Reference
WE1869-1870
Title
Copy. Lease, Release and Marriage Settlement
i) Joseph Samm of Ampthill, gentleman
ii) Mary Bigg of Lidlington, spinster, granddaughter and devisee in will of Elizabeth Fessey of Lidlington
iii) John Crouch of Lidlington, farmer, William Crouch of Lidlington, dealer in horses
Date free text
28/29 May 1784; copy made 14 Jun 1831
Production date
From: 1784 To: 1831
Scope and Content
Recites will of Elizabeth Fessey 8 June 1774, and marriage agreed between i) and ii)
...Messuage called Bakers at Thrupp End, Lidlington, in occupation Thomas Bonner
...Three closes of old sward ground, The Rundle, the Lower Close, and the Slipe, 10 acres
...Pightle, Yorks Orchard, ½ acre now or lately part of the Rundle
...Plot of lately enclosed land in Lidlington, 28 acres 28 perches
...Messuage in Mill Street, Ampthill, late in occupation Henry Pearson and Thomas Pearson and now in occupation i)
Estate charged with payment of £350 at age 21 to two youngest children of Charles Farnell, late of Ampthill, grocer (deceased) under his will dated 17--: £5 per annum for 12 years payable from death of Henry Pearson and Mary wife of Thomas Plant: £5 per annum for 4 years payable to Samuel Pearson of Toddington, charged on messuage in Mill Street, Ampthill, part of estate granted by will of Henry Pearson of Ampthill, butcher
Abuttal: Brooks Close
Owners or occupiers adjoining: Mary Coleman, Earl Spencer, John Leach, John Nicholls, Elizabeth Hanwell
Witnesses: Mary Bigg senior, George Hooper
Level of description
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