Reference
C1438
Title
Covenant to levy a fine: settlement (copy)
(i) Thomas Ashhurst, citizen & salter of London, youngest son of late Robert of Hedingham castle; & eldest son William;
(ii) William Ashhurst of Lincoln's Inn, esq., & Samuel, citizen & merchant tailor, brothers of Robert;
Date free text
16 Sep 1726
Production date
From: 1726 To: 1726
Scope and Content
- - extensive property in Essex [reciting deed of 1723];
- - (p.9) 'all the rest of his manors, lands' etc.;
marginal note '' the estate in Thurleigh is included';
farmhouse & closes called Meggsweed alias Gales farm in Thurleigh, late occupied byJohn Gale, now Thomas Millard; closes
containing 46 acres (old orchard, Sperrys, Stripe, Corn alias lay, Watts Folley, Nether Bushey, Farther Bushey, a grove, Wisemans End pightle, pease al. Land); & 45 acres in open fields (Wiseman, Cow, Cookes & South Fields); also Clapham Brook close, late occupuied by Israel Willmott;
recites:-
conveyance 21, 22 May 1712
(i) Owen Thomas Bromsall of Northill esq., brother & heir of Ralph deceased.
John Harvey of Ickwell Bury & Francis Brace jr., Ralph's executors.
Frances Bromsall, spinster, Ralph's sister.
Thomas Crouch of London, merchant, & wife Margaret, sister of Ralph
(ii) Robert & Samuel Ashhurst;
Witnesses: Joscelyn Pickard, John Halton.
Level of description
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