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Mortgage for £358 6s. 8d. Sir Francis Clarke of Houghton Conquest, knight, to George Tompson of Wilshamstead, yeoman. A farmhouse next to the Green & the churchyard on South side, and a field called Hawecroft on North side; 5 acres arable, abutting South on said pightle [adjoining the farm], called Hawecroft; & 27 acres "not being part of 4 acres heretofore bargained to William Braise of Wilstead" dispersed in the open fields (no details); a parcel of meadow containing 1½ acres; all in occupation of John Carter. Witnesses: Philip Brande, John Power, Peter Tayler & Simeon Boseley

1624

From: 1624 To: 1624

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Bedford Corporation,
Clarke, Francis,
Clearke, Francis,
Tompson, George,
Braise, William,
Carter, John

Bedford Corporation, DEEDS, buildings and land use, WILSHAMSTEAD, Wilstead, mortgages, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, yeoman, Wilshamstead farms, village greens, churchyards, Wilshamstead fields