Reference
R6/3/6/20
Title
Declaration
Date free text
21 Sep 1888
Production date
From: 1851 To: 1888
Scope and Content
Declaration by James Henman of Aspley Heath, gardener, formerly attached to R6/3/6/19:
- he was 38 years of age and had lived on Aspley Heath nearly all his life;
- on 30 June 1883 Ann Bodsworth conveyed 1 rood, 4½ poles to Joseph George Fisher as shown on an attached plan [R6/3/6/21];
- he was well acquainted with Croyland and the land mentioned in the preceding paragraph formed much of the property; at the plan accompanying the auction sale particulars of 18 August 1888 it was marked as fruit garden;
- he had read R6/3/6/1 and the Philip Henman named therein was his uncle; John Bodsworth held the land from then until his death in 1882 and occupied it without interruption;
- witnessed by Alfred Clare, commissioner of oaths
Level of description
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