Anthony Burrage of London, weaver

1654-5

From: 1654 To: 1655

- - farm called Greathampstead & closes:- Blackams Field, Coopers croft, Bradcroft, Pease close, Laye close, Oate close, Picked Acre on Neales Hill, Chappell Field close (acreages given); also 2 acres on Neales Hill abutting on Gallants land; 4 acres on Neeles Hill abutting on Gallants lane; 1 acre on St. Ann's Hill, abutting east on highway from Stapleford to Stopsley; 2 acres arable in Danestreet Hawt, abutting south on Chiltern green; 2 pieces in Blackwater Field on Neeles Hill, 4 acres; owners or occupiers adjoining: Late Sir John Rotherham, knight, deceased, Robert Barbar, gent.; Francis Crawley esq.; Sir Robert Napier; late Evington, now John Catherall; property descended to Thomas Crawley senior from father John deceased. witnesses: John Baldwin, John Lyon, Treswallen

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Miller, John,
Biscoe, John,
Goodes, William,
Burrage, Anthony,
Baldwin, John,
Lyon,
Treswallen,
Crawley, Thomas,
Rotherham, John,
Crawley, Francis,
Napier, Robert,
Catherall, John,
Crawley, John

legal papers, DEEDS, agricultural leases, Middlesex, BIGGLESWADE, London, weaver, Greathampstead, LUTON