Scope and Content
i) Henry Ashby, Staines, gentleman
Mary Ann Morris, Ampthill, spinster
Jane Morris, Ampthill, spinster, Mary Ann & Jane being the daughters of John Morris senior, esq, deceased, devisees in trust under will of John Morris, senior.
ii) John Morris, junior, Ampthill, only son and heir at law of John Morris, senior
iii) Mary Ann & Jane Morris
Henry Ashby and wife Sophia, late Sophia Morris, spinster, another daughter of John Morris senior
iv) Joseph Morris, Ampthill esq., brother of John Morris senior, and wife Martha
v) Thomas Barnard, Bedford, banker
Reciting death of John Morris, esq., the grandfather, and will 24 June 1816, death 6 December 1816
Reciting conveyance 29 May 1817 between
a) John Pateman
b) John Morris senior
Joseph Morris
---- Messuage then 2 tenements and close 5 acres 2 rods 30 poles in Keely/Keeley End, also Kulley End, Wootton
reciting conveyance 4/5 December 1822
a) Thomas Harrison, Pavenham, yeoman
Samuel Harrison, Kempston, yeoman
James Harrison, Pavenham, yeoman
b) John and Joseph Morris
---- Messuage in Pavenham
reciting agreement, 9 June 1827, between
a) John Morris senior
b) Joseph Morris
for effecting a partition between them
reciting the will of John Morris senior, 4 September 1827, and his death 11 November 1827, and that all his five children have attained 21 years, except Catharine aged 19.
Partition of estates to effect agreement of 9 June 1827 being
CONVEYANCE (Release of Lease & Release) by (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) to (v) of property in 1st and 2nd schedules upon trusts.
Full schedules of property in:
Ampthill, Flitwick, Eversholt, Wootton, Pavenham, Maulden and Hitchin, Hertfordshire, with note of purchase etc.
[Endorsed with confirmation by Miss Catherine Morris, 10 February 1831]