• Reference
    BS925-926
  • Title
    Mortgage (Lease and Release), £4000 (now due) and further sum of £800: (i) John Becher of Howbury, Renhold, esquire, and eldest son William Becher of Peckham (ii) Richard Becher of Middlesex, esquire (iii) Elborough Woodcock of Lincolns Inn, gentleman. Four farms in Renhold, reciting other documents [details given]. Witnesses: Edward Woodcocke, John Spiller
  • Date free text
    18,19 Jun 1772
  • Production date
    From: 1769 To: 1772
  • Admin/biog history
    BRA Stamp 745 from Messrs Rider Heaton Meredith & Mills, 8 New Square, Lincolns Inn, WC2
  • Scope and Content
    Details given: -- Abby Farm at Salph End, Renhold, late in the occupation of Marshall Charlton, now Henry Barringer, rent per annum £176; -- another farm at Salph End, in the occupation of Robert Wootten, at £59; -- Brook End Farm, in the occupation of Joseph Hull, at £110; -- Woodfield Farm, in the occupation of John Smith junior, at £110; all in Renhold. Recites: 10,11 November 1769. Deed to lead uses of a recovery: (i) John Becher and wife Mary (ii) William Becher (iii) Edward Woodcock of Lincolns Inn, esquire (iv) Elborough Woodcock. 13 November 1769. Mortgage, £4000: John Becher and William Becher to Richard Becher. John Becher and William Becher now require a further £5800, and have borrowed £5000 from Catherine Handley of Holborn, widow.
  • Level of description
    item