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WE994-995
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Conveyance (Lease and Release); for £340: i) Henry Ashby, Mary Ann Morris and Jane Morris, (devisees in trust under the Will of John Morris senior of Ampthill esquire); ii) John Morris junior of Ampthill esquire(only son and heir at law of John Morris senior); iii) Mary Ann and Jane Morris and Henry Ashby and wife Sophia (a daughter of John Morris senior); Joseph Morris of Ampthill esquire (brother of John Morris senior); and v) Thomas Barnard of Bedford, banker.
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2 Sep 1828
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From: 1828 To: 1828
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Recites A) Will of John Morris (father of said John Morris senior) [as recited in WE993]. B) Conveyance, dated 29 May 18177: John Pateman to John Morris senior and said Joseph Morris. ... a messuage (now divided into two parts) in Keeley alias Kully End in Wootton; and a close of pasture (5 acres 2 roods 30 perches) adjoining. (To hold to use of John Morris senior and Joseph Morris as tenants in common for ever). C) Lease and Release, dated 4, 5 December 1822: Thomas Harrison of Pavenham, Samuel Harrison of Kempston, and James Harrison of Pavenham, yeomen, to John Morris senior and Joseph Morris. ... a cottage (in 2 tenements) with yard adjoining in Pavenham. (To hold one moiety to John Morris and the other to Joseph Morris for ever). D) Agreement for partition, dated 9 June 1827, between the said John Morris senior and Joseph Morris; by which John Morris senior agreed to take the property as described in the first schedule [hereafter abstracted], and Joseph Morris the property described in the second schedule [hereafter abstracted]. E) Will of said John Morris senior, dated 4 September 1827, and proved in Prerogative Court of Canterbury6 January 1828 [as abstracted in WE991]]. ... All the property described in the first and second schedules [hereafter abstracted], in Ampthill, Flitwick, Eversholt, Wootton, Pavenham and Maulden, and Hitchin (county Hertfordshire). (To hold to the said Thomas Barnard the property in 1st schedule; to use of i), to be held by i) to uses expressed in Will of said John Morris senior. [as in WE991]; and the property in 2nd schedule; to use of said Joseph Morris for term of natural life; and after determination of that estate, to use of said Thomas Barnard during natural life of said Joseph Morris, on trust to prevent any wife of said Joseph Morris from being entitled to dower; and after determination of that estate, to use of said Joseph Morris for ever). [Henry Ashby and wife Sophia covenant to levy a Fine]. The first schedule (hereinbefore recited: Henry Ashby and others as trustees of the Will of John Morris esquire:- …Two cottages with appurtenances near Bedford Street in Ampthill, formerly in occupation of James Billington and Samuel Field, and now of Rebecca Billington and William Presland. …And also two cottages (built on part of same ground), formerly in occupation of Samuel Gillett and [blank] Axom, and now of Edward Money and John Draper. (which premises were purchased by John Morris (grandfather) from Mary Samm and Mary Horsepool, by Feoffment dated 25 March 1787). ,,,A cottage in occupation of Widow White, another in occupation of Widow Roberts, and another in occupation of Edward Harrison, all in Bedford Street, Ampthill; (purchased by John Morris (grandfather), by Feoffment and Assignment, dated 5 April 1803: i) John Robinson; ii) Mary Cooper (vendor); iii) the said John Morris; and iv) John Edwards. …Also a cottage in Bedford Street, Ampthill; (awarded to said John Morris, in exchange with the Earl of Upper Ossory, by Enclosure Award dated 16 March 1808); in occupation of Mary Bussard. ….Also 4 cottages in Dunstable Street, Ampthill, in occupation of John Mann junior, Henry Disher, Thomas Furness, and George Mann; (purchased said John Morris by Lease and Release dated 5, 6 April 1798, from James Humphrey, and have since been taken down and new cottages erected). …Also a cottage in Dunstable Street, Ampthill, in occupation of [blank] Warren, widow formerly and now of William Draper; (purchased by the said John Morris by Lease and Release dated 19, 20 December 1803: i) Thomas Saunders Hollingworth and James Black; ii) said John Morris; and iii) John Edwards). …Also a piece of land (formerly part of the Warren), containing 1 acre 3 roods 6 perches, at the end of Dunstable Street, Ampthill; (purchased by said John Morris from William Wilson and wife Martha and William Wilson junior). …Also 5 cottages in Flitwick, in occupation of [blank] Abbott, William Howson, Abraham Odell, Samuel Elmer, and Thomas Elmer; (purchased by said John Morris by Lease and Release, dated 1, 2 August 1806: i) John Edwards and John Prior; ii) Thomas Bushby; and iii) the said John Morris). …A cottage in Eversholt in occupation of John Farmer; (purchased by said John Morris from John Parker esquire; by Lease and Release, dated 3, 4 April 1801). The second schedule (hereinbefore recited): Joseph Morris:- …Property in Keeley End in Wootton (purchased by deed dated 29 May 1817 [ hereinbefore recited]. …Property in parish of Pavenham (purchased by Lease and Release dated 4, 5 December 1822 [hereinbefore recited]). …Also a cottage in Hall End in Maulden in occupation of Thomas Webb, and an allotment (3 acres 2 roods 16 perches) in Lowsie Mead, next the land and plantation of Charles Moore esquire, (which was awarded to John Morris (grandfather) for right of common lands), now in occupation of John Peck; (purchased by said John Morris from James Stapleton and wife Esther, and Richard Dennis and wife Sarah, by Lease and Release dated 2, 3 January 1797). ….Also several cottages in Cow Fair End in Dunstable Street in Ampthill, in occupation of Joseph Foll, James Stapleton and Charles Bryant; (purchased by said John Morris from Samuel May of Ampthill, by Feoffment dated 29 August 1815). …And also 2 cottages in Cow Fair End in Ampthill, in occupation of Sarah Levi widow and John Hill; (purchased by the hereinbefore recited Lease and Release dated 1, 2 August 1806). …Also several cottages in Bedford Street, Ampthill, in occupation of Charles Townsend; (purchased by the hereinbefore recited Feoffment dated 5 April 1803). …Also 4 pieces of land in Ampthill (formerly part of the Warren) and now called the Watch House Piece (9 acres 23 perches), the Middle Piece (7 acres 2 roods 3 perches), the Lower Kiln Piece (6 acres 3 roods 28 perches), and the Upper Kiln Piece (8 acres 5 perches), containing together 31 acres 2 roods 19 perches), now in the occupation of the said Joseph Morris. …And also a cottage in Bancroft Street in Hitchin, together with two ovens, now in occupation of Anna Brown; (purchased by the said John Morris (grandfather) from Isaac Sharples, by Lease and Release dated 6 and 7 December 1802). The third schedule: A) Lease and Release, dated 11 and 12 May 1736: i) John Charles of Maulden, yeoman (eldest son and heir of John Charles, yeoman and of Mary Charles, widow of Maulden); ii) Nicholas Read of St James, Westminster (county Middlesex), haberdasher of small wares; iii) Edward Charles of Maulden, labourer ( a son of said Mary Charles), and William Makeham of Maulden, labourer and wife Alice ( a daughter of said Mary Charles); and iv) William Hill [?“Witt”; see below] of Maulden, labourer and wife Mary (another daughter of said Mary Charles). ... A cottage on Slutts Green in Hall End in Maulden, with orchard or pightle belonging; and 1¼ acres of meadow in Lowsie Mead in Maulden. B) Attested copy of Final Concord of above premises, of Trinity term 10 George II. C) Feoffment, dated 17 February 1741: John Findlay senior of Ampthill, gentleman, to William Witt and wife Mary. ... ½ acre in Lady Mead or Lowsie Mead in Maulden D) Feoffment, dated 7 July 1767: William Witt senior and William Witt (son and heir apparent), of Hendon (county Middlesex), carpenters, to Abraham Perrin of Clophill, innholder. ... [premises comprised in A and C] E) Lease and Release, dated 2, 3 January 1797: [as abstracted under WE985] F) Lease and Release, dated 1, 2 August 1806: [as hereinbefore recited] G) Feoffment, dated 5 April 1803: i) John Robinson of Ampthill, stationer; ii) Mary Cooper of Leighton Buzzard (widow of Samuel Cooper of Leighton Buzzard, and daughter and devisee of William Poulton of Ampthill, currier); iii) John Morris (grandfather); and iv) John Edwards of Silsoe, gentleman Witnesses: S Davis, Thomas Terry, Randolph Horne (attorney, Staines), William Brown and Thomas Davies [Also included in WE995 is:- Deed of Confirmation, dated 10 February 1831: Catherine Morris of Ampthill, spinster, to Thomas Barnard. [Recites that said Catherine Morris has now attained the age of 21, and wishes to confirm the before abstracted Partition. Witnesses: Edward Beck and S Davis] [copy on paper certified by William Harland and William Sinfield (clerks to Mr Green, solicitor, Woburn), on 22 August 1839]
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