BS1877

Conveyance (Lease and Release; lease only): (i) Dixie Gregory, Bedford, gentleman (only son and heir of Dixie Gregory, late Whitnoe Grange, Woburn parish, gentleman, deceased) (ii) George Bridle, Bedford, clerk (iii) Edward Towersey, Bedford, clerk. Property in North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, Pertenhall, Goldington and Bedford [details given]. By Dixie Gregory to George Bridle and Edward Towersey. Witnesses: Henry Horton, Griffith Morgan

30 Sept 1757

From: 1757 To: 1757

Details given: In Little Crawley: - farm in Little Crawley, parish of North Crawley, Buckinghamshire: - closes of pasture: - Home pightle (1 acre) - Annis close and spinney (3 acres) - Brawnes upper close (3 acres) - Brawnes lower close (8 acres) - Lower spinney and Cooksoe close (5 acres) - Spinney at upper and middle close (1 acre) - barn, orchard, pightle in toft adjoining and close of pasture in same toft (6 acres). In the occupation late Jeffery Conn, now Richard Hall. In Rightaile alias Ringtaile End, parish of North Crawley: - farm; - Barnards close (10 acres) - Pinfold close (6 acres) - Long Pightle (1 acre) - Wheelers close (4 acres) - Wheelers and Abbets closes (2 acres) - the Milking Yard - Wheat croft close (7 acres) - Hard close (6 acres) - Meadow close (3 acres) In the occupation late Reynold Goodman, now J Goodman. - Home close (2 acres 2 roods 34 perches) - Great Linces (3 acres 34 perches) - Little Linces (1 acre 3 roods 28 perches) - Great clover beds (4 acres 3 roods 35 perches) - Little clover beds (3 acres 1 rood 20 perches) - Yard and orchard, site of former house and barn. In the occupation of J Goodman. In Pertenhall: - cottage late in the occupation of Isaac Gurney, and close of pasture adjoining (14 acres), abutting Duke of Manchester's park north, closes west, road south, college land east; - other closes in the occupation of Isaac Gurney (17 acres), abutting Duke of Manchester's park north, Bugbey close west, road south; - and all other lands of Dixie Gregory. In Goldington: - 1/2 farmhouse in the occupation of Richard Wagstaffe; - 2 cottages in the occupation of Richard Wagstaffe; - Home Pightle (2 acres) - Hempland (1 rood) - Gravel close 'being every years land' (16 acres), abutting Bedford – Goldington highway - Green pightle (3 acres) - Sansoms close (3 acres) - 1/2 of lands in common fields in the occupation of Richard Wagstaffe (122 acres 3 roods). Owners and occupiers of adjoining land: late Doctor King; late Thomas Arnold; late William Gilbert. In Bedford: - 1/2 messuage in town of Bedford, in the occupation of William Theed, gentleman, in Horne Lane; - close adjoining 1 1/2 acres; - Malthouse in the occupation of John Palmer.

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Gregory, Dixie,
Bridle, George,
Towersey, Edward,
Horton, Henry,
Morgan, Griffith,
Conn, Jeffery,
Hall, Richard,
Goodman, Reynold,
Goodman, J.,
Gurney, Isaac,
Duke of Manchester,
Wagstaffe, Richard,
King,
Arnold, Thomas,
Gilbert, William,
Theed, William,
Palmer, John

deed, gentleman, clerk, field names, BEDFORD, Woburn Whitnoe Grange, North Crawley, PERTENHALL, GOLDINGTON, Bedford Horne Lane