PM302

Conveyance (bargain and sale): £500 i) Francis, Lord Russell, Baron of Thornhaugh, son and heir of William, late Lord Russell, deceased, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Long, esquire deceased (of Shingay); ii) John Taylor of Girtford, gentleman, and wife Alice;

9 Feb 1616/7

From: 1616 To: 1617

... the manor or lordship of Gratford alias Gretford; being sometime parcelof the possessions of St John of Jerusalem; with fisheries, commons, courts etc.; lands in Tempsford, 5 acres, late in occupation Matthew Baynes; stone quarries; rents and services of copyholders; with all other lands in Girtford, Tempsford, Barford, Blunham, Beeston, Northill, Sandy and Wrestlingworth; Witnesses: Francis Randall, Walter Rolt, Francis Knowles, Thomas Underwood; seal (armorial)

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Russell, Francis (4th Earl of Bedford),
Russell, Elizabeth,
Long, Henry,
Taylor, John,
Taylor, Alice,
Baynes, Matthew,
Randall, Francis,
Rolt, Walter,
Knowles, Francis,
Underwood, Thomas

legal papers, DEEDS, Girtford, Girtford Manor, Order of St.John, TEMPSFORD, fisheries, quarries, Barford [Norfolk], BLUNHAM, NORTHILL, SANDY, WRESTLINGWORTH