Reference
Z1550/4
Title
Release, part of conveyance by lease and release of property in Luton. For lease see Z1550/3.
Date free text
10 October 1775
Production date
From: 1775 To: 1775
Scope and Content
Parties:
(i) John Okey of Bath, coachmaker, Elizabeth his wife, and William Okey of High Wycombe, carrier, eldest son and heir of William Okey, deceased
(ii) Joseph Williamson the younger of Luton, hatter
Reciting:
- Z1550/3, lease for 1 year
- Z1550/2, will of William Okey of Watford, deceased, father of John and William
- Z1550/1, will of Jeremiah Okey of Luton
- purchase by Jeremiah Okey deceased of (a), (b) and (c) in fee; part from William Okey, deceased, father of Jeremiah Okey; remainder from John Roberts and Sarah his wife and others
Operative part:
- (ii) gave £855 to (i);
- (i) released (a), (b) and (c) to (ii)
Property:
(a) messuage at the North End of Luton formerly occupied by William Okey, deceased (father of Jeremiah Okey, deceased) and Jeremiah Okey, deceased, and now in occupation of [blank] Surrey, widow or her undertenant(s). Adjoins messuage formerly of Dame Elizabeth Napier and now of Mr William Hampson, formerly called The Vine on one side; adjoins messuage formerly of Sir Theophilus Napier, Earl of Bute on the other side; fronts on the highway leading towards the horsepool;
(b) Close of arable land known as Winsdon Close containing 6 acres in parish of Luton;
(c) several pieces of arable land lying in the common fields of Luton containing 23 acres and 1 rood, formerly occupied by William Okey and Jeremiah Okey, deceased, Samuel Slowe, and Richard Harlow; now occupied by Andrew Ewbank. Land as follows:
- 5 acres in Blackwater Field, adjoining highway from Luton to Summeris on one side and lands formerly of Thomas Cheyne and now of Daniel Gutteridge on the other side, abutting at the upper end on a cross highway leading from Luton to Eaton Green and at the lower end on a lane called Gallants Lane and on a highway leading from Stapleford towards Eaton Green;
- 4 acres in Bridge Field with land formerly of Mr Ewer and now of Samuel Chase on one side and land formerly of Sir Theophilus Napier, Earl of Bute on the other side, abutting at one end land formerly of Mr Ewer and now of Samuel Chase and at the other end land formerly of Mr Dalby and now of John Procter clerk
- 1 acre in Bridge Field with the footpath leading from Luton towards Round Green on one side and the highway fro Luton to Round Green on the other side, abutting on the land formerly of Mr Dalby and now of John Procter at one end and at the other end on land formerly of Mr Ewer, Mr Nodes and John Sibley;
- 4 acres in Bridge Field at or near Twelve Acres Hedge abutting: N on the land formerly of Mrs Cheyne and now of Daniel Gutteridge; S on land formerly of Mr Chew and now belonging to Dunstable Charity; W on land formerly of Mr Ewer and now of Samuel Chase;
- 3 acres in Bayley Field lying on Bayley Field Hill abutting: S land formerly of Sir John Napier deceased and now of the Earl of Bute; N land formerly of Mr Hillersdon and now of William Cox; W path leading from Berry Hill towards Luton;
- 3 roods in Bayley Field lying at Brown’s Brick abutting: S on land formerly of Sir John Napier and now of the Earl; N on land formerly of Thomas Olney and now of Mrs Elizabeth Goldsmith; E on land late of Mr Nodes and now of the Earl;
- 1 rood in Bayley Field lying at Brown’s Brick abutting: S on land formerly of Sir John Napier and now of the Earl; N on land formerly of Thomas Chapman and late of Richard Sloper; W on land formerly of Mrs Chalkley and now of Elizabeth Goldsmith
- 5 roods in Wainden Field abutting: N on the highway leading from Luton to Limbury; S on Woobourn Highway; E and W on land formerly of Mrs Chalkley and now belonging to the Dunstable Charity;
- 3 roods in Wainden Field abutting: N on the highway from Luton to Limbury; S on Woobourn Highway; W on land formerly fo Sir John Napier and now of the Earl;
- 1½ acres in Sewell Field abutting: N on land formerly of Mr Dalby and now of the Earl; S on land formerly of mr Gregory and now of Elizabeth Goldsmith; E on land formerly of John Prudden and now of Charles Butcher;
- ½ acre in Sewell Field abutting: N land formerly of Mr Dalby and now of the Earl; S on the common moor; E on land formerly of Sir John Napier and now of the Earl;
- 5 roods lying between Wainden and Sewell Fields abutting: Woobourn highway; E on the highway from Luton to Limbury; W on land formerly of Mr Dalby and now of the Earl
Covenant:
- by John Okey and wife Elizabeth to levy a fine sur conusans de droit come ceo etc. to (ii)
Witnesses:
- John Young
- Thomas Foulkes
Level of description
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