BS1004/1-2

Conveyance (feoffment) with draft, £150: (i) Thomas Feylde of Hexton, Hertfordshire, yeoman (ii) Henry Butler of Bramfield, Hertfordshire, esquire, John Butler of Higham Gobion, gentleman, his son and heir apparent. Toft, closes of pasture and lands, etc formerly of Thomas Crowche in parish and fields of Higham Gobion [details given]. Witnesses: Walter Giles, clerk, William Standysh, John Atwood, scrivener, Thomas Holldin, William Burre junior, Thomas Gardener. On dorse of draft: Feyld must have a lease of said toft (2 acres) and 2 closes (13 or 14 acres) lying next to Hexton Bury White Croft for 21 years: £7 10s yearly, with usual covenants [which are enumerated].

15 Nov 1598

From: 1598 To: 1598

Details given: -- Toft in Todgoose, one side lying by the brook next the field of Hexton called Higham Hill, the west end abutting on Innyngs furlong in the middle field of Higham (2 acres); -- 2 acres arable, being 3 lands lying together in Immyngs furlong abutting east on said toft and on one of the Todgoose closes, 8 lands or the quarter of the demesne lands lying south and the hedge of the east field of Higham and 3 demesne lands north; -- 1 acre arable, being le Broade lande in east field of Higham in Hexton Broke furlong at its north end between demesne lands, abutting west on demesne lands and east on Hexton Brooke, being the 10th land from Todgoose closes; -- 2 acres arable, being two great lands lying together at south end of said furlong in Estefeilde, abutting east on Hexton Brooke and west on demesne lands, with demesne lands on either side, being the 3rd and 4th lands from one of the new closes at south end of east field; -- 2 acres arable, being 2 le Broade landes next said great lands, abutting on one of the new closes being 3rd and 4th lands from the west head of said great lands; -- 1 acre arable in south field of Higham, being le Broade lande abutting south on the hedge next Barton field demesne lands on either side, being the 10th land from the hedge next east field; -- 2 acres arable lying together in said field in said furlong, 13 demesne lands lying between, the last mentioned acre lying east and demesne lands west abutting south on the hedge next Barton field; -- 1 acre arable, being Le Broade land in the west field of Higham in Harleys croft furlong, being the 6th land east from said croft, abutting south on Barton hedge, demesne lands on either side; -- 2 acres arable lying together in said field, in two great lands in Brooke furlong extending along the west heads between Harleys croft and Genyes pightell to Barton brook, demesne lands on either side; -- 2 half-acres arable lying together in said field, at east head of the two last-mentioned acres, abutting south on the hedge of south field and north on demesne lands, demesne lands on east; -- 2 half-acres arable in the same field, in Barton Brooke furlong next the way leading to Barton except only one small land of the rectory of Higham lying on the north, abutting on Barton brook and east on the headland of demesne lands; -- 1 half-acre arable in Chappell furlong, being the 3rd lane from the way lying next Chappell Pightell on north, a land late of Thomas Barbar, deceased, on south and two demesne lands north abutting west on demesne lands and east on another land of Thomas Barbar in Ryddye Furlong. All these parcels of land have boundary stones at their heads or ends.

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Feylde, Thomas,
Butler, Henry,
Butler, John,
Crowche, Thomas,
Giles, Walter,
Standysh, William,
Atwood, John,
Holldin, Thomas,
Burre, William,
Gardener, Thomas,
Barbar, Thomas

deeds, yeoman, gentleman, Higham Gobion fields, clerks, scrivener, agricultural leases, field names, Hexton, Bramfield, HIGHAM GOBION