BS1339

Grant, £70: Thomas Sheffeld of Owston, Isle of Axeholme, Lincolnshire, esquire, to John Leede of Gransdon Parva, Cambridgeshire, yeoman. Properties and lands in Tempsford [details given]. Witnesses: John Colbeck senior, John Colbeck junior, John Cutt of Abbotisley, Robert Colbeck, Roger Aldryche. Seal: fragment on tag

5 Jul 1556

From: 1556 To: 1556

Details given: -- tenement and close of pasture in le Churche ende, Tempsford, between capital messuage and croft of John Colbeck, gentleman, south and tenement and croft of the College of St Mary Magdalen north; -- close of pasture in Tempsford in Wottlond furlong, between land of John Hawys held by Thomas Bays north, land of Thomas Sheffeld held by Robert Tyngey south; -- piece of pasture (2 acres) at Aldwyk; -- piece of pasture (2 acres) in Northmede furlong, next land of Thomas Sprynge called Vytell' Hale north; -- 23 acres 1 1/2 roods land in Tempsford, in tenure of John Cutt: - in Crandonfield: on the Botham furlong, next land late the Obyt land, and Dunswall furlong, on Hungerhill furlong, Mittelhole furlong, Little Clay furlong, Oxen bellond furlong; - in Little North field: in the furlong called 'Behynd Eldell', at Berkford hedon, at le Block, at Bulls byrge; - in Great Northfield: on Eldell furlong, Wale furlong, in Husterlond, in Home furlong, Syn'slake furlong, on Little Heyditch, on Greenditch furlong, in Northmede furlong, Shortstoples furlong, in Midlesond, between road leading to Blunham, at the Grove; -- close of pasture (2 acres) in Gannocks furlong, in tenure of John Maltman; -- tenement and close in tenure of Thomas Harryson and wife Ellen: [rubbed] acres of land in Tempsford: - in Crandon field: the Botham furlong, at Beckford heden, on Little Clay furlong, on Oxenbellond furlong; - in Little North field: on Eldell furlong, at Bull's byrge, on Block furlong, also Lacke furlong; - in Great North field: in Husterlond, Northmede furlong, at Gravell pitts, le leede furlong, at Potterslond, on Shortstople furlong; - in South field: on Pese furlong heden, in Stonyden furlong; - in Millsond: on Westmede furlong; -- 2 1/2 acres in tenure of Thomas Cotnam in Little North field, on Eldell furlong; in Great North field, on Berkford crosse furlong, on Furwell furlong; -- 2 acres occupied by John Lewys in Great North field, on Wale furlong, on a furlong behind Great Heyditch, in Fowler's scote, on the lede furlong, on Mede furlong, in South field on Midlefurlong, in Stonyden. Owners and occupiers: John Colbeck, Thomas Sprynge, Thomas Bays senior, Richard Wylcok of Blunham, Thomas ?Framich, Thomas Sheffeld, occupied by Robert Tyngey, William Hale gentleman, Richard Merell of Roxton, formerly of the dissolved priory of St Neots, William Bercok, Henry Mawley, John Spencer, gentleman, William Carter, Richard Staplo, Thomas Staplo, of the dissolute chantry, Thomas Kyng, Thomas Sheffeld, occupied by George Lucy, esquire, Robert Molton, late [–] Dale, William Norriman, in tenure of Robert Perkyn, late Thomas Fraunch, Richard May, William Norman, Thomas Jelybroud, John Hawys, William Couper, William Hale, James Dyngle

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Sheffeld, Thomas,
Leede, John,
Colbeck, John,
Cutt, John,
Colbeck, Robert,
Aldryche, Roger,
Aldriche, Roger,
Hawys, John,
Bays, Thomas,
Tyngey, Robert,
Sprynge, Thomas,
Cutt, John,
Maltman, John,
Harryson, Thomas,
Harryson, Ellen,
Cotnam, Thomas,
Lewys, John,
Wylcok, Richard,
Framich, Thomas,
Hale, William,
Merell, Richard,
Bercok, William,
Mawley, Henry,
Spencer, John,
Carter, William,
Staplo, Richard,
Staplo, Thomas,
Kyng, Thomas,
Lucy, George,
Molton, Robert,
Dale,
Norriman, William,
Perkyn, Robert,
Fraunch, Thomas,
May, Richard,
Norman, William,
Jelybroud, Thomas,
Couper, William,
Dyngle, James

deed, yeoman, personal seals & coats of arms, gentleman, Cambridge Magdalene College, Tempsford fields, field names, St Neots Priory, Lincolnshire, Little Gransden, TEMPSFORD, Abbotsley, Tempsford Church End, BLUNHAM, ROXTON