RO4/1

Attested Copy of Articles of Agreement. i) John Thimelby Conquest of Houghton Conquest esquire (son and heir of Richard Conquest late of the same, esquire deceased); Benedict Conquest, son and heir apparent of said John Thimelby Conquest ii) Sir JohnThompson of Haversham, Buckinghamshire, baronet, son and heir and sole executor of Maurice Thompson, late of London esquire, deceased

1 Jan 1695/6. Copy not dated

From: 1695 To: 1696

Recites: Indenture 13 December 1652 [recited in RO5/285] (i) Richard Conquest and wife Elizabeth John Thimelby Conquest (ii)Christopher Lowe, Conquest Taylor (iii) John Stone esquire (fine and recovery duly levied) [see RO5/283 for Recovery] A -manor house of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Bury B -Inings 6 acres -Bury Leys 60 acres -Twenty Acres 20 acres -Fearney Hill 18 acres -Fearney Spinney 20 acres -Hoghill, Rolfes Feild, The Forty Acres, containing together 100 acres -Barnacles Feild 35 acres by (i) conveyed to uses: A to use of Richard Conquest and heirs for ever B to use of John Stone for 2,000 years, then to use of Richard Conquest Recites: Indenture 14 December 1652 (I) John Stone (II) Richard Conquest -premises B as above for 1,998 years, peppercorn rent to be void in default of payment of £3,000 at times stated (now long since past) Richard Conquest covenants to pay said £3,000 (but not paid) Whereas: term of said John Stone became vested in said Maurice Thompson Recites: Indenture 28 September 1659 (mortgage) i. Richard Conquest, Sir John Thimelby, knight ii. Maurice Thompson iii. John Hawes, James Oldfield -- Haw Hills and Miles Grove with pightle adjoining containing 40 acres -- New Pasture 35 acres -- the Fourteen Acres, the Dairy House Pightle and the Backside Meadow, containing 40 acres all in Houghton Conquest and parcel of the manor of Conquest Bury in occupation of said Richard Conquest -- cottages in Houghton Conquest in occupation of __ Field, widow William Rouse, Robert Freeman, William Holdstake, Philip Brand, ___ Butlard widow, Richard Allen, Robert Webb, Thomas Hawkins, William Fox, Edward Ward, Thomas Harris, John Cocher, Edmund Blade, John Wood, ___ Woodward, wife and Nicholas Green -- capital messuage lately erected in Chappell End near the Green there late in occupation of Lewis Conquest and then in occupation of Richard Conquest -- close 5 acres adjoining said messuage -messuage in Houghton Conquest once in occupation of Thomas Yarrell, then in occupation of said Richard Conquest -- 2 pightles of pasture containing 7 roods purchased of Thomas Day senior and Thomas Day junior then in occupation of said Richard Conquest -- 40 acres in open fields of Houghton Conquest formerly conveyed to Lewis Conquest by Sir Richard Conquest deceased in occupation of said Richard Conquest -- messuage and pightle adjoining, 1 acre in Chappell End once in occupation of Thomas Willcocks, then in occupation of said Richard Conquest -- Grange called Houghton Grange in occupation of said Richard Conquest -- Highfield, reputed to be parcel of said Grange, adjoining pightle then in occupation of said Richard Conquest -- Bushy Pightle called the Gosse Close adjoining to the Highfield, reputed to be parcel of Houghton Grange timber reserved to i. to hold to ii. for 2,000 years, peppercorn rent deed enrolled and recovery suffered, remainder to John Thimelby and heirs Recites: Indenture 30 September 1659 [see RO5/280] Whereas: said rent of £300 ran in arrears and further default of payment of £150 of aforesaid rent was made particularly at Lady Day 1673; said Maurice Thompson entered premises mentioned in last recited indenture and also into lands as aforesaid mortgaged to John Stone. Recites: writing of same date as presents made on back of last recited indenture, by which John Thimelby Conquest surrenders to Sir John Thompson term and estate for years granted by Maurice Thompson to said Richard Conquest Whereas: John Thimelby of Irnham, Lincolnshire esquire, son and heir of said Sir John Thimelby is seised of reversion of premises granted to Maurice Thompson by Indenture 28 September 1659 expectant on determination of last mentioned term of 2,000 years in trust for John Thimelby Conquest Whereas: suits have been presented between Richard Conquest in his lifetime and Maurice Thompson in his lifetime and between i) and ii) at common law in High Court of Chancery about account of profits of said premises and about clause in Indenture of 28 September 1659 "of all other messuages" etc. because said Richard Conquest in his life and John Thimelby Conquest since his death, claim that the manor and certain other lands were not intended to be included in that clause. Accounts have been given to said Court and have been debated before one of the masters of said Court who reported that there remained due to ii) £13,593..8s which has not been paid Whereas: premises of which Maurice Thompson and Sir John Thompson have had possession are admitted by i) to be scarce worth the money due on them To end all suits the following agreement is made: 1 i) will ratify to ii) premises mentioned in 2 schedules annexed, except all such premises as, not being in the occupation of said Sir John Thompson would not have passed by Indentuure of 28 September 1659 and except timber, to ii) for the remainder of two terms of 2,000 years limited by Indentures of 13 December 1652 and 28 September 1659. John Thimelby Conquest will assign to ii) term of years made by Indenture 14 December 1652, also that made by Indenture 30 September 1659; the two said Indentures and their counterparts to be cancelled 2 ii) will assign to John Thimelby Conquest lands mentioned in schedule annexed which are agreed to be surrendered by ii) to John Thimeby Conquest; similarly at cost of John Thimelby Conquest will convey all right in the advowson of the church of Houghton Conquest to Right Honourable Earl of Ailsbury and Thomas Dockery of Putteridge, Hertfordshire esquire (and will also deliver to them a bond by Thomas Pointer clerk, the present incumbent of said church to the said Maurice Thompson for the resignation of the said benefice). ii) agrees to the vacating, at cost of John Thimelby Conquest, of Recognizance entered into by i) and John Hall to the Master of the Rolls in penalty of £1,000 conditioned for performance of decrees made in said court; John Thimelby Conquest to have liberty of access for 8 years for felling timber 1 Jan 1695/6 Copy examined with the original in keeping of Thomas Armstrong of Ampthill, by William Pedder. 13 Jan 1737 1st Schedule. Annexed: Schedule of lands etc. agreed to be confirmed by John Thimelby Conquest and John Thimelby to Sir John Thompson -Innings 6 acres in occupation of Edward Bass :SW. the Parke of John Thimelby Conquest :E. Bury Lane :N. Bury Leys -Bury alias Berry Leys formerly one close and now divided into three :E. Hawnes Lane :W. Great Meadow; a ground called Crouch's Close; Twelve Acres :N. close of pasture of Edmund Wylde esquire :S. the Parke one of the said pieces contains 32 acres, another 11 acres and another 2 acres in occupation of Edward Bass -Twenty Acres in occupation of Widow Peacock and John Finch :E. Hawnes Lane :W. Bury Lane :S. Hoghill alias Ploughed Hill -Houghton Pightle, 2 acres :E. said Twenty Acres :W. Bury Lane -spinney 2 acres with slipe of sward in occupation of John Finch :W. said Twenty Acres :E. Hawnes Lane -messuage in occupation of Thomas Enterduce -grounds called Ferny Hil, Ferney Spinney, Hog Hill, Rolts Field and Forty Acres in occupation of Thomas Enterduce :E. Barnacles Field :W. King's Wood :N. Burye Park :S. Brickhill Pasture and Horse Close -spinney 2 acres near Little Fatting Pasture, Forty Acres and Barnacles Field -Barnacles Field now divided into 2 parts containing together 35 acres :E. lands late of Benjamin Conquest esquire :S. ground of John Thimelby Conquest in occupation of Josias Chapman and Joseph Hill -Little Barnacles Field Spinney 2 acres :E. Hawnes Lane :W. Little Barnacles Field -capital messuage called Chappell End House -Home Pightles 5 acres lying near said messuage -close of meadow or pasture 8 acres adjoining said several pightles -close of pasture or meadow called Plow'd Close, 16 acres adjoining to close of meadow last mentioned -close of pasture called the Eighteen Acres adjoining said close of meadow -the Grange Close adjoining said Eighteen Acres, 4 acres -Grange Wood 4 acres adjoining said Grange Close -Great Bushy Pasture and 3 closes adjoining said closes containing together 60 acres :E. Grange Wood and Eighteen Acres and Ploughed Close and Bedford Road :N. lands of Edmund Wyld :W. and S. Grange Lane and Chapel End Green encompass them which last mentioned messuage and premises are in occupation of Josias Chapman -Haw Hills 58 acres :E. ground late of Benjamin Conquest :W. Hawnes Lane :N. Highfield :S. ground late of said Benjamin Conquest -spinney, 3 acres near Haw Hills -close called Miles Grove or Jackdaws Grove, 4 acres near closes called Haw Hills which closes last mentioned are in occupation of Jeremy Pierce -2 closes with appurtenances, 13 acres in occupation of Joseph Hill :S. Haw Hills :N. Banky Ground :W. Hawnes Lane :E. High Field -High Fields 48 acres :S. Haw Hills :E. Grange Pightle :W. Banky Pasture :N. Gosse Close -Goss Close 8 acres :S. High Field :N. Cockstead Close of Mathew Denton, gentleman :W. Dairyhouse Meadow :E. Grange Lane two last mentioned closes are in occupation of Jeffery Redman, Elizabeth Goodwyn widow and John Crane -messuage called the Dairy House -Dairy House Meadow near said messuage 22 acres :N. and E. grounds of Mathew Denton gentleman :W. Hawnes Lane :S. Banky Pasture -New Pasture alias Banky Pasture 24 acres in occupation of William Redman :E. High Field :W. Hawnes Lane and Fourteen Acres :N. Dairyhouse Meadow :S. close in occupation of Joseph Hill -close called the Fourteen Acres in occupation of John Finch and widow Peacock :E. New Pasture :S. and W. Hawnes Lane :N.Dairyhouse Meadow -messuage with appurtenances in occupation of said widow Peacock and John Finch :E. Hawnes Lane -2 pightles lying near said messuage 6 acres :E. Hawnes Lane :W. ground of Jeremy Pierce :N. the street of Houghton Conquest :S. ground of Edmund Wyld esquire -Keeble Pightle 4 acres :S. grounds of Mathew Denton :N. Churchway Lane :E. lands of Edmund Wyld :W. Hawnes Lane -Holborne Pightle 1½ acres :S. and W. grounds of John Rysely :E. King's highway :N. common fields messuage and lands last mentioned in occupation of widow Peacock and John Finch -cottage with yard belonging in occupation of Thomas Cox -messuage called the Vine Tree and 2 pightles belonging in occupation of Edward Bass :E. church and churchyard :W. and N. common field :S. the street -Ampses Pightle 1 acre :E. Vicarage House :S.and W. common field called Little Field :N. the highway in occupation of said Edward Bass -messuage near said churchyard and pightle adjoining, 2 acres in occupation of John Ashby :E. cottage and pightle of Mathew Denton in occupation of Mary Bird :W. Vine Tree House and Pightle :N. the common field :S. the street - cottage near Chappell End with pightle 3 roods and Broad Close 6 acres in occupation of Joseph Hill :S. and E. lands of Edmund Wyld :N. common fields :W. highway from Chappell End to Bedford -Gwyns Pightle 3 roods in occupation of widow Bird :S. house of Thomas Willimot :E., W. and N. the highway -Thickthorn Farm and 3 pightles containing together 13 acres :S. and E. grounds or woods of Mathew Denton :N. close of Thomas Christie esquire in occupation of Thomas Farrer -close called Gerrafts alias Gyriafts 7 acres :S. and E. lands of Mathew Denton :W. land of Thomas Christie :S. common field -Paddock Pightle 3 roods :E. Lobson's Mead :N. and W. common fields :S. road to Bedford -parcels or lots of meadow ground happening or falling in the common mead calledLobsons Mead, 2 acres -parcels or lots of meadow ground happening or falling in the common mead called Chell Mead, 2 acres all which mesuages and premises last mentioned are in occupation of Samuel Beale -lots of meadow in Lobsons Mead 3 acres in occupation of said Samuel Beale and John Riseley -lots of meadow in Chell Mead 2 acres in occupation of said Samuel Beale and John Riseley -145 acres 3½ roods in the fields of Houghton Conquest called Chappell End Field, Dane Field and Millfield, particularly described in schedule annexed, being all the land in the open fields of Houghton Conquest late in the occupation of Sir John Thompson 1 Jan 1695/6 Copy examined with original in keeping of Thomas Armstrong of Ampthill, by William Pedder 13 Jan 1737 2nd Schedule Annexed: Particular of Common Field Grounds agreed to be confirmed as above; a note that the original gives full acreage and bounds Chappell End Field 42 acres 2 roods The Dane Field 53 acres 1 rood The Mill Field 50 acres ½ rood Total 145 acres 3½ roods 3rd Schedule Annexed: Schedule of lands etc. agreed to be released by Sir John Thompson to John Thimelby Conquest esquire -remainder of the manor of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Bury not intended to be ratified by i) to ii) -capital messuage or manor house of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Bury and all appurtenances -Little Close adjoining said manor house formerly callled the Milking Yard 1½ acres -close called the Ploughed Hill and formerly a wood called Jackdaws Grove 25 acres -Bury Wood 73 acres -Hill Close adjoining said wood 26 acres -Seare Close adjoining Hill Close 6 acres -Crouches Close alias the Frith, 10 acres with spinneys thereby -close near the Parsonage House called Parsonage Lease, 7 acres -toft near the Lane from the Parsonage House to Houghton -cottage and 3 acres pasture belonging -close called the Six Acres : Parsonage Grounds : Mr Wyldes Grounds -cottage near the churchyard in occupation of Thomas Richardson -pightle of ground near the common field there 2½ acres -3 cottages in the Church End formerly a Mill House -one cottage near the pound -one new erected cottage near Greene Land Close -Greene Land Close, 4 acres -Windmill and little close adjoining 1½ acres -2 tofts containing 2 acres, one in Chappellend Green and other between a farm house of Mr Wilde and Pix Lane -2 closes called Kay's Closes, 20 acres :E. road from Bedford to London -2 closes called Meary Leys, Mayries Lease of Maudlines, 32 acres -South Grove, 6 acres -2 pightles, 12 acres adjoining said South Grove -close called Great Fatting Pasture now divided into 2 closes with the grove adjoining 55 acres -Little Fatting Pasture, 35 acres lying near close called the Forty Acres -close called Little Limboses, 30 acres being open to said Little Fatting Pasture and both closes last mentioned are now called Horse Close -3 little groves called Brickhill Pasture Groves, 25 acres -2 pightles adjoining said Brickhill Pastures Groves, 8 acres -3 closes called Brickhill Pastures, 120 acres -2 parcels of meadow dispersed in the Great and Little Mead, 5 acres -2 pieces of meadow 2 acres in Wootton Field -2 cottages with appurtenances and 6 selions of land in Risely and Dane Fields all of which premises are in Houghton Conquest, Ampthill, Hawnes and Wootton 4th Schedule Annexed: Schedule of common field grounds agreed to be released as above; a note that the original describes these very exactly Witnesses: William Gower, J South, Peyromie, Robert Child, Jeremiah Pearce, John Risly, SamuelBeale, Michael Arnald 1 Jan 1695/6 Copy examined with original in the keeping of Thomas Armstrong esquire, who married one of the daughters of Lord Haversham, by Charles Pyne and H Rose, clerks to Mr Shotbolt. No date [for another copy of this deed see RO9/2]

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Allen, Richard,
Ailesbury, Earl of,
Armstrong, Thomas,
Arnald, Michael,
Ashby, John,
Bass, Edward,
Beale, Samuel,
Bird, Mary,
Bird,
Blade, Edmund,
Brand, Philip,
Butlard,
Chapman, Josias,
Child, Robert,
Christie, Thomas,
Conquest, John Thimelby,
Conquest, Richard,
Conquest, Lewis,
Conquest, Elizabeth,
Conquest, Benedict,
Conquest, Benjamin,
Cocher, John,
Cox, Thomas,
Crane, John,
Day, Thomas,
Denton, Matthew,
Dockery, Thomas,
Enterduce, Thomas,
Farrer, Thomas,
Field,
Finch, John,
Fox, William,
Freeman, Robert,
Goodwyn, Elizabeth,
Gower, William,
Green, Nicholas,
Harris, Thomas,
Hawes, John,
Hall, John,
Haversham,
Hill, Joseph,
Hawkins, Thomas,
Holdstake, William,
Lowe, Christopher,
Oldfield, James,
Peacock,
Pierce, Jeremy,
Pearce, Jeremiah,
Pedder, William,
Pyne, Charles,
Peyromie,
Pointer, Thomas,
Redman, Jeffery,
Redman, William,
Rouse, William,
Rose, H.,
Rysely, John,
Richardson, Thomas,
Shotbolt,
Stone, John,
South, J.,
Taylor, Conquest,
Thompson, John,
Thimelby, John,
Thompson, Maurice,
Ward, Edward,
Webb, Robert,
Willcocks, Thomas,
Willimot, Thomas,
Wood, John,
Woodward,
Wylde, Edmund,
Yarrell, Thomas

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