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Post-nuptial settlement (feoffment): i) William Christmas senior of Girtford, yeoman ii) son William Christmas junior of Girtford, weaver and wife Susan

20 Oct 1721

From: 1721 To: 1721

..a new-erected tenement near to his now dwelling-house in Girtford, in occupation widow Butterfield; with a piece of ground adjoining, enclosed, and planted with fruit- trees; also a row of young trees leading from the well to the common street of Girtford; also use of well; ...3½ acres in the common fields of Sandy, in occupation William Christmas senior; in Simsdell abutting on Popes gore furlong; in Wooland furlong abutting E. on Slow leys, W. on Whitley; in Whitley furlong: in Long Downes abutting W. on the Delve; in Backside furlong abutting on the highway to Sandy; in Filland abutting E. on the Mill highway; (these 3½ acres were part of the estate of John Allen late of Blunham, yeoman, and were purchased by William Christmas senior of Joseph Ravens senior deceased, and William Dix, both of Blunham; owners and occupiers adjoining: John Bishop, Mr Hooke rector, Robert Pulleyn esquire, John Skilliter, Henry Thorowgood, Henry Adkins, Widow Smith, Mr Monoux, William Whitfield, Richard Bishop; Witnesses: Thomas Glover (mark), Anne Butterfield (mark), Gawin Stanger

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Christmas, William,
Christmas, Susan,
Butterfield,
Allen, John,
Ravens, Joseph,
Dix, William,
Bishop, John,
Hooke,
Pulleyn, Robert,
Skilliter, John,
Thorowgood, Henry,
Atkins, Henry,
Smith,
Monoux,
Whitfield, William,
Bishop, Richard,
Glover, Thomas,
Butterfield, Anne,
Stanger, Gawin

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