Reference
BS759
Title
Luton. Conveyance (Feoffment), £140: (i) Thomas Barber of Pavenham, yeoman, and wife Duglas (ii) William Crawley junior, son of William Crawley senior of Luton, yeoman. A messuage and 4 1/2 acres in the town fields of Luton [details given]. Witnesses: Francis Paratt, Thomas Camfield, Elyas Kytson, John Atwood scrivener
Date free text
12 Dec 1616
Production date
From: 1616 To: 1616
Admin/biog history
BRA Stamp 311 Original source unknown
Scope and Content
Details given:
A messuage wherein Michael Barber, brother of Thomas, now dwells, bounded south by the messuage of William Crawley senior, and the ground of Francis Crawley, esquire, called Courte Close, and north by the tenement and grounds of Sir Robert Napier, baronet, and by Sunings Lane, east by the churchyard of the parish church of Luton, and west by the king's highway from Luton to the Brach.
4 1/2 acres in the town fields of Luton as follows:
-- in Blackwater field, 1 acre adjoining on the west the way from Luton to Stapleford; and also adjoining the lands of Sir Robert Napier, of Edward Ewer, gentleman, and of William Crawley senior, late purchased from Thomas Barber;
-- in Bridge field, 3 1/2 acres (2 acres, 3 roods, 3 roods) adjoining the lands of the following: Thomas Winch, [-] Catherall, William Preston, gentleman, George Cheney, gentleman, Thomas Atwood, Francis Purratt, Thomas Crawley.
Level of description
item