WE521

Marriage settlement (Feoffment): George Perser of Wilstead, yeoman, to William Cumberland of Clifton, gentleman, Sarah Willowes (widow of Thomas Willowes of Shefford, yeoman), and Sarah Willowes (a daughter of said Thomas and Sarah). In consideration of the marriage of George Perser and Sarah Willowes junior, and £60 marriage portion.

16 Apr 1652

From: 1652 To: 1652

...The messuage in which George Perser dwells, and a close adjoining (5 acres), in Wilstead, abutting on the close of John Smyth S., and the common street N., and adjoining to Ivery alias Ives Lane E., and to the pasture of Mrs Bushey W.; and also 9 acres in the Fields of Wilstead. Place-names: Hill Field, Brook Furlong, a place called the Dane, Windmill Field, Gostwicke Furlong, Eadeway Baulk, Holme Field, Mumbery Side, Por Furlong, Carrington Field. Personal-names: Mr Warner, George Edwards, Nicholas Cane [Cave?], John Stretton, Thomas Bigg, the Lord of the Manor Witnesses: John Negose and Nicholas Day

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Perser, George,
Cumberland, William,
Willowes, Sarah,
Willowes, Thomas,
Smyth, John,
Bushey,
Warner,
Edwards, George,
Cane, Nicholas,
Stretton, John,
Bigg, Thomas,
Negose, John,
Day, Nicholas

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