WE157

[Copy] Conveyance (Release); for £185: William Wainwright of Maulden, yeoman, to Ezra Eagles of Ampthill, gentleman.

24 Dec 1808

From: 1808 To: 1808

[Recites Marriage Settlement (Lease and Release), dated 5 and 6 June 1739: i) Ruth Linford of Maulden, spinster; ii) Michael Wainwright of Maulden, yeoman (late father of said William Wainwright); and iii) Richard Smith of Woburn, gentleman, and Timothy Squire of Hertford, maltster. ...The fourth part of: a messuage in Maulden; 2 closes containing 3 acres (now forming one piece of garden); 3 cottages in Clophill, with 4 acres of garden belonging; and of 2 acres arable in the Fields of Clophill. [No details] ...The messuage and garden in Maulden, late in occupation of John Chapman, then Nathan Linford, then Mary Linford widow, then Hester Bull widow, and now Frances Read widow; together with a piece of land containing 2 roods 5 perches in Maulden; and the cottages in Clophill, late in occupation of John Pryor and [blank] Gobby, then John Radley, and Henry Carey, then Peter Matthews, and now John Sanders, [blank] Green and John Radley; and also an allotment in the late Common Meadow of Clophill, containing 2 acres; and an allotment of 4 acres in Church Field in Clophill; under Enclosure Act (1807/8).] Witnesses: Edward Dowdeswell and George King

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Wainwright, William,
Eagles, Ezra,
Linford, Ruth,
Wainwright, Michael,
Smith, Richard,
Squire, Timothy,
Chapman, John,
Linford, Nathan,
Linford, Mary,
Bull, Hester,
Read, Frances,
Pryor, John,
Gobby,
Radley, John,
Carey, Henry,
Matthews, Peter,
Sanders, John,
Green,
Dowdeswell, Edward,
King, George

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