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i) Powlett, Earl of Bolingbroke (brother & heir of Oliver, Earl of Bolingbroke, deceased, who was son & heir of Sir Powlett St. John);
ii) Sir St. Andrew St. John of Woodford (son & heir of Sir Oliver St. John of Woodford, deceased, who was son & heir of Sir Rowland St. John of Woodford); Oliver St. John esq. (eldest son & heir apparent of said Sir St. Andrew);
iii) John Dodson of Furnival's Inn;
iv) John Penington of Bedford, gent.;
-- the manors of Melchbourne, Shelton, Dean, Yelden, Bolnhurst & Felmersham; the mansionhouse or manorhouse of Melchbourne, occupied by said Powlett; and all messuages, lands etc. to said manors belonging (no details);
-- the impropriate rectory, glebe & tithes of corn, grain, hay & wood of Melchbourne; the advowsons of Yelden, Shelton, Melchbourne,
Riseley, Thurleigh;
-- the closes, lands, tithes (no details) of said Powlett, Sir St. Andrew & Oliver St. John purchased by said Oliver, late Earl, of
(blank) Elmes esq., deceased.;
the closes in Bletsoe purchased by said late Earl of Robert Berry, gent., & (blank) Archer, widow, both deceased;
farmhouse in Radwell, Felmersham, occupied by Thomas Shime; with closes, woods etc. thereto belonging.;
Kings meadow, several, 7acres, Biddenham, occupied by John Firby, gent.;
closes of said Powlett etc. in Sharnbrook occupied by William Corbey;
close & messuage thereon in Wyboston, Eaton Socon; & 4 acres meadow in Wyboston occupied by said Powlett;
messuages, cottages, lands etc. of said Powlett etc. in Melchbourne Shelton, Dean, Yelden, Bolnhurst, Felmersham, Radwell, Biddenham, Sharnbrook, Wyboston & Eaton Socon (no details);
witnesses: John Barnardiston, F. Brace, William Simpson, Nicholas Calton, Marmaduke Beke.