Reference
R6/5/8/3
Title
Bargain and Sale
Date free text
3 February 1648 [1649]
Production date
From: 1628 To: 1649
Scope and Content
Bargain and Sale
Parties:
(i) Sir William Boteler of Biddenham, sole survivor of joint Feoffees; William Doughtie of Lincolns Inn [Middlesex], gentleman; Thomas Doughtie, gentleman (brother of William); Humfrey Newton of Lincolns Inn, esquire;
(ii) Charles Auncell of Ickleford [Hertfordshire], gentleman; Richard Auncell of Bedford, gentleman (brother of Charles)
Operative Part:
- Richard Auncell paid “a certain sum of money” to Humfrey Newton;
- (i), by direction of Richard Auncell, granted (a)-(e) to Charles Auncell
Property:
(a) close of pasture called Roomer alias Roo Meade containing 12 acres abutting S on highway from Bedford to Elstow;
(b) a piece of arable of 8 acres in Muzzell Field alias Moswell Field abutting: E on land of the dissolved Hospital of Saint Leonard; N and NW on the highway from Bedford to Ampthill; part S on Roomer alias Roo Meade; part S on land of Thomas Peirson of Elstow formerly belonging to Cauldwell Priory; part S on land formerly of the Hospital of Saint John the Baptist;
(c) 31 selions of arable (two of which were gores) containing together 15½ acres in Coneygree Field alias Barksditch Field abutting: E on other land assigned; part W on land of Saint John’s Hospital “a baulk parting them”; part W on Procession Baulk forming the boundary between Bedford and Kempston; N on the highway from Bedford to Kempston; part S on land formerly of Cauldwell Priory; part S on Bell Acre; part S on land formerly of Saint John’s Hospital;
(d) 7 acres of arable in Hole Field abutting: N and E on land formerly of Saint John’s Hospital; S on land formerly of Elstow Abbey;
(e) 3 acres in Hole Field abutting: E on a ten acre piece formerly of Cauldwell Priory; part S on land formerly of Saint John’s Hospital; N on highway from Bedford to Elstow;
(f) 2½ acres of arable in Hole Field abutting: N on (e); S on highway from Kempston to Fenlake; W on land formerly of Saint Leonard’s Hospital “a baulk parting them”; part E on land formerly of Saint John’s Hospital; part E on land of Thomas Peirson of Elstow formerly belonging to Cauldwell Priory
Reciting:
- (a)-(f) were formerly the inheritance of Lewys Leigh of Cauldwell, Bedford, gentleman, deceased and by fine of 26th November 1628 and deed to lead to the uses of a fine of 10th November 1628 he conveyed them to Henry Atkyns, doctor of physic on the condition that payment of “a certain sum of money” would make the estate void and the lands conveyed to Peter Paradyne, esquire, Lewys Conquest, esquire, William Newton, esquire and Richard Godwyn, gentleman in trust for disposal as directed by Lewys Leigh’s will;
- will of Lewys Leigh of 11th January 1628 [1629] devising (a)-(e) for sale with the consent of his wife Lucie and his brother Goddard;
- conveyance of (a)-(e) on 14th December 1629 from Henry Atkyns “for a valuable consideration” to Peter Paradyne, Lewys Conquest and William Newton (Richard Godwyn being dead);
- Feoffment of (a)-(e) on 25th April 1630 from Peter Paradyne, Lewys Conquest, William Newton, Lucie Leigh and Goddard Leigh to Sir William Boteler, Richard Taylor, esquire, afterwards serjeant at law and Thomas Rolt esquire as trustees for Ounslowe Wynche, esquire;
- grant of 20th April 1640 by Ounslowe Wynche of the benefit of the trust to William Doughtie and Thomas Doughtie acting on a contract made with Humfrey Newton
Habendum
- to Charles Auncell to be disposed of as appointed by Richard Auncell
Witnesses:
- Thomas Newton;
- Anthony Rush;
- John Newton;
- John Whatly;
- Simon Taylor;
- Phillip Hinton;
- Thomas Farrer;
- Robert Lovett;
- W. Empson;
- William Farrer;
- William Scott
Level of description
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