BS771

Manor of Biggleswade 'forreigne and burrough'. View of frankpledge with court baron of the King; Steward John Pepiatt, gentleman. Admission of Margaret Parslow, née Hillersdon, wife of John Parslow of Red Lion Street, Middlesex, by Henry Horton, gentleman, her attorney, to half of the moiety late the estate of Richard Hillersdon [details given]. Richard Hillersdon left his lands to said Margaret, but as he did not surrender them before his death to the use of his will, this devise is void according to the custom of the manor; and the lands therefore descend to his heirs at law: Elizabeth, wife of Denis Farrer of Cold Brayfield, esquire, and Margaret Parslow, daughters and coheirs of William Hillersdon of Elstow, eldest brother of Richard Hillersdon.

18,19 May 1736

From: 1736 To: 1736

Details given: -- a messuage late in the occupation of Edward Hemming, now Edward Bray and Edward Beaumont; -- another late in the occupation of Edward North, late Samuel Foster, now Thomas Marshall; -- another late in the occupation of George Whitehead, now Thomas Foster, Nathan Ivory, Robert Butcher, widow Stonebridge; -- another late in the occupation of Richard Edwards, Thomas Albone, Richard Hale, Samuel Needham, now Thomas Lovell, Henry Heath, Mary Bowman, Ann Warde, widow; -- another late in the occupation of William Rands, now Roger Layton; -- another late in the occupation of Thomas Wells, now Thomas Farr; -- the Sun Inn, late Edward Bray, now Edward Oxenbridge; -- another messuage late in the occupation of widow Brewer, now Owen Francis; -- another messuage late in the occupation of John Seagrave, now Henry Seagrave; -- another late in the occupation of William Palmer, gentleman, now Thomas Hyde; -- 400 acres dispersed in the common fields, formerly of Owen Bromsall, esquire, afterwards of Sir Thomas Bromsall knight; -- moiety of 1 acre in Middle Field in the occupation of Edward Beaumont, William Beaumont, Thomas Marshall, Henry Gwyn.

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Peppiat, John,
Parslow, Margaret,
Hillersdon, Margaret,
Parslow, John,
Horton, Henry,
Hillersdon, Richard,
Farrer, Elizabeth,
Farrer, Denis,
Hillersdon, Elizabeth,
Hillersdon, William,
Hemming, Edward,
Bray, Edward,
Beaumont, Edward,
North, Edward,
Foster, Samuel,
Marshall, Thomas,
Whitehead, George,
Foster, Thomas,
Ivory, Nathan,
Butcher, Robert,
Stonebridge,
Edwards, Richard,
Albone, Thomas,
Hale, Richard,
Needham, Samuel,
Lovell, Thomas,
Heath, Henry,
Bowman, Mary,
Warde, Ann,
Rands, William,
Layton, Roger,
Wells, Thomas,
Farr, Thomas,
Oxenbridge, Edward,
Brewer,
Francis, Owen,
Seagrave, John,
Seagrave, Henry,
Palmer, William,
Hyde, Thomas,
Bromsall, Owen,
Bromsall, Thomas,
Beaumont, William,
Gwyn, Henry

court rolls, Biggleswade Manor, frankpledge, steward, gentleman, attorney, Biggleswade Sun Inn, Biggleswade fields, BIGGLESWADE, Middlesex Red Lion Square, Cold Brayfield, ELSTOW