TW606

i) Anne Godwyn, London, widow of Thomas Godwyne esquire, deceased and previously wife of William Butler late of Byddenham, esquire deceased ii) William Butler, Byddenham, gentleman son and heir of William Butler deceased

25 Aug 1566

From: 1566 To: 1566

reciting that Anne holds for the term of her life ... a capital messuage or mansion house in Forthend in Byddenham late in tenure of James Hardwicke ... dairy house and orchard lying over the way against the said mansion house ... the rectory or parsonage of Byddenham with appurtenances with the vicarage, of which part is in occupation of ii) and the rest in the occupation of Anthony Heathe of Byddenham by a lease ... 50 acres arable and 31 acres 3 roods meadow (as in an annexed schedule) in Byddenham ... 80 acres in fields of Bedford late in tenures of Richard Waynmane and Simon Becket, now of ii) ... part of Harroles close late in tenure Henry Blythe now in tenure William Butler ... Waymans close abutting on Bedford highway, and abutting N on the orchard of the capital mansion house next to the said dairy house ... Lynce close, Pypers close, Raye close and reciting that i) has also ... annual rent of £7 payable by Anthony Heathe of Byddenham, husbandman, for part of the parsonage, by a lease dated 15 December 1561 LEASE of the above by i) to ii) for 40 years annual rent to i) at her house in Aldersgate, London, of £40 per annum and paying yearly at the same house “the moyetye of all such wardens as yerely shall happen to growe in and upon the parsonage of Byddenham” Witnesses: William Necton, Robert Butler, John Gunnell, John Mershe Endorsed: “The counterpane of my mother’s lease of her Joynture”

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Godwyn, Anne,
Godwyne, Thomas,
Butler, William,
Hardwicke, James,
Heathe, Anthony,
Waynmane, Richard,
Becket, Simon,
Blythe, Henry,
Necton, William,
Butler, Robert,
Gunnell, John,
Mershe, John

DEEDS, legal papers, Biddenham Ford End, BIDDENHAM, lease, City of London Aldersgate Street