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RO1/20
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1709 -1711
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From: 1709 To: 1711
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pg.1: Abstract of will of John Lord Ashburnham 1709 (see RO1/19)
pg.2: Abstract of title to lands in Bedfordshire 19 and 20 April 1711
Lease and Release, Bargain and Sale Enrolled and Fine
i) Sir John Mordaunt and wife Penelope
ii) Brian Fairfax in trust for iii)
iii) John Lord Ashburnham
-capital messuage called fryers in town of Bedford
-closes in Bedford called:
Dovehouse Close 12 acres
Creamers Gardens 3 acres
Bishop’s Close 4 acres
Hanchetts Close 7 acres
Terrylls Close 14 acres
Coney Gray 7 acres
Hey Croft formerly sward lying in Conduit Field 14 acres
several pieces of sward and arable containing 346 acres in parishes of St Paul, Peter and Cuthbert, viz:
...in Conduit Field 63 acres arable, 8 acres sward
...in Windmill Field 65 acres 2 roods arable, 16 acres sward
...in Bury Field 68 acres 2 roods arable, 7 acres sward
...in Oake Feild 87 acres arable, 29 acres sward
meadow ground in 2 parcels in Goldington 8 acres
26 and 27 Oct 1710 Lease, Release and Fine
i) Thomas Jenner and wife Elizabeth
ii) John Lord Ashburnham
-messuage called Stoords [?] with appurtenances 40 acres
-3 pieces of land called Bodlefeild 14 acres
-2 closes 4 acres called Collens Crofts or Colletts Crofts, all in Herstmonteux, Sussex
22 March 1711 Bargain and Sale Enrolled
i) Thomas Earl of Westmorland, John Twisden of London, silkman
ii) Brian Fairfax, Richard Wareing
iii) John now Lord Ashburnham
-fee farm rent 41s payable out of manor of Mairedrefte alias Mairdriffe in Carmarthen
-fee farm rent of £14..13..4 payable out of fields of Caldecote in Kidwelly in Carmarthen
to ii) in trust for iii)
to be settled according to the will of John late Lord Ashburnham
pg.3: Abstract of will of William Lord Ashburnham 11 June 1710
-lease of manor of Staverton to wife Katherine
-devises to her use house in St James’s Square for life and also coach and coach horses and all jewels and plate for life
-all hunting horses and equipage to brother John, also £500
-£200 to James Markburney
-brother John Ashburnham sole executor
Codicil: 14 June 1710
-further £1,000 to brother John Ashburnham
-£1,000 to brother James Hayes
-£1,000 to brother Bertram
-£1,000 to sister Jane
-£100 to William Quales
-£500 to Brian Fairfax junior
-£200 to mother-in-law Mrs Taylor
Will proved by John Lord Ashburnham
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