Scope and Content
Thomas Pearce to Walter Hancock: 20½ acres dispersed in the open Fields & Meadows. Placenames: Mill Field, Pease land Furlong, Stonewell, Highway Furlong, Spring Hole, Grinditch, Jefferys Baulk, West Meadow side, Cattmoore, Shawford Furlong, Mill Hole, Mill Hedge, the River of Ouze, Horns Hedge, Orchard Leys; Little Field, on Smith Hill upon the Moor, Acrehills Brooke, Thrumwell, Little Meade Bush, the Bush, Ridge Furlong, "the Sick", the Hill Foot, the Hill, Easting Brook; Langley Field, Town's End, the Stocking Hedge, Woodway, Gambleings Piece, Picketts Willows, Little Watt Land, the Long Hill, Roxton Field Side, Longhale, River Ouze, one kendall of meadow containing 21 feet at land, & 42 at water, Elbow Half Acre, Heither End of the Meadow. Bounding owners: Thomas Huxley, esquire, Thomas Wye, William Delawne, esquire, Lady Gould, William Spencer, Sir John Francklin, Robert Favell, John Spring, Thomas Pearse, George Favell, Edmund Ward, Mrs. Bullmore & William Ward. Witnesses: Francis Brace, Robert Pavell & Benjamin Haselden.