Reference
WJ260
Title
Attested copy of Marriage Settlement (release)
Date free text
6 Jun 1739
Production date
From: 1739 To: 1739
Scope and Content
i) Ruth Linford, Maulden, spinster
ii) Michael Wainwright, Maulden, yeoman
iii) Richard Smith, Woburn, gentleman
Timothy Squire, Hertford, maltster
marriage of i) and ii)
[recites: Demise 1000 years17 October 1606
i) Edmund Norwood, Ecton, Northamptonshire, gentleman
ii) Richard Tompson, Wilstead
--- messuage Wilstead, in occupation Anthony Wright, and pightle (2 acres), Green W, Hooked lane E
--- 3½ acres in Wilstead fields
-- 1 acre, Western Town side, Hill Way N, late William Pyatt S
-- 1 acre, Road End Ditch, Siset’s Leys W, vicar’s headland E
-- 1 acre Hill field
-- 2 roods Dayne field on Sheron’s Bush furlong
recites: that the remainder of the term is now vested in i)]
i) to iii) in trust
--- 8½ acres arable now in occupation Thomas Balls, Wilstead fields
[1 acre conveyed (Lease and Release) by Edward Cooper to Nathan Linford 11/12 October 1698;
1½ acres conveyed (Lease and Release) 19/20 April 1705, by James Cox to Nathan Linford;
6 acres conveyed (Lease and Release) 2/3 October 1711 by William Cawne, clerk and wife Elizabeth to Nathan Linford]
--- close, Wilstead, now in occupation Thomas Balls [conveyed (Lease and Release) 29/30 March 1699, by William Tompkins to Nathan Linford]
--- fourth part of close and garden ground, late 2 closes, (3 acres) in occupation John Coleman
--- fourth part of 25 acres Maulden fields in occupation George Warner
--- fourth part of 3 cottages and gardens, Clophill, in occupation John Prior and [ ] Gobby
--- fourth part of 2 acres arable, Clophill fields in occupation [ ] Horne to which i) is entitled in reversion on death of Mary Linford, her mother.
to use of ii) for life, then i) for life, then children of i) and ii)
Assignment of remainder of term i) to iii) in trust for ii) for life, then i) for life, remainders as above
Witnesses: Goddard Urlin, Daniel Wright, his clerk
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