PM505-506

Assignment of several terms (lease and release) i) John Groome of Hitchin, yeoman; ii) John Single of Girtford, carpenter; iii) Thomas Nicholls of Biggleswade, innholder;

19, 20 Jul 1769

From: 1769 To: 1769

... Burnt Ground close, 1½ acres; in occupation Philip Bishop; ½ acre in Chester Field, in occupation John Wortley; 2 acres in Sandy Field, in occupation Robert Whitfield; mortgaged to Thomas Underwood for £20 11 January 1745/6; and the mortgage increased 10 April 1747, 19 July 1754, 27 July 1763 to £61..3s; ...3 acres, ½ acre, and 1 rood; 6¼ acres, 8¼ acres and 1¾ acres; cottage and pightle; Burnt ground, 5 acres; 3 acres arable and 1 rood meadow; mortgaged as in PM498, PM499; Recites that John Single mortgaged to John Groome, and that Thomas Nicholls has agreed to purchase; Witnesses: Thomas Austin, John Firby, Elizabeth Jonson [For bond see PM550]

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Groome, John,
Single, John,
Nicholls, Thomas,
Bishop, Philip,
Wortley, John,
Whitfield, Robert,
Underwood, Thomas,
Austin, Thomas,
Firby, John,
Jonson, Elizabeth

legal papers, DEEDS, SANDY, Sandy fields, mortgages