BS337

Mortgage for £100: Samuel Carter of Clophill, gentleman (only son and heir of John Carter, gentleman), to Samuel Marsom of Luton, linen-draper. A cottage in Clophill formerly in the occupation of Thomas Costin and now of Michael Costin, with cottage of Samuel Fenne north, the highway west and south, and abutting east on cottage of Matthew Freelove; and also 9 acres dispersed in the Fields of Clophill. Place names: East Field, Corne Englands, the Church path; the North Field, the Grange Grove, highway from Clophill towards Rowney. Personal names: Earl of Ailesbury (formerly), now Henry Duke of Kent, George Sole, sometime William Franklin, esquire, sometime of Ralph Deacon. Which said property was purchased by the said John Carter from William Smith, gentleman, and wife Ann. And other property [details given]. Witnesses: Benjamin Greene and Jane Greene

29 Sep 1729

From: 1729 To: 1729

Details given: -- also Dray Close alias Six Acres Close (formerly 3 closes, containing 6 acres), formerly in the occupation of Mary Howson, widow, and heretofore of Thomas Costin, and now of Michael Costin, next a close heretofore of Ralph Compton and late of Thomas Beaumont west, a close heretofore of said Earl and now of said Duke sometime in the occupation of Richard Reads north, and a common lane leading up to the hill east; -- also a toft on which a messuage called the 'House with the High Chimney' heretofore stood; -- barn or barns in or near the said close, abutting south on the common street, between messuage sometime of William Younge east, and sometime of Edward Park west; -- also a cottage in Clophill heretofore in the occupation of Elizabeth Burrall and now of Edward Hare, abutting north on a spinney of woodground called Appleborough, between Long Lane west and Church Field east; -- also a rood of land in Impie Field, abutting north on the highway from Clophill to Hawnes, with land of said Duke east; (which said last messuage and rood of land was purchased by John Carter of Robert Ravensdon senior and junior); -- and also a cottage in Clophill abutting west on Long Lane, with the land of Michael Cole gentleman on east, and that of Samuel Carter north; (which said messuage was purchased by Samuel Carter from Thomas Hawkins and wife Mary).

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Carter, Samuel,
Carter, John,
Marsom, Samuel,
Costin, Thomas,
Costin, Michael,
Fenne, Samuel,
Freelove, Matthew,
Duke of Kent,
Grey, Henry,
Sole, George,
Franklin, William,
Deacon, Ralph,
Smith, William,
Smith, Ann,
Greene, Benjamin,
Greene, Jane,
Howson, Mary,
Compton, Ralph,
Beaumont, Thomas,
Reads, Richard,
Younge, William,
Park, Edward,
Burrall, Elizabeth,
Hare, Edward,
Ravensdon, Robert,
Cole, Michael,
Carter, Samuel,
Hawkins, Thomas,
Hawkins, Mary

mortgages, gentleman, linen draper, field names, CLOPHILL, LUTON