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Mortgage: (covenant to levy a fine): £50 on death of Henry Thorogood senior to Henry Thorogood junior, brother of Richard. i) Henry Thorogood of Girtford, yeoman, Richard Thorogood, son of Richard, Hinxworth, husbandman ii) Isaac Smith of Bedford, husbandman

24 Jun 1701; 4 Mar 1703/4

From: 1701 To: 1704

... a cottage in Girtford with close or pightle adjoining, in occupation Henry Thorogood; 4½ acres in Girtford; a close of pasture in Down Field near Stone Hills, called Redgrass, 3 acres; 3¾ acres in the common fields; 3 roods meadow in Sandy Holme; Colleridges toft, Girtford, adjoining cottage, ½ rood, abutting S. on London road, N. on John Smith’s cottage; Merrill’s Knowle, 1 acre, meadow or moorground, Girtford; recites: 12 June 1672: Joan Bromsall, spinster to Henry and Agnes Thorogood; cottage and 4½ acres; 12 May 1689: will Joan Bromsall: devised to Agnes Thorogood for life, then to Nathaniel Thomson, then to Richard Thorogood, close, 3¾ acres, and 3 roods meadow; (Nathaniel Thomson died, Richard Thorogood inherited); Colleridges toft and Merrills knowle were purchased by Henry Thorogood; witnesses: Francis Brace, Francis Brace junior; 24 Jun 1701 endorsed with repayment: witnesses: Richard Lee, John Wright, John Bellock, Samuel Luke 4 Mar 1703/4

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Thorogood, Henry,
Thorogood, Richard,
Smith, Isaac,
Smith, John,
Thorogood, Agnes,
Bromsall, Joan,
Thomson, Nathaniel,
Brace, Francis,
Lee, Richard,
Wright, John,
Bellock, John,
Luke, Samuel

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