• Reference
    BS1013
  • Title
    Covenant to suffer a Recovery, £500: (i) Right Honourable Mountjoy, Earl of Newport, and his wife Ann, daughter of Lord John Boteler (ii) Right Honourable George, Viscount Grandison, and his wife Lady Mary, granddaughter of Lord John Boteler (iii) Thomas Burgess of Barnard's Inn, gentleman, and William Bradford of the City of Westminster, gentleman (iv) John Houghton of Chancery Lane, Middlesex, gentleman, and Thomas Lester of Lawford, Warwickshire, gentleman. Property chiefly in Brantfield, Streatley and Higham [details given]. See also BS 1010, 1011-1012, reciting 17 May 1637. Witnesses: William Grosvenor, John Frames, Francis Lund, Wingfield Wootton, Lewis Baker
  • Date free text
    20 Oct 1663
  • Production date
    From: 1663 To: 1663
  • Admin/biog history
    BRA Stamp 247 from Farrer & Co
  • Scope and Content
    Details given: One-sixth part of: -- Manors of Queen Hall alias Queen How and Brantfield with appurtenances; -- 17 messuages, 6 tofts, 20 gardens, 2 dovehouses, 1300 acres land, 50 acres meadows, 200 acres pasture, 300 acres wood, 300 acres furze and heath, 30 shillings rent, common of pasture for all cattle and view of frankpledge, with appurtenances in Brantfield, Tewin, Watton, Watford, Hertford, Datchworth, Stapleford, Queenhall alias Queenhow and Bing; -- Advowson of church of Bramfield; -- Manor of Streatley-cum-Sharpenhoe with appurtenances; -- 1 messuage, 2 gardens, 150 acres land, 10 acres meadow, 40 acres pasture, 20 acres wood, 40 acres heath and furze and common of pasture for all cattle in Streatley-cum-Sharpenhoe and Higham Gobion; -- Advowson of churches of Streatley-cum-Sharpenhoe and Higham Gobion.
  • Level of description
    item