• Reference
    LS254-255
  • Title
    Deed to lead the uses of a recovery (lease & release) (copies): (i) Thomas Single of Enfield, baker, son & heir of Elizabeth, wife of John [Single] of Girtford, carpenter, who was daughter & coheiress of Dorcas Skilliter, wife of John [Skilliter] of Girtford, husbandman (Dorcas was daughter & devisee of Henry Adkin of Girtford, mason); nephew & heir of Dorcas, wife of Robert Fuller, who was the other daughter & coheiress of Dorcas Skilliter; greatgrandson & devisee of Henry Adkin of Girtford; (ii) John Vernon of Lincoln's Inn, gentleman; (iii) Richard Lunnis of Tadlow, yeoman, son & executor of Richard Lunnis senior; (iv) Edmund Bumberry of Potton, turner, George Hatley of Potton, plumber & glazier.
  • Date free text
    19, 20 January 1784
  • Production date
    From: 1784 To: 1784
  • Scope and Content
    - a cottage in Sandy with hempland adjoining; ½ acre called Hacksfield; formerly occupied by William Whitfield, then John Cooper, now Ellis Cooper; abutting south (S) on messuage late widow Sutton, now Thomas Harding, north (N) on ground of Sir P Monoux, west (W) on common lane; - 12 acres in the common fields as described in deed 19 January 1767 between John & Elizabeth Single & Richard Lunnis senior, and 3 roods meadow in Kingsale in Mead Field, abutting on land late William Hankin, now John Ball, and abutting S on South Mill holme, occupied by Mary Yerrill, widow. - pightle of 1 rood abutting east (E) on Cross lane, W on Stephen Harding's close, S on Sarah Richarson's close, N on Church Lane, formerly occupied by Richard Stacy, late John Single, now Mary Yerrill; - a cottage in Girtford formerly occupied by William Webb, now Thomas Collup, abutting S on ground formerly John Moody, now John Randall, N on ground formerly John Underwood, now William Barber, E on way from Sandy mills to Tempsford, W on Girtford street. Witnesses Charles Fry, Edward Swinburne, Elizabeth Pedley, Elizabeth Stanford, John Pedley.
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  • Level of description
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