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Conveyance (lease and release): £900 to Richard Edwards £1400 to George Edwards of Henlow; i) Richard Edwards of Girtford, gentleman ii) Robert Pulleyn of St Neots, esquire

5 Feb 1695/6

From: 1695 To: 1696

... the manor or lordship of Gratford alias Gretford alias Girtford, late belonging to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem; a messuage in Girtford; Northern Hawes and Boones closes; close against the messuage of Thomas Pinnie; 1½ acres in Sandy holme; 2 leys (1 near the pound); Temple mead; 60 acres land and meadow in occupation James Austin; St John’s braches; Bustrich close; a messuage late in occupation Thomas Searle; lands late in occupation Richard Richardson; a messuage late in occupation Thomas Pinnie; the Swan, Girtford and close; a messuage late in occupation John Bromhall (sic); 30 acres land and leys; Chantry mead, Sallow close, in occupation James Austin; 2 cottages in Girtford late in occupation Thomas Hall and John Gibbyns; a messuage and 6 acres abutting on Woolfield in occupation John Spring of Sandy; Witnesses: William Bold of the Crown tavern against St Clement’s church, London; Hugh Wye

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Edwards, Richard,
Pulleyn, Robert,
Pinnie, Thomas,
Austin, James,
Searle, Thomas,
Richardson, Richard,
Bromhall, John,
Hall, T,
Gibbyns, J.,
Spring, John,
Bold, William,
Wye, Hugh

legal papers, deeds, Girtford Manor, Bedford St John's Hospital, Girtford, Girtford Swan