OR708

Marriage Settlement: (i) Elizabeth Sheppard of Honiton, Devon, widow of Benjamin Sheppard. (ii) John Samuel Longuet of London, merchant (iii) William Buller of Honiton, chirurgeon. John Stocker of Honiton, laceman.

18 January 1745/6.

From: 1745 To: 1746

-- 2 dwelling-houses, orchard, gardens (2 acres), 107 acres land and meadow in the manor of Rawridge in Devon and Cornwall, called Higher Birch Farm, for residue of term (lives of John Ravenhill and James Sheppard); Little Mead, 4 acres, Trenche Mead, 13 acres, North Birch tor coppice, 24 acres; and other parcels in the manor of Rawridge (life of Elizabeth Ravenhill); 2 acres in the manor of Uplowman, Devon (life of Thomas Clark). (Higher Birch Farm was leased by Edward Popham to Elizabeth Sheppard 12 January 1743/4; Lower Birch Farm 12 February 1743/4). Witnesses. James Townsend, James Bisgood. (Cf.OR712 ).

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Sheppard, Elizabeth,
Sheppard, Benjamin,
Longuet, John Samuel,
Buller, William,
Stocker, John,
Ravenhill, John,
Sheppard, James,
Ravenhill, Elizabeth,
Clark, Thomas,
Popham, Edward,
Townsend, James,
Bisgood, James

London, marriage settlements, merchant, chirurgeon, laceman, private buildings & land, orchard, farms, Honiton