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Release for making a tenant to the precipe.

8 & 9 Nov 1792, 12 Jun 1830

From: 1792 To: 1830

i) Right Honourable Robert Henley Ongley, Lord Ongley of Ireland (eldest son of Robert Henley Ongley, Lord Ongley, who was formerly Robert Henley and was 3rd son of Robert Henley late of St. Clement Danes, Middlesex, gentleman, deceased and of Jane his wife also deceased, who by reason of the determination & the failure of the estates created by will of Sir Samuel Ongley, late of London, knight, deceased, antecedent to the estate for life therein limited to him the said late Lord Ongley, became and was seized in possession for his life of the property herein after mentioned and intended to be hereby granted and released with the remainder thereof to the 1st and other sons in heir male successively) ii) Mordaunt Lawson Clennell, Staple’s Inn, London, gentleman iii) George Edwards, Henlow, esquire witnesseth that for barring etc. all estates tail and remainders etc. in manors and hereditaments hereinafter mentioned and for assuring and investing the absolute inheritance thereof in fee simple i) releases to ii) - capital messuage or mansion house of him, said Lord Longley, in which he now dwells, and all lands and appurtenances (202 acres) - Warden Warren (300 acres) in the possession of Lord Longley, together with summer house and other buildings erected on it - Farmhouse etc. late in occupation of Edward Inskipp and now of Robert Townsend - lands belonging (140 acres 2 roods 18 perches) - close meadow or pasture called Ashton’s Close now in occupation of Andrew Lane (5 acres) * - 2 closes arable – Barkers Closes (28 acres) now in occupation of Thomas Inskipp - cottage etc. in occupation of Thomas Let - cottage in occupation of Mary and Ann Wilshere - cottage etc. (1 acre) in occupation of George Watts - cottage etc. in occupation of William Barns ** - Public House “The Crown” etc. close arable (3 acres) in occupation of --- Bishop - cottage etc. (2 acres) in occupation of Overseers of Poor of Warden - cottage in occupation of John Bates - cottage (2 acres) in occupation of Samuel Mintle, carpenter - cottage in occupation of John Mardlin - cottage and pasture (4 acres 30 perches) in occupation of said George Watts - cottage etc. (1 acre 3 roods 3 perches) in occupation of Thomas Bygrove - 2 other cottages and 4 several closes (9 acres) now in occupation of John Bredsall - cottage in occupation of Sarah Chapman, widow - messuage (1 acre) in occupation of said Andrew Lane - cottage and blacksmith’s in occupation of Joseph Brillin - 2 other cottages in occupation of Charles Reynolds and Robert Ingram - cottage late in occupation of John Knight and now said Andrew Lane - cottage in occupation of Thomas Preston - cottage, dog kennel etc. in occupation of Thomas Spring - meadow or the first mow or cut thereof in Hill Meadow, Castle Meadow and Biggleswade (7 acres) in occupation of John How Allwhich before mentioned premises are in Old Warden - Manor or Lordship of Southill * - Manor or Lordship of Stanford otherwise Stamford Bury - capital messuage or Manor House called Stamford Bury otherwise Stamford Berry in Southill * Property later exchanged with Mr. Whitbread (see abstract) ** Later called the “Hare and Hounds” - Blewitt’s Hall etc. in Southill as now in occupation of John Peppercorn * - several closes belonging to either of same messuages (380 acres) in Stanford, Stamford Bury or Southill - 4 spinneys – Newhouse spinney, Shefford Mill spinney, Coxet Hill spinney and Shefford Bottom spinney (7 acres) in Stanford and Stamford Bury, now in possession Lord Ongley - farmhouse in Stanford, in occupation of Thomas Taylor - another farmhouse in same occupation - closes and pieces of enclosed and openfield land in parish fields and precincts of Stanford and Southill (321 acres 2 roods 20 perches) as are now in occupation of Thomas Taylor and belonging to either of 2 farms - site where Parsonage House formerly stood - ground adjoining (1 acre) - all tithes of Stanford and Stamford Bury being parcel of Rectory of Southill now in occupation of said Thomas Taylor, and glebe lands etc. in Stanford, parcel of said Rectory - meadow ground lying in a meadow in Stanford called Barley seed meadow (3 roods) E. River W. ditch thereof - messuage and watermill in Stanford and lands belonging (18 acres 2 roods) * - cottage in Stanford called Wrights Cottage now in occupation of ---Wright, with orchard etc. (1 acre 2 roods [19 perches in abstract] ) - 2 cottages in Stanford and 2 closes pasture ground (4 acres) and two half acres meadow in common fields of Stanford, one near to Clifton bridge and the other near lakes in occupation of John Baker - other cottage in Stanford with close of pasture (1 acre) in occupation of Isaac Ballard *- other cottage in Stanford and one close of pasture (1 acre) in occupation of John Flavel - farmhouse at Broome in tenure of John Barber - another farmhouse in Broome in same tenure - several pieces ground belonging to said farmhouses held by John Barber (189 acres 1 rood 1 pole) in Broome and fields, precincts belonging ** - farmhouse etc. in Broome in occupation of John Sarl - piece of ground belonging and held by John Sarl (187 acres 20 perches) in Broome, Stanford and Southill * - farmhouse at Broome in occupation of Mark Norman - piece of ground belonging (187 acres 37 perches) in Broome, Stanford and Southill *- Farmhouse in Broome in occupation of John Rogers - piece of land belonging (131 acres 5 perches) at Broom, Stanford and Southill - cottage and close of pasture called the Grange (2 acres) in Broome in occupation of ---Rooke, widow - tithe free lands lying dispersedly on fields of Broome (2 acres) also in occupation of said ---Rooke - cottage etc. (1 acre 2 roods) in occupation of ---Cooper, widow - pieces of land in fields of Broome and Southill etc. (6 acres) also in occupation of ---Cooper - cottage etc. (½ acre) in Broome in occupation of Edward Hawkins and several pieces of land in common fields of Broome (2 acres 1 rood) also in occupation of said Edward Hawkins - cottage etc. (1 acre 2 roods) in Broome and 1 acre arable in fields of Broome in occupation of John Dilley - moiety of cottage etc. (1 acre 2 roods) in Broome and 1 acre lands in Broome in occupation of Joseph Green - cottage etc. (½ acre) in Broome in occupation of Edward Chew * Property later exchanged with Mr. Whitbread (see abstract) ** Part of this farm sold on 12 February 1829 - cottage etc. (½ acre) in Southill in occupation of Ebenezer Green - piece of tithe ground in Cock Glade in Southill (2 acres) in tenure of Viscount Torrington or his tenants - 1 acre arable in Southill in field called Blacklands furlong in occupation of John Dilley, esquire, and 1 acre pasture in middle Southill common by the Hassocks, also in occupation of said John Dilley - shop called “The World’s End” and ground adjoining in Clifton in occupation of William Harwood - 3 other closes pasture in Clifton adjoining last mentioned and with contiguous 14 acres in several tenure of Francis Parrott and George Hicks - meadow called “The Droves” (2 acres) in Clifton in occupation of John Arch - Shefford Meadows at Shefford in Campton (4 acres) in occupation of Thomas Barber - lands lying dispersedly in fields of Meppershall in occupation of Christopher Fowler (35 acres 20 perches) - farmhouse in Charlton in Blunham in occupation of John Freshwater - lands belonging in Charlton and Moggerhanger and South Mills in Blunham also in occupation of John Freshwater (114 acres) - farmhouse in Channells End in Colmworth in occupation of William Wiles - lands belonging held by William Wiles in Colmworth, Eaton Socon, Roxton and Wilden (218 acres) - farmhouse in Colmworth in Church End in occupation of Richard Stringer S. Highway - cottage in Church End, Colmworth - pieces land belonging (- acres) in parish and fields of Colmworth also in occupation of said Richard Stringer - farmhouse in Colmworth in occupation of Russell Chapman - lands belonging (98 acres 2 roods) in fields and parishes of Colmworth, Eaton Socon, Roxton and Wilden also in occupation of Russell Chapman - piece of ground whereon a cottage formerly stood and pightle of pasture adjoining (½ acre) in Little Staughton - public house called the White Lyon, in Wilden (1 acre) formerly in occupation of Thomas Cleaton - cottage in Wilden in occupation of William Cutler - messuage in Pulloxhill - lands and spinney (80 acres 3 roods) in Pulloxhill - 5 pieces common field and arable land in Pulloxhill and Silsoe (5 acres 2 roods 37 perches) all which last mentioned messuage and lands were formerly in occupation of William Gudgeon, afterwards of John Abbott and Judith Abbott, his widow and now of --- - manor of Everty alias Ifty, and perquisites - Ifty Farm - lands, wood ground etc. held together (40 acres) in parishes of Chart next Sutton Vallence and Boughton Mouchelsea, Kent heretofore in the occupation of Thomas Nash, afterwards of Nathaniel Allen and now of Musgrove Tomkin - capital messuage called Elderden - land belonging (74 acres) - woods (7 acres) adjoining all which last mentioned messuage lands, woods etc. are in Chart next Vallence, now in occupation of Robert Bowles - farmhouse and lands (90 acres) in Staplehurst, Kent, in occupation of Samuel Cole - farmhouse - land belonging (69 acres) in Swarden, Kent, formerly in occupation of John Woollett, junior, and now of Thomas Loudwell - barn and lands belonging (50 acres) in Boughton Malherb and Hedcome, Kent, late in occupation of John Weeks and now of John Offen - farmhouse and lands (120 acres) in Biddenden, Kent, in occupation of Thomas Witherden - messuage with barn, lodge, and 3 pieces land (8 acres) in Biddenden in occupation William Bingham - messuage, barn and lands ( -- acres) in Biddenden, late in tenure of Benjamin Buckhurst - “Swan” with buildings belonging on southside of High Street, Maidstone, Kent - Shambles ground between 2 court houses in Maidstone formerly in occupation of Norwood Read, since of --- Moore, widow, and now of Messrs. John Brenchley and Co., brewers - tithes and tenths of Robert Lord Ongley, of aforesaid messuages, cottages, farms and lands etc. - messuage in Ludgate Street on south side, in parish of St Martin, Ludgate, London, in ward of Farringdon within, next adjoining to one other and now in the occupation of Messrs. Parish and Ranken,--- Tremaine and Messrs. Cooper, Smith and Husband - 2 messuages in Watling Street, on north side in parish of All Hallows, Bread Street, London, in occupation of John Rutherford and Robert Inman - 2 messuages adjoining to each other on north side of Threadneedle Street, one in occupation of Thomas Rogers in parish of St Martin Outwith, London, and other adjoining westward thereto in tenure of William Speakman in parish St Bennet Finck in ward of Broad Street, London, and also ground and soil on which said messuages are erected etc. - together with all edifices, lands etc. rights, courts Let and Baron, view of frankpledge etc. and all other manors, messuages etc. of said Lord Longley in counties of Bedford, Kent and London, whereof he is seized or entitled in tail under will of said Sir Samuel Ongley, deceased to said ii) to use of ii) to intent that ii) shall become perfect tenant of the immediate freehold in order that 3 or more common recoveries may be suffered against him, one for Bedfordshire, one for Kent and one for London property and iii) shall sue forth 3 writs of entry. signed . All witnesses. Isaac Hindley George Wale H. D Roe 8 and 9 Nov 1792 endorsed with memorandum that all Lord Ongley’s estates in Old Warden and Southill were, by indenture of 30 Aug 1824, charged with annual sum of £1200 to Frances, Lady Ongley, for life. 12 Jun 1830

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Ongley of Old Warden, Robert Henley-Ongley, 2nd Baron,
Ongley,
Henley, Robert,
Henley, Jane,
Ongley, Samuel,
Clennell, Mordaunt Lawson,
Edwards, George,
Inskipp, Edward,
Townsend, Robert,
Inskipp, Thomas,
Let, Thomas,
Wilshere, Mary,
Wilshere, Ann,
Watts, George,
Barns, William,
Bishop,
Bates, John,
Mintle, Samuel,
Mardlin, John,
Bygrove, Thomas,
Bredsall, John,
Chapman, Sarah,
Lane, Andrew,
Brillin, Joseph,
Reynolds, Charles,
Ingram, Robert,
Knight, John,
Preston, Thomas,
Spring, Thomas,
How, John,
Whitbread,
Peppercorn, John,
Taylor, Thomas,
Wright,
Baker, John,
Ballard, Isaac,
Flavel, John,
Barber, John,
Sarl, John,
Norman, Mark,
Rogers, John,
Rooke,
Cooper,
Hawkins,
Hawkins, Edward,
Dilley, John,
Green, Joseph,
Chew, Edward,
Green, Ebenezer,
Torrington,
Harwood, William,
Parrott, Francis,
Hicks, George,
Arch, John,
Barber, Thomas,
Fowler, Christopher,
Freshwater, John,
Wiles, William,
Stringer, Richard,
Chapman, Russell,
Cleaton, Thomas,
Cutler, William,
Gudgeon, William,
Abbott, John,
Abbott, Judith,
Nash, Thomas,
Allen, Nathaniel,
Tomkin, Musgrove,
Bowles, Robert,
Cole, Samuel,
Woollett, John,
Loudwell, Thomas,
Weeks, John,
Offen, John,
Witherden, Thomas,
Bingham, William,
Buckhurst, Benjamin,
Read, Norwood,
Moore,
Brenchley, John & Company,
Parish,
Ranken,
Tremaine,
Cooper,
Smith,
Husband,
Rutherford, John,
Inman, Robert,
Rogers, Thomas,
Speakman, William,
Hindley, Isaac,
Wale, George,
Roe, H D,
Ongley, Frances

DEEDS, Ireland, London St Clement Danes, Staples Inn, HENLOW, Old Warden Crown, Old Warden, Overseers, carpenter, blacksmith, BIGGLESWADE, SOUTHILL, Stanford, Southill farms, Old Warden Hare & Hounds, watermills, Broom, Broom farms, Southill fields, CLIFTON, SHEFFORD, CAMPTON, MEPPERSHALL, Blunham Chalton, Moggerhanger, Blunham South Mills, COLMWORTH, Colmworth farms, EATON SOCON, WILDEN, Colmworth fields, ROXTON, Little Staughton, Wilden White Lion, PULLOXHILL, SILSOE, Kent, Maidstone, brewers, London