Reference
R6/14/2/1
Title
Release
Date free text
12 November 1700
Production date
From: 1700 To: 1700
Scope and Content
Release [Lease missing]
Parties:
(i) Matthew Watts the elder of Cople, gentleman; Anna his wife; Francis Brace of Bedford, gentleman and Essex Woodham of Bletsoe, gentleman;
(ii) John Lorkins of Cardington, yeoman.
Reciting:
- lease for 1 year dated 11 November 1700 from (i) to (ii) for consideration of 5s
Operative Part:
- £22 10s paid by (ii) to Francis Brace
- 5s paid by (ii) to Matthew Watts and Essex Woodham
- (i) released (a)-(c) to (ii)
Property:
2 ½ acres of arable land in the common fields of Cople made up of 3 lands lying together in Park Field in a place called Long Land containing
(a) 3 half acres with: E the land of Oliver Luke Esquire; W the ditch furlong; N middle furlong; S in Blackland;
(b) ½ acre at Coles Close with: S Oliver Luke; N Captain Spencer; E abutting on Oliver Luke’s headland
(c) ½ acre in the same field lying in Long Homer with: S the land of Sir William Gostwick; N Oliver Luke Esquire; E Short Homer; W the highway from Green Lane to Hoofield Bridge
Witnesses:
- Marmaduke Beke
- Francis Brace junior
Level of description
item