Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    WY118-119
  • Title
    Post Nuptial Settlement. Lease and Release. £780.
  • Date free text
    1, 2 Jun 1696
  • Production date
    From: 1696 To: 1696
  • Scope and Content
    (i) Mary Sexton of Royston, Hertfordshire, widow of Thomas Sexton, John Glover of Royston, Hertfordshire, gentleman, and wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Sexton. (ii) Joseph Chadderton of Carlton, clerk, and wife Elizabeth. (iii) William Hodges of Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire, gentleman, and John Quinton of Wellingborough, apothecary. Recites Marriage Agreement after marriage of Joseph Chadderton and wife Elizabeth made 2 April 1686, in pursuance of which Joseph has purchased of Daniel Abbott late of Chellington yeoman: -- cottage in Chellington and close adjoining; close (4 acres) and 5 acres 1 rood land in Carlton and Chellington. -- messuage in Lambpitt End, Tempsford, close adjoining (1½ acres); Reynes close (2 acres); close called the Thorow yard or Milking yard, lying opposite the messuage (1 rood); 77 acres in Tempsford and Everton:- - in Everton Downes: on Lower furlong, abutting east New Mead, abutting east Everton common, on Lower Middle furlong, abutting east and west the Joynts there, on Upper Middle furlong, on Upper furlong, abutting west Pease furlong headend, and Red furlong, abutting the Procession baulk. - in Causey field: lying within the Drove, abutting west against the Wad-ground, abutting east on the Lake, without the Drove, abutting west Pease furlong headend, on Middle furlong, beneath Pease furlong headend, abutting Procession Baulk, going through 2 furlongs, abutting east on the Marsh, on Middle furlong abutting east and west the Joynt, on Highway furlong, abuttingwest on the road, on Upper furlong, abutting east Winage piece, in the Middle sands, abutting east the road, abutting southwest Stonehill ditch; - in the Great North field Season: in the Sands, abutting west Stonehill ditch, abutting west Stockhill headend, abutting east the Willowes of Richard Gardner, on Green Ditch furlong, abutting west the road, on Wale furlong, abutting east the road, abutting west on the Wale, lying near the Brickhill, abutting west the road, lying against Hay ditch, on Plash furlong, abutting south and north on the Plashes, on Upper Plash furlong, abutting north on Elding, lying on Elding abutting north on the Plash, lying behind Elding, abutting north on Hangman Hedge, in Fowler’s Court, abutting south on Leasure ditch, on Long Staple furlong, abutting east the Leasure ditch,on Potter’s furlong, abutting west Leasure ditch, on the south side of the ditch; - in Little North field: on Long furlong, abutting north Middle headend, on Middle Marsh furlong, on White Butt furlong, abutting west the headland, in Elding; - in the Mill Sands: on West mead furlong, abutting north and west Mead Ditch, on Blunham Ditch furlong, on Nether furlong, abutting east on the Middle sands, on the Middle furlong; - in Sandy Down field: on the Delve furlong, abutting west on the London road, a baulk lying north, on Eastern Down furlong, abutting east on Longland, on Longland furlong, abutting east on the Breaches, abutting north glebe land. - in Cran field: on Ditch furlong, lying in Dunswell, on Barford headend furlong, on Neather Clay furlong, in Upper clay furlong, on Longland furlong, on Bellon furlong; 5 roods meadow in Tempsford, in Mill green meadow; 2 acres 3 roods meadow in Tempsford; cottage and orchard in Lambpitt end, close adjoining (2 acres), in the occupation of Richard Steward; cottage with orchard and hempland adjoining (1 rood) in Tempsford, ½acre in the common field, occupied by Henry Butler; Owners and occupiers of neighbouring lands: Robert Hawkins, clerk, Countess of Kent, Lady St. John, Mr. Bromsall, Henry Smith, Mr. Drury, Henry Wallis, Abraham Dix, Mrs. Bray, Isaac Thomas, Richard Gardner, Thomas Edwards, John Whyston, John Barr, Thomas Aspin, Thomas Warren, Thomas Skilliter, Thomas Britten, Edward Brittaine, Thomas Yarrell, John Chase. Witnesses: F. Brace, Edward Laundey, Benjamin Haselden.
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