Reference
C276-278
Title
Marriage settlement (lease & release) (& copy): on marriage of Sir Francis Wingate & Ann Fish; (daughter & heir of Henry of Ickwell)
Date free text
1672
Production date
From: 1672 To: 1672
Scope and Content
(i) Francis Wingate of Harlington esq. & wife Lettice & son Sir Francis
(ii) John Ailworth of London, milliner; John Collier of London, apothecary
(iii) William Gamble of Farley alias Bowyer esq.; Humphery Fysh of Ickwell, gent.
- - the manor of Biscot & capital messuage or manorhouse called Biscot Place; tithes of corn & grain in the towns & fields of Limbury, Biscot, Bramblehanger, Woodcroft & Luton, also in Harlington; but except
the tithes of corn & grain in Leagrave;
uses specified as to:-
(i). Biscot Place & its appurtenant lands, viz., 2 orchards & close of meadow (6 acres), closes called Beares Moat (4 acres), Bankers (3 acres), Seares (2 acres), Moor meadow (4 acres of Lammas meadow in common, Nine Acres close, Five Acres close, 100 acres in Windmill Field, 1 acre in Luton Field, & 10 acres in Limbury Chapel Field ''belonging
to the same season'', 85 acres in Riddy Field, 25 acres in Limbury North Field; & 4 acres in Luton Field in same season, & 62 acres in
White Field, 28 acres in Stoyhill Field, & 8 acres in Limbury West Field in same season; & two arable closes (14 a.); all occupied by
Issac Freeman senior; also cottage in Biscot with orchard (1 acre), 9 acres in Biscot Field occupied by widow ward, cottage with a ''heard close'' called the Fishponds, together with the fishponds & some lot meadow (30 acres) in Limbury occupied by Thomas Stret; also tithes called the town tithes occupied by Thomas Stiles;
(ii). tithes of the townships of Limbury and Biscot occupied by lsaac Freeman,senior.; cottage in Biscot with orchard (1 acre), close (2 acres), 5 acres in Biscot Field occupied by Thomas Chalkley, & cottage in Biscot with close (1 acre) occupied by Paul Haseldine;
(iii). manor of Biscot & premises in Harlington (no details);
witnesses: Thomas Raymond, John Dennis, Thomas Goldsmith.
Level of description
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