Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    C1143-1144
  • Title
    Release & settlement (lease & release): £9,890 (i) Sir Jeremiah Vanacker Sambrooke of Bushill, Middlesex, baronet, son & heir of Sir Samuel; (ii) Jer. Sambrooke of Gubbins, Herts., esq., brother & executor of Sir Samuel; (iii) Dame Elizabeth Vanacker Sambrooke, widow of Sir Samuel. (iv) John Sambrooke of London, esq., another brother. (v) Sir William Strickland of Yorks., baronet; John Freeman of Bucks., esq.
  • Date free text
    27, 28 Nov 1730
  • Production date
    From: 1730 To: 1730
  • Scope and Content
    recites 1712 May 30: will of Sir Samuel: directed residue of estate to be laid out in purchase of lands & conveyed to (i); 1724 Dec.16, 17: trust deed, dealing with such purchases to value of £21,550; sum of £9,890 remains to be laid out; Sir Jeremiah Vanacker Sambrooke is now seised in fee in his own right of property hereinafter described; & has proposed to Jer. Sambrooke that part of them (estimated to be of the value of £437 p.a) which may be estimated to be worth £9,890, should be purchased under will for this sum; -- the manor or lordship of Yelden and the advowson; cottage late occupied by Ridley Browne, victualler, with closes; Stoakes Field alias Great Ground pasture, 40 acres; two Spinney closes, 6 1/2 acres; another Spinney close, 1 3/4 acres; Maxey's close, 1acre; Ridley Browne's homestead, 1 acre.; 1acre in Broad meadow alias Nether meadow - one of those called the Ends; 2 acres in Church Field; 2acres in Middle Field; 2acres in Old Field; messuage late occupied by Joseph Norfield; cottage late occupied by William Elson; closes late occupied by Notfield called Silks Home meadow, 10 acres; Horse close pasture, 60 acres; Home close, 3 acres; Norfields Fields End close, 4 acres; Elson's close, 5 acres; Joyces close, 3 acres; Norfields Scotch croft formerly Marshall's 1 acre.; castle close, 12 acres; 33 acres in Old Field; 21 acres in Middle Field; 34 acres in Church Field; messuage late occupied by widow Claridge; Joyces close alias Fields End close, 1acre; Newfield close, 46 acres; Ten-acre piece; Wey close, 4 acres; Farm close, 12 acres; Homesteads closes, 9 acres; Pentlowe's close, l acre; 46 acres in Old Field; 45 acres in Church Field; 44 acres in Middle Field; cottage late occupied by John Nicholson & closes late occupied by him & by Robert Marsh, or sometime occupied by John Joyce; cottage late occupied by Richard Addington & 1/2 acre; cottage late occupied by Henry Sharpe & 4 acres; messuage late occupied by John Gell; Homestead close, 6 acres; Middleton's closes, 8 acres; 16 acres in Church Field; 14 acres in Middle Field; 18 acres in Old Field; messuage late occupied by John Gore jr.; Vineyard close, 2 acres; Swans close, 1 acre; Barn close, 2 acres; Homesteads closes, 3 acres; Bare close & Barnstones close, 1acre; 23 acres in Old Field; 18 acres in Middle Field; 21 acres in Church Field; cottage & 3 acres late occupied by Thomas Bury; messuage, 2 closes of 1acre late occupied by Robert Cooke; Poulter's close, 5 acres; East End Field, 7 acres; 4 acres in Old Field; 4 acres in Middle Field; 5 acres in Church Field; messuage & cottage late occupied by John Warren & 3 acres; cottage late occupied by William Drable, with 3 acres, & Home close, 4 acres; cottage late occupied by John Samworth, Overships close, 14 acres; Twelve-acre close; Nr. Sheeps close, 16 acres; Samworth meadow alias Fating-close meadow, 9 acres; Priestway, Scotchcroft & Dicks End close, 2 acres; 5 acres in Church Field; 5 acres in Middle Field; 4 acres in Old Field; 20 acres called 'Dean Old' late occupied by John Wise; Short meadow, 4 acres; Highfields, 53 acres, late occupied by John Chettle; lands late occupied by Thomas Dillingham; New close, 6 acres; Dry pasture, 25 acres; Bushy & Long closes, 5 acres; cottage late occupied by Hugh Wild, & 1 acre; cottage late occupied by John Gore senior; closes, 2 acres; 7 acres.in the open fields; 1 acre in Broad meadow; William Bayes; Highfield, 27acres; 3 acres in Broad meadow; messuage occupied by Thomas Gell; John Fox: Fatting close, 60 acres; John Ward: Middle Highfield, pasture, 128 acres; John Saunders: Fillingham bushes, 16 acres; Husbandman's meadow, 14 acres; Thomas Bletsoe, clerk; Field's End closes, 8 acres; John Foscott: cottage & 1 acre; William Cooke: cottage; 3 acres pasture; 4 acres in the common fields; Thomas Williamson: cottage; Scotch croft, 1acres; 1acre pasture; 3 acres in the open fields; Henry Wild: cottage; 7 acres in open fields; Scotch croft, 1 acre; Home close, 1 acre.; Matthew Wild: Grassicks close, 1 acres; Ann Gobby: cottage; Scotch croft, 1acre; close of 3r.; Robert White: cottage; Thomas Gell senior: cottage; John Clapham: cottage; close of 2 acres; Cottagers meadow, 10 acres; 3 acres in the open fields; Hugh Wylde: cottage; 1acre in the open fields; Richard Gell: messuage; Barns close, 1acre; Moore's pastures, 10 acres; East End Field, pasture, 33 acres; Home close, 3 acres; Bares close, 2 acres; Atkins close, 1acre; Glynn's alias Field close, 1acre.; Glen's orchard, 3 roods; 36 acres in Old Field; 36 acres in Middle Field; 36 acres in Church Field; White's alias Norfield's close, 1/2 acre; Joseph Norfield: 8a. meadow (late Earl of Bolingbroke); spinney, 8 acres; Thomas Morris: ground called Wraughee, 3 acres.; Theophilius Leach: Long Highfield, 55 acres; Charles Palmer & Tho. Symonds: Corner Highfield, 28 acres ; to (v) to hold as follows:- messuage, closes called Home, Conygarth, Great Highfield, & Husbands mead (sometime occupied by Edward Lewis, now John & Israel Church); closes called Fatting, Cottage mead, & Fillingham bushes, occupied by Sir J. V. Sambrooke; messuage, farm, Sheeps close & Twelve - Acre close, 13 acres in open fields, occupied by William Samworth, rent £45 5s. p.a.; closes called Middle Highfields, occupied by John Chettle, rent £22 p.a; corner Highfield, John Reeve, £9 5s. p.a.; Long Highfield & Rangers, sometime Thomas Barrick, now Edward Randall, £23 p.a.; Further Highfield, Edward Harle, £14 p.a.; Horse close & Silk comb meadow, Judith Fox, £50 p.a.; Dry pasture, Upper Field, Lower Field, New close, Thomas Dillingham, £22 p.a. Dean Old close, Dean Old meadow, sometime Richard Simpson, now John Browning, £18 p.a.; High, Low, Further & Upper Poulters, Thomas Skinner, £21, p.a.; all above of value of £437 p.a.; to use of Sir J.V. Sambrooke for life; then to his heirs; witnesses: Ha. Malleson, William Gaskarth.
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