Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    H/WS814
  • Title
    Division of Inheritance (Conveyance to trustee to uses - Release only) 1. Robert Scawen of Reigate, Surrey and William Scawen late of Walbrook, London, now of Woodcott, Esq. (trustees of late Thomas Borrett) and Susannah and Martha Borrett (only children of Thomas Borrett) 2. Thomas Meade of St. Ann, Soho, Middlesex, Esq. 3 Susannah, widow of Thomas Borrett, and mother of Susannah and Martha
  • Date free text
    1752-1760
  • Production date
    From: 1752 To: 1760
  • Scope and Content
    Property conveyed to use of Susannah: Manor of Beeston, Thorncott and Hatch Manor of Beeston with Caldecott late Trumpington. Farm at Beeston, occupied Thomas Woodham [as in conveyance H/WS806] Farm at Thorncott, occupied Richard Richardson [as in same conveyance] Beeston Cross Inn, occupied Welles [as in same conveyance] Cottages and lands in Beeston [as in same conveyance] [above all formerly Sir Thomas Bromsall's] Close adjoining a farmhouse in Beeston, 3 acres Over End Close, 2 acres 4 acres meadow in common meadow of Beeston 30 acres arable in common field of Beeston 44 acres arable, ley. meadow and pasture in Northill, Sandy, Hatch and Beeston, formerly occupied Thomas Walker of Beeston. [above other Beeston property] Manor of Tunstall, in Lancashire Thurland Castle, with all demesne land: The Copy, The Butt Close, the Great Orchard, the Higher Baine Lands, the Lower Baine Lands, the Roanes, the Meadows, the Skelrigg, the Kilne Haugh, the Settabauk Meadows, The Settabauk Woods and Bottom and the Milne Holme, the Great Holme, the Brigg Holme. the Black Raw, the Cock Shutt Meadow and Wood, the Causfield Tarne, the Coney Garth, the outside of the Coney Garth, the Cocklett Mires: And also one Milne and Kilne near adjoining. [above Lancashire property] Capital Messuage called Causfield & all other property in Tunstall and Whittington, Catsfield, Over Burrow, Nether Burrow, Upper Leck, Nether Leck, Todgill, Ireby, Newton Docker purchased by Late J. Borrett of J. Girlington, William Bellamy, & Oliver Marton. Capital messuage called Deansbiggen, in Kirkby Lowsdale, Westmorland, with 100 acres (Dyall Hill, Kilne Close, Calfe Parrock, Burrow Close, Deep Meadow and Mosse, Great Hott and Allam Croft, Geld Acres, Little Parrock, Long Bamb Intack, Barn Close and Under Orchard. Copyhold messuage with land held under of Manor of Kirkby Lonsdale, at rent 6s 6d [above Westmorland property] Messuage with 12 acres in Shoreham Kent, now occupied William Walker. [Kent property] Property conveyed to the use of Martha: Furzen Farm with land [as in conveyance above] Farm house and Shortmead St., Biggleswade, with messuage & lands [as in same conveyance] The rest of the Biggleswade property in same conveyance The Copyhold Property of Sir Thomas Bromsall directed to be sold by Chancery, & to which Susannah & Martha were admitted, 25 Oct. 1752 [as above] 2/3 parts of meadow called Dame Margarets Holmes, held of Manor of Sandy Rectory, held by rent of 6d. for each third part. Fee Farm rent of £78-6-2 3/4, on manor of Shillington, out of rents of assize of free tenants there; out of all rents of customary tenants there; all rents of customary tenants in Pegsden; out of all the woods called Great Park Woods, Parnell Woods, & Hunscombe Lee Wood, in Shillington (77 acres), occupied Edward Blofield; out of all messuages and 3 yardlands called Bury Lott, in Pagsden, occupied Richard Lilly; out of the common fine paid at Shillington Manor and out of all other perquisites of the manor. purchased by J. Borrett from Roger Gillingham, & subject to a yearly rent charge of £10 to the Schoolmaster of Luton. 16 May 1760
  • Reference
  • Level of description
    item
Hierarchy browser