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Conveyance (Release only) 1. Samuel Cockayne of Tempsford, Esq., and wife Catherine (surviving daughter and heir of Benjamin Haselden of Goldington Esq., and wife Elizabeth) & Bromsall Throgmorton of Hemingford Abbotts, Hunts., Esq., (eldest son and heir of Mary Jeay of Huntingdon, widow) : Elizabeth and Mary were daughters and heirs of Sir Thomas Bromsall of Biggleswade, knight.
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16 April 1741
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From: 1741 To: 1741
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2. Mark Thurston of Middle Temple, Esq., executor of Susannah Herbert of Westminster widow, mother & administrator of J. Herbert of Westminster, D.D., prebendary (who had married Mary, widow of Sir Thomas Bromsall, formerly Mary Cooling, widow.) 3. Elizabeth Paschall of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, spinster, sister and administratrix of Mary Bromsall after death of Mary Herbert. 4. Lord Carteret; Sir John Clement Cotterell; Grace, Countess of Granville; Sir J. Cross, only son and heir of Sir Thomas Cross, bart, deceased. 5. Joseph Biscoe of St. George the Martyr, gent (trustee for Borrett) 6. Elisha Biscoe of same, gent. 7. William Robinson of Inner Temple, gent. 8. Thomas Borrett of the same, Esq. (the purchaser) Recites : Marriage Settlement of Sir Thomas Bromsall with Mary Cooling (trustees : Francis Gwin and Richard Powis), Settling £500 annuity on Mary, charges on lands in Biggleswade - 17 Oct. 1704 Sir Thomas Bromsall died shortly after the marriage- without making any other settlement. 1 Feb. 1705 Case in chancery re payment of annnuity to Mary, widow of Sir Thomas and the inheritance of the estate. This lasted from 1705 to 1741. By a report in chancery, dated 24 Dec. 1708, there was presented the following valuation of lands comprised in a surrender of copyhold of the Manor of Biggleswade, 24 Oct. 1670. Messuage and pightle, formerly occupied William Dorrington at £8 p.a., now occupied George Beck, William Hill, J. Pleasanton and Richard Palmer, at £9 Messuage formerly occupied Edward North at £10 p.a., now occupied Samuel Forster, at £12-10-0 Messuage [formerly] occupied Edward Searle at £3 p.a. now occupied Samuel Needham, Richard Edwards, Richard Hales and Thomas Alborn, at £6-10-0 Messuage formerly occupied Joseph Sinnel at 40s. p.a. now occupied William Rands at £2-15-0 Messuage then occupied Thomas Parker, Thomas Lawford & Francis Gilman at £3-18-0 p.a. now occupied widow Brewer and Thomas Wells at £4-5-0 Messuage and close now converted into part of the Bowling Green and orchard, then occupied Alice Crouch at £6 p.a., since rebuilt on same ground and now called the Sun Inn, occupied Edward Bray,at £55 Messuage then occupied Thomas Pettit at £4-18-0 p.a., now made into several tenements & occupied J. Seagrave, widow Cooper, Katherine Hunt and Christopher Foster, at £9 Messuage then occupied Mary Bromsall at £7 p.a. now occupied Mr. Palmer at same rent £7 The sum total of the old rents of the above properties is £44, so the value, at 12 years purchase, is £528. Shortmead Farm, with 4 closes (dove house close, Spring close, Coles two closes, and Turrow? Faire Close) 12 acres value p.a.£13 Long Water Close, 8 acrse, value p.a. £13 35 acres 3 roods meadow in Long mead & House Croft, value p.a. £23-16-8 2 acres in Back Mead, value p.a. £1-6-8 Great Gilletts, value p.a. £3-10-0 The sum total of Shortmead farm is £53-13-4 & at 18 years purchase the value is £966 To make up the value of £4000 required by the Chancery decree, the Commissioner added the following lands : 1/2 acre land laid to the Sun Inn, worth 20s. p.a. & so valued, at 20 years purchase £20-0-0 Piece of pasture, exchanged for 2 acres gravel land, valued a 13s. 4d. and at 20 years purchase £13-6-8 Greggs Close, Carters Pightle, Finches Pightle, Besses Meadow (7acres 3 1/2 roods) valued at £7-17-6, 7 and at 20 years purchase £157-10-0 Hennings Plowed Fields, with strip adjoining (52 acres 2 roods), value £10 p. acre total at 20 years purchase £525 20 acres in common fields, occupied Edward Henning value £10 p. acre, total at 20 years purchase £200 29 acres 1rood arable in common fields, occupied Mr. Pyrnne and his wife, and the Hasledens, not letten, value £10 p. acre, total at 20 years purchase £292-10-0 Sand Pitt Close (new enclosure), 19 acres, value £12-0-4 p. acre p.a. total at 20 years purchase, £234-6-8 New enclosure called Brickell Close & Hopyards, adjoining, 26 acres, value £12-0-4 p. acre, total at 20 years purchase, with East House adjoining £320-13-4 12 acres meadow in Hitchmead to be laid nearest together, value £5 p. acre p.a. total at 20 years purchase £60-0-0 Little Moore Gilletts, adjoining Great Gilletts, 2acres 3 roods 23perches valued at £10 p. acre p.a. total at 20 years purchase £28-6-8 Little Honey Lands (new enclosure) 7 acres 3 roods, value £10 p.ac. total at 20 years purchase £77-10-0 Great Honey Lands (new enclosure) 12 acres Or. 28p. value £10 p.acre,p.a. at 20 years purchase £122-5-0 Sunn Furlong & Miney Hole (new enclosure) 7acres 3 roods, value £10 p.acre p.a., total at 20 yrs. purchase £77-10-0 23 acres arable in common fields, occupied William Morris, at £10 p. acre, total at 20 yrs. purchase £230-0-0 14 acres 3 1/2 roods arable in common fields occupied William Morris, not inclosed, at £10 p.acre p.a., total at 20 years purchase £148-15-0 The sum total of all the property now comes to £4001-13s.-4d, & was set aside as the property of the co-heirs, the daughters of Sir Thomas Bromsall. All the rest of the property of Sir Thomas was charged with the annuity to his widow, Mary. Meanwhile Mary Bromsall, married again, to Dr. Herbert. Herbert died in October 1729, and Mary in March 1730. By 1737 £15,413-7-4 1/2 was due to the executors of Herbert and his wife Mary, on account of the annuity and interest accruing; £558-18s-6d was due to Sir. Thomas Cross (creditor of Dr. Herbert); £5508-15-0 was due to the Countess of Granville (another creditor of Herbert.) Purchase money: £58-18-6 to Sir J. Cross (in full discharge of debt) £5523 -16-0 to Grace Countess Granville) " " " £11,000 to Mark Thurston and Elizabeth Paschall (as trustees for Sir Thomas Bromsall's widow, they receive the remainder of the purchase money) The following property is conveyed in trust for Borrett subject to mortgage to Carver :- Manor of Beeston Thorncott and Hatch Manor of Beeston with Caldecott late Trumpington Farmhouse and dovehouse in Beeston 2 closes called The House Close, 6 acres Church Close, 6 acres Pightle in or near Wilholme, or Three Cornered Pightle, 3 roods Berry Close, 8 acres Land side Pightle, 1acre Miles Close, 3 acres Chitty Leys, 3 acres 2 roods Close called Stantons Course, 1acre Pieces of meadow, 4 acres, in Dame Magles Home 19 acres and 1 swearth of meadow in Whitefarm, Mill house and Langlake Meadow 32 acres arable in Padworth Field 1acre 2 roods leys of sweard in Padworth Field, 33 acres in Citford Bridge Field. [recte Girtford?] 9 acres 12 roods arable in Bradmore Field 14 acres arable in White Farm Hill and Berry Piece 6 acres 3 roods arable in Longland Field Stanton Corner, 1acre 2 roods, arable all Late occupied Isaac Atterton, now occupied Thomas Woodham, situate in Beeston, Thorncott, & Hatch, Northill. Farmhouse in Thorncott Close of pasture, 3 acres 2 roods Holts Close, 4 acres Upper Trumpingtons close, 4 acres Lower Trumpington's close, 2 acres Chambers Close 2 acres Hatch Corner Pightle 1rood 6 acres meadow in White Farm Millhouse and Langley Meadow 32 acres arable in Padworth Field 2 acres 2roods sward leys in Padworth Field 32 acres arable in Girtford Bridge Field Ley, l acre " " " " 28 acres arable in Budnoe Field all occupied Richard Richardson Beeston Cross Inn Home Close, 1acre Close, 3 acres Riddy Close, 3 roods 2acres arable all occupied J. Welles Hows Close, 3 acres & Home Close 2 acres both in Beeston and occupied Thomas Walker Cottage and ground Churching orchard (pasture close), 1acre, occupied Jonathan Reed. Cottage House Close, 3 roods Close opposite House close, 1acre 2 roods, occupied Thomas Lucas Cottage and hempland, occupied George Leonard Cottage and hempland occupied William Bonny Cottage and hempland occupied J. Christmas 2 Cottages and hempland occupied Thomas Woodham, and usually held with the said farm. 3 acres meadow, held with the 2 cottages Close, 12acres 2 acres arable in Padworth Field Balmore Leys, 2 acres, occupied J. Hitchcock 2 pightles, lying together, 1acre 1 acre arable in Badnoe Field, occupied Richard Burr Capital Messuage of which part was rebuilt by Sir Thosmas Bromsall and dovehouse, in Shortmead End, Biggleswade Orchard adjoining, walled round, 2 acres Close called the Park, 28 acres and used as a park by Sir Thomas Bromsall Dovehouse close, 4 acres 1rood 32p. Little field of arable, next to the Furzes, 2 acres 2 roods 35 perches Roundhill Field, 29 acres 1rood 20 perches Chestnut Close, with spiney belonging, 5 acres 3roods 18 perches Pondfields, 5 acres 2 roods 15 perches Parkfield, enclosed arable with slips of ground belonging, 25 acres 3 roods 13 perches Marehold Field, 23 acres 1rood 18 perches Long Dane, enclosed arable, 21acres 2 roods 18 perches 3 closes called the Binghame, 4 acres Millers Close, next Carters Lane, 4 acres all occupied J. Samm., and now called Furzen Farm. Farmhouse in Shortmead St., Biggleswade, formerly occupied Edward Layton. Messuage in Biggleswade, with orchard, etc. Field, arable, next orchard and homestall, 41acres 0 roods 15 perches Folmouth Piece or Money Hole, 27acres 2roods arable. Simon Piece arable, 7acres Pieces of arable and ley called Reeves, Stick Furlong, Mark Acre, New Pasture Furlong, Hitch mead Furlong, 70 acres 3 roods Cartwright Close, 5 acres (4 acres by measure) 2 closes called Little Gilletts, 5 acres Marehold arable, next a place called Home, 5 acres Enclosed arable in Middle Hunger Hill and Rough Hadens, 11acres 1rood 2 perches all occupied Samuel Gunthorpe. Three cornered Piece enclosed arable, 6 acres 2 roods 10 acres arable in Rough Hadens and Hunger Hill. 8 acres 1rood 28 perches arable in Middle Field, abutting on Three Cornered Piece. 2 acres arable abutting on Bulk Balk in same field. 7acres 5 perches in South Field in Upper Hunger Hill. 2 acrse in Dead Danstree Furlong in same field all occupied J. Kirby, gent. Close, 5 acres occupied J. Whitehead Grove of wood Pieces of meadow Exceptions from this conveyance :- Property which descended to Catherine Cockayne as a daughter and co-heir of Benjamin Haselden; and not part of property of which Sir Thomas Bromsall died seised : Farm house and 2 cottages, in or near Beeston, Thorncoptt and Hatch, occupied H. Gayler 20 acres inclosed pasture or sward 10 acres meadow 170 acres arable Property purchased by Catherine Cockayne, whilst sole, from Isaac Atterton : 20 acres arable in Beeston, Northill and Sandy, Thorncott and Hatch, formerly occupied William Raven and Isaac Atterton, now occupied H. Gayler. 10 acres meadow in Beeston, Mile Holme Mead., now occupied H. Gayler. Property purchased by Catherine Cockayne, whilst sole, from Brown : Toft, croft and hempland in Beeston, 2 roods Sellion of arable, 1rood in Beeston, Soddington alias Taddington, now Sitch alias North Sitch Furlong all occupied H. Gayler Property awarded to heirs of Thomas Bromsall by Chancery decree 1708 16 April 1741
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