GA831

Conveyance. (Lease & Release). £1,455

25 & 26 Nov 1695

From: 1695 To: 1695

(i) Elizabeth Watkins, wid., Mary, Anne and Rebecca Cobb, spinsters, sisters of George Cobb of Sharnbrook, deceased. (ii) Thomas Hawley of the Tower of London, esq. --messuage called the Townsend House, and ""a little pightle of pasture"" adjoining in Sharnbrook, formerly held by John Hide senior, and now William Harper. Cock's close and Morley's close, the latter formerly being part of Morley's Wood, and both purchased by John Cobb gentleman, grandfather of Elizabeth, Mary, Ann and Rebecca; Emishall or Saunder's close, bought from Thomas Saunders by John Cobb, gentleman, father of Elizabeth etc.; 82 acres of arable and 4 acres of meadow in Sharnbrook, all occupied by William Harper; a selion of arable land in Stoke Mill field, near a highway leading to Bletsoe, occupied by John Norman; Morley Wood (1 acre); White Leys close (25 acres); Alsey Wood and the Long Spinney adjoining (42 acres ). (Schedule of deeds attached.) Witnesses: F. Brace, Joseph Chaderton, Richard Fisher, Joseph Daukes

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Watkins, Elizabeth,
Cobb, Mary,
Cobb, Anne,
Cobb, Rebecca,
Cobb, George,
Hawley, Thomas,
Hide, John,
Harper, William,
Cobb, John,
Saunders, Thomas,
Norman, John,
Brace, Francis,
Chaderton, Joseph,
Fisher, Richard,
Daukes, Joseph,
Brace, F.

DEEDS, SHARNBROOK, Tower of London, BLETSOE, Sharnbrook fields