Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    BS929
  • Title
    Lease for a year (Release missing): (i) Richard Becher of Middlesex, esquire, Thomas Raikes of London, esquire (trustee for Richard Becher) (ii) Honourable John Tracy, Doctor of Divinity, Warden of All Souls College; John Bagnall of Berkshire (trustees for Rachel Powles of Berkshire, spinster. The manors of Renhold and Salpho Bury and many other properties [details given]. Witnesses: John Spiller, Thomas Woodcock
  • Date free text
    1 Apr 1777
  • Production date
    From: 1777 To: 1777
  • Admin/biog history
    BRA Stamp 745 from Messrs Rider Heaton Meredith & Mills, 8 New Square, Lincolns Inn, WC2
  • Scope and Content
    Details given: -- The manors of Renhold and Salpho Bury, with courts leet, view of frankpledge, etc; a capital messuage or mansion house called Howbury House, late in the occupation of William Becher, now Leonard Morse, with yards etc, 5 acres; Grove close, 12 acres; Mill close, 28 acres; part of Dairy pasture, 24 acres; 18 acres meadow in Gadsy and West mead, with tithes of hay; 21 acres in the common fields, late in the occupation of William Becher; spinneys called Maiden Wood, Early Grove wood, and Marsh wood, 35 acres; the royalty and fishing in the river of Ouse; -- a farmhouse, Great Highfield close, 43 acres; Barn close, 12 acres, Little dairy pasture, 29 acres, Little Highfield, 14 acres, all late in the occupation of Thomas Stratton; -- the west part of Great Meadow, 16 acres, and a close adjoining called Bayard’s furlong, 16 acres, late in the occupation of Philip Benson; -- a mansion house called Salpho Bury, 8 closes in Salpho End (Long, New, Row, Sick, Eight Acres, Barn, the 3 Leizures, Dovehouse), 74 acres; 195 acres in the common fields of Renhold; a cottage, 2 pightles, 7 spinneys (5 acres); 20 acres arable in Elworth and Netherfield in Renhold, and 2 acres in Goldington; 2 closes called Hethermost and Middle Broadfield, 32 acres; 5 acres near Ravensden church; 3 acres in Goldington near Apledine; Furthermost Broadfield close, 16 acres; late in the occupation of Thomas Best; -- Great Meadow, 30 acres, near the river of Ouse; Hill close, 14 acres; the middle part of Great Meadow, 22 acres; Lesser Hill close, 8 acres, late in the occupation of William Pierson; -- a messuage in the occupation of John Hall; closes adjoining, 26 acres; 145 acres arable land in the common fields of Renhold; Cannons closes, 12 acres; a close where a house occupied by Joel Hull senior formerly stood; 1 acre leys in East Field; 1 1/2 acres in Gadsey mead; 1/2 acre in West mead; Byards meadow, 7 acres; late in the occupation of John Hull; -- a farmhouse in Bury end, 4 acres; 3 closes, 25 acres, Little Meadow, 5 acres, east part of Great Dairy pasture, 28 acres, east part of Great Meadow, 10 acres, 6 acres by estimation 10 acres, another 6 acres; late in the occupation of Widow Newman; -- a cottage, 2 pightles, 6 acres, Hoggs Holme, 1 acre, in the occupation of John Poole, and 74 acres pasture; -- Middle New Field close, 49 acres, in the occupation of John Willis; -- 2 little Wett Meads, 2 acres; 5 acres meadow in Gadsey; William Umney late occupier; -- reed, osier and rush beds in the river of Ouse, let to Henry Ashley, esquire, for £4; -- a cottage, 5 acres pasture, 18 acres arable, the west part of North New Field, 26 acres, in the occupation of Thomas Smith; -- a farmhouse, late in the occupation of Joel Hull; -- a cottage, pightle, and 3 acres, late in the occupation of Selby Robinson; -- a cottage, pightle, and 3 acres, in the occupation of Widow Pierson; -- 3 acres meadow, late in the occupation of John Walcombe; -- a cottage and pightle, late in the occupation of Thomas Finding; -- a cottage, pightle, and 1 acre leys, in the occupation of John Waltham; -- a cottage, pightle, and 2 acres, in the occupation of Francis Sharpe; -- a farmhouse in the occupation of William Watmough, with 48 acres pasture, 160 acres arable, and 42 acres arable called demesne land; also the east part of North New Fields, 30 acres; -- a cottage, 9 acres pasture, 10 acres arable, 3 acres meadow in Gadsey and Wett mead, in the occupation of William Field; -- a cottage, late in the occupation of Edward Gale; -- a cottage with blacksmith's shop and Goodseys close, 3 acres, in the occupation of George Gaddard; -- a cottage, in the occupation of Susan Page; -- a cottage, pightle, and 1/2 acre, late in the occupation of Widow Edwards; -- 9 acres arable, in the occupation of Richard Smith; -- tithes of corn and hay on Salpho Bury lands, formerly belonging to the late dissolved Abbey or Monastery of Newnham; -- the advowson of the vicarage; all late in the occupation of William Becher, Philip Benson, William Peirson, Widow Newman, John Poole, John Willis, Thomas Stratton; now in the occupation of Leonard Morse, esquire, Charles Ellis, Marshall Charlton, Robert Wootton, Henry Bull, Joseph Hull, John Smith, Robert Newman, Thomas Streahill, Elizabeth Casterman, Henry Woodward, Henry Field, Thomas Dickenson, William Singlehurst, Robert Goddard, Edward Francis, William Sharpe, William Cuttler, Benjamin Jeffreys, Robert Quince, Joseph Whitebread, Widow Stratton, George Ridge, William Cutler, William Flanders, William Moore, William Williamson, William Tun, Widow Raymont, Ashby Palmer, esquire, Francis Sharpe, William Palmer, Thomas Ruth, Widow Robinson, Widow Lord, William Singlehurst, Thomas Dickenson, Thomas Field, Thomas Street, Robert Newman, John Smith, Joseph Hull, Henry Bull; -- a messuage and shop in High Street, Bedford, in the occupation of William Palmer, at a rent of £10 per annum; -- a messuage and shop in High Street, Bedford, in the occupation of Thomas Rush, at a rent of £8 per annum.
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