R6/5/5/61

Release

29 March 1718

From: 1718 To: 1718

Release: Parties: (i) Elizabeth Haselden of Colmworth, spinster; (ii) Richard Hillersdon of Elstow, gentleman; (iii) John Hillersdon of Colmworth, esquire; Thomas Berkeley of Eynesbury [Huntingdonshire], gentleman Reciting: - intended marriage of (i) and (ii); - (i) and (ii) had agreed that (ii) should have use of (a) to (i) for himself along with a quarter share in a copyhold messuage in Biggleswade as (i)’s marriage portion, leaving (i) to have use of (j)-(r) Operative Part: - (iii) paid 10/- to (i); - (i), with the agreement of (ii) conveyed (a)-to (iii) in trust Property: (a) capital messuage called The Berrystead in Goldington; (b) two closes of pasture called the Home Closes next to (a) and containing 15 acres; (c) close of field sward called Church Close of 7 acres; (d) close of ley ground called The Cluse containing 8 acres lying between Cluse Wood and Puttenhoe Field; (e) two closes of pasture called Parsleys Closes containing together 8 acres formerly in the occupation of John Wiffin; (f) 86 acres of arable and leys in the common fields of Goldington; (g) 14 acres of meadow in Newolds Meadow; (h) five acres of meadow lying together in East Meadow in Goldington; (i) Parsleys and Cluse Woods containing 8 acres (a)-(i) in the occupation of James Wiffin (j) messuage in Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton in Bendhouse Lane; (k) orchard and little close of pasture adjoining (j) and of two acres in Bedford in Bendhouse Lane in the parishes of Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton and Bedford, Saint Paul; (l) arable land called Hoggheards Piece in Bedford, Saint Cuthbert of thirteen acres; (m) forty acres of arable and leys in the common fields of Bedford in the occupation of William Risely; (n) messuage and malthouse in Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton of Bedford, Saint Paul , late Wright’s now in the occupation of John Mason; (o) Peacock Inn in the occupation of Joseph Wiffin and a wheeler’s shop, formerly a cottage, adjoining the inn formerly in the occupation of Thomas Linford, now Joseph Wiffin; (p) messuage with orchard and backside in Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton, late Bamford’s, now in the occupation of Katherine Cobb; (q) two tenements belonging to (p) in the occupation of Thomas Langford and Simon Howard; (r) close of pasture with a dovehouse in Bedford, Saint Paul called Dovehouse Close formerly in the occupation of William Woodward, now William Risely Habendum - to the use of (iii) to the use of (i) before the marriage, then to the use of (i) and (ii) for the life of the longest lived remainder to their heirs; - (iii) taking rents and profits for the separate use of (i) Witnesses - Elizabeth Hobbs; - Katherine Pemberton; - Elizabeth Pemberton

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Haselden, Elizabeth,
Hillersdon, Richard,
Hillersdon, John,
Berkeley, Thomas,
Wiffin, John,
Wiffin, James,
Risely, William,
Mason, John,
Wiffin, Joseph,
Linford, Thomas,
Bamford,
Wright,
Cobb, Katherine,
Howard, Simon,
Langford, Thomas,
Woodward, William,
Hobbs, Elizabeth,
Pemberton, Katherine,
Pemberton, Elizabeth

BEDFORD, GOLDINGTON, marriage settlements, BIGGLESWADE, Goldington Berrystead, Goldington fields, Bedford fields, Bedford Peacock, Saint Cuthbert Bedford, Saint Paul Bedford, Saint Peter de Merton Bedford, Bedford Bendhouse Lane, wheelwright, malthouse, Thomas Berkeley, Goldington Cluse Wood, Goldington Parsleys Wood