Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    WG2197
  • Title
    Late Littlehales. Marriage settlement (post nuptial), 25 July 1730: (i) Alexander Leith of Bedford St Paul, clerk (ii) Philip Oddy of ?Clifford, Bedfordshire, clerk, and wife Grace (iii) Philip Oddy senior of Islington, gentleman, John Towersey of Bedford St John, clerk. Messuage in Ravensden, Great and Little Trails fields (100 acres) in the occupation of John Bletsoe. [Further details given]
  • Date free text
    1662 - 1760, abstract 1808
  • Production date
    From: 1662 To: 1808
  • Scope and Content
    Draft of Abstract of title to premises 21 July 1662 (not abstracted) (1) Thomas Leach, Thomas Foster, John Cozens, John Reade, John Leach (son and heir of Thomas Leach), Thomas Leach junior (second son of Thomas Leach), R Holden, Adam Houghton (2) John Rawlings. 24 September 1718 (1) Philip Oddy senior, Philip Oddy junior (2) Alexander Leith [and wife Martha], Grace Leith. Covenant by Alexander Leith to convey premises (charged with mortgage to Charles Fletcher £400 and quit rent £2 7s 6d), inter alia farm in Ravensden in tenure of John Bletsoe at rent £38 per annum. 25 July 1730 (1) Alexander Leith, Vicar of St Pauls, Bedford (2a) Philip Oddy junior, Doctor of Divinity, Rector of Clifford, Bedfordshire, and (2b) Grace Oddy his wife, only child and heir apparent of (1) (3a) Philip Oddy senior, Islington, gentleman, uncle of (2a), and (3b) John Towersy, clerk, master of St John's Hospital, Bedford. Reciting deed 24 September 1718, as above. Conveyance by (1) to (3), inter alia messuage in Ravensden, enclosed fields and pasture ground called Great Trails Fields (100 acres), formerly the estate of John Rawlins, deceased, and purchased by (1) of Elizabeth Taylor and others. Now let £50. 20/21 May 1743 (1a) Philip Oddy, St Neots, Huntingdonshire, gentleman, eldest son and heir of Grace Oddy, deceased, and (1b) Ursula Oddy his wife (2) George Ward, Ax yard, Westminster, gentleman (3) Susanna Roberts, Cambridge. ?Deed to lead uses of a recovery: enclosed grounds called Great Trails Fields and Little Trails Fields with messuage, c100 acres in Ravensden in tenure of John Hutton. Trinity 16/17 George II Recovery. 30 May 1743 (1) Philip and Ursula Oddy (2) Susanna Roberts. Mortgage (1) to (2) for £300 (demise 500 years). 22 June 1744 (1) Philip Oddy (2) Judith Fox, Upper Dean, will. Mortgage £100. 30 May 1752 (1) Susanna Roberts (2) Rev Thomas Tipping, Biddenham, surviving trustee named in will of Philip Oddy, deceased, during minority of Mary Oddy, his only child (3) Judith Fox. Assignment between (1) to (3) of her interest. [See also M 10/4/9: 2 letters to Mrs Tipping, 1764] November 1760 Receipt by executor of Judith Fox to Elizabeth Fox of Bedford, spinster, of £300.
  • Exent
    11 pages
  • Level of description
    item
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