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SL1/75a
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Conveyance:
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27 Sep 1872
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From: 1872 To: 1872
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i) Robert Henley, Lord Ongley ii) Joseph Shuttleworth, Hartsholme Hall, Lincolnshire, esquire i) conveys to ii) in consideration of £15,000 Firstly - manor and lordship of Southill and Stanford otherwise Stamford Bury otherwise Stamford Berry - manor and lordship of Hill in Old Warden - mansion house wherein i) lately resided in Old Warden - 2 closes in Warden, parish of Old Warden (2 acres) late in occupation of i) * ground, closes called the Park, the Paddocks, the Cherry Orchard, Bowling Green Piece, and the Cherry Orchard and Blacksmith’s Close, in Old Warden, late in occupation of i). Total 173 acres - warren or wood ground in Old Warden and small part in Southill known as the Warren (123 acres but formerly said to contain 300acres) and summer house standing thereon, also late in occupation of i) - spinneys etc. (30 acres 3 roods 21 perches) in Old Warden and Northill, late in occupation of i) - spinneys, etc. in Southill (23 acres 2 roods) also late in occupation of i) ** farmhouse in Old Warden formerly in occupation of John Davies and previously of George Neal - closes, land etc. belonging and enjoyed by John Davis as tenant of i) 153 acres 3 roods 30 perches in Old Warden and Southill i.e. 10 acres 1 rood 28 perches of arable and 76 acres 1 rood 16 perches of meadow and pasture in Old Warden and 43 acres 2 roods 4 perches of arable and 23 acres 2 roods 4 perches arable and 23 acres 2 roods 22 perches of meadow or pasture in Southill *** farmhouse in Old Warden formerly in occupation of John Witteridge and now of George Davies - lands belonging used by John Witteridge as tenant (96 acres 2 roods 10 perches) in Old Warden and Northill. 12 acres 13 perches of which are in Northill and remainder in Old Warden **** farmhouse in Old Warden formerly in occupation of William Mitchell and afterwards of Prime Coleman - lands belonging used by Prime Coleman as tenant being 276 acres 1 rood 6 perches in Old Warden and Southill i.e. 86acres 3 roods 20 perches arable and 87 acres 3 roods 18 perches of meadow and pasture in Old Warden and 87 acres 3 roods 29 perches arable and 13 acres 2 roods 19 perches meadow or pasture in Southill - public house called the Hare and Hounds and lands adjoining late in occupation of Lydia Pitford, widow, in Old Warden (3 acres) - cottage and pasture adjoining (4 acres) in Old Warden late in occupation of Sarah Sear + cottages in Old Warden in occupations of Thomas Preston, John South, Thomas Callop, Thomas Willshire, Thomas Roberts, Benjamin Robinson, George Goodship, Samuel Harradin, William Wells, William Sims, Samuel Hudson, Samuel Mantell, Edward Samuel, Philip Wheatley, Abraham Wheatley, Thomas Fir, William Kilby, John Fir, Thomas Wheatley, William Mantell, James Beagarie, Fanny Woodley, Samuel Waring, Samuel Ward, Joseph Bryant, William York, Sarah Bygrave, Thomas Street, James Trueman, William Peacock, Joseph Scott, Samuel Goodship, George Wheatley, Daniel Dickins, Mary Wiltshire, Benjamin Barnes, William Barnes senior, Edward Jackson, William Purser, William Goodwin, James Hart, James Burrage, William Ford, John Dickins, James Dilley, William Barnes junior, William Wright, Thomas Wells, Ellis Hare, William Hills, William Marston and William Hind ++ farmhouse etc. in Hill, Old Warden formerly in occupation of Robert Green and afterwards of Samuel Wells, esquire - land belonging (284 acres 3 roods 8 perches) in Old Warden and Southill i.e. 144 acres 3 roods 7 perches arable and 5 acres 3 roods 16 perches meadow and 77 acres 2 roods 37 perches in Old Warden and 41 acres 2 roods 7 perches arable and 14 acres 3 roods 21 perches pasture in Southill +++ farmhouse in Hill in Old Warden formerly in occupation of William Holder and afterwards of George Neale - land belonging ( 307 acres 2 roods 17 perches) in Old Warden and Southill i.e. 174 acres 8 perches arable and all meadow in Old Warden and 42 acres 1 rood 15 perches remainder of arable in Broom, in Southill - cottages let with said last mentioned farm to George Neale and afterwards in occupations of James Willshire and William Fuller ++++ farmhouse in Hill, Old Warden, formerly in occupation of James Kingsley, since of Charles Plyer and now or late of William Heading - land belonging and held together with other pieces land by James Kingley , being 103acres 3 roods 31 perches in Hill, Old Warden - rectorial and vicarial tithes payable to i) within Hill and said meadow called Hill meadow and said farm and land in occupation of Prime Coleman and out of any other ground of i) in Old Warden +++++ farmhouse in Broom in occupation of Samuel Neal and Sarah Sarl - land belonging (198 acres 1 rood 18 perches) in Broom, with other pieces land then held therewith in occupation of Samuel Neal and Sarah Sarl - cottage called “the Lodge” divided into 3 in Southill late in occupations of --- - Parkwood (109 acres 2 roods) - farmhouse and old enclosures (73 acres 3 roods 14 perches) formerly part of said wood and which old enclosures and wood are in Old Warden and were formerly in occupation of Charles Fyshe Palmer, deceased, and now in occupation of Jesse Masters, or assigns - 2 cottages in Old Warden in occupations of - Wheatley and – York - quit rent of 5s payable out of a cottage at Broom in occupation of Jeremiah Chessum Secondly - cottage in Village of Old Warden etc.(2 roods) - piece of fern or plantation or wood in village of Old Warden at rear end of said cottage (1 acre 3 roods 2 perches) late in occupation of i) all which messuages, farms etc. )with exception of manors) are more particularly described in schedule) - all deeds etc. relating to above, now in custody of i) cottage secondly described shall remain to use of ii) for ever with schedule (giving field names) and plan ( coloured) signature i) endorsed receipt witnesses Montagu Turner Thomas Wheatley * Park Farm ** Yew Tree Farm *** Mount Pleasant **** Home Farm formerly Townsends + the village close ++ Lower Hill Farm +++ Kings Hill ++++ part of Knight’s Farm and part of Palmers +++++ Broom Farm
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