Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    RO5/89
  • Title
    Grant i) Edmund Conquest of Houghton Conquest, yeoman ii) Richard Conquest of Houghton aforesaid, esquire
  • Date free text
    [12 Oct 23 Elizabeth I] [1581]
  • Production date
    From: 1581 To: 1581
  • Scope and Content
    - 21 acres arable scattered in the fields of Houghton ... ½ acre lies at Holborne Crofte :E. land once of John Snowe and now of Thomas Awdeley :W. land of John Woodward ... 1 rood lies on Middell Owtland :N. land once of Thomas Rotherham, gentleman and now of Thomas Clark :S. land once of Ralph Rolffe and now of Thomas Awdeley ... ½ acre lies on Over Owland :S. lands once of Alexander Kyrk and now of William Conquest :N. land of Richard Woodward ... 1 acre 1 rood lie together in the same furlong :S. Richard Conquest, esquire :N. John Snowe ... ½ acre same furlong : land once of Thomas Rotherham and now of Thomas Clark on both sides ... 1 rood on same furlong :S. land once of Alexander Kyrk and now of William Conquest :N. land once of Alexander Birlinge gentleman and now of George Conquest, gentleman ... 1 rood in same furlong :N. land once of the prior of Chicksands, now of the Queen ... 1 rood on Lyttle Forlonge :W. land of said Richard Conquest :E. land once of Richard Perkin, now of Thomas Awdeley ... 2 roods on Lang Forlonge :S. land once of Thomas Rotherham and now of Thomas Clark :N. land once of Thomas Purcer, now of Robert Harison ... 5 roods together on same furlong :S. land once of Alexander Birlinge and now of George Conquest, gentleman :N. Richard Woodward ... ½ acre on Aldewyck Fourlonge :S. land once of Thomas Rotherham and now of Thomas Clark :N. land once of William Daye and now of Richard Conquest ... ½ acre in the same furlong :S. Richard Woodward :N. land of the rector of ... ... ½ acre in the same furlong :N. Thomas Rotherham, now Thomas Clark :S. Alexander Birling, now George Conquest ... ½ acre on Balland hill Furlong :N. land once of John Hale :S. Alexander Kirck, now William Conquest ... ½ rood on Balland Hale :N. land once of Thomas Rotherham and now of Thomas Clark :S. John Woodward ... ½ acre on Ponilhill Forlonge :E. land once of John Wheler :W. land once of John Purcer abutting on le Pytt ... 1 rood in the same furlong :E. land once of John Snowe and now of Thomas Awdeley :W. Thomas Awdeley ... 1 acre lies on le Broocke Forlong :W. once abbot of Reading, now of the Queen :E. Thomas Awdeley ... 1 rood on Shortbroock Forlonge :W. John Woodward :E. land once of Thomas Rotherham and now of Thomas Clark ... 2 roods on Clay Forlonge :S. land once of Thomas Hare and now of John Pourney :N. land once of the Earl of Kent, and now of William Conquest ... ½ acre on ...? :W. land once of John Purcer and now of Thomas Norwood :E. Richard Conquest ... 1 rood on Longpalseth : Richard Woodward :S. land once of Nicholas Nicholles ... 1½ roods lie on ...? :S. land once of William Slowe :N. john Woodward [the document becomes illegible here] :N. land of John Hare now of Richard Conquest ... ½ acre lies on Nether...? :N. land once of Thomas Barnerd :S. John Woodward ... .?... in the same furlong : both sides land once of Thomas Rotherham and now of Thomas Clark ... 3 acres together at the end of le Chappell End :S. land once of Thomas Rotherham and now of Thomas Clark :N. land once of John Wheler and now of Richard Conquest ... 1 rood on Buckpittell : Richard Conquest :N. land once of Alexander Kirk and now of William Conquest ... 1 acre called Thouro..gh? lies in le Twelve Acres : land of church of Houghton : ...Daye ... ½ acre on Balland :S. land of John .... :N. land once of John Hare ... ½ acre lies on ... : land once of abbot of Reading, now of the Queen, both sides ... ½ acre lies on Over Oweland : once of William Slowe, now Thoams Awdeley :S. land once of Thomas Goldington, now of Robert Harryson ... ½ acre lies on Ponilhil :E. land once of John Smithe, now of George Conquest :W. Richard Conquest, esquire ...4 roods in Brook Fourlong :W. land late of Henry Awdeley :E. land late of William Kirk and now of William Conquest ... 2 roods lie together at Bodderdes Pytt :N. land of Richard Conquest, once Bodderdes :S. once Thomas Rotherham, now Thomas Clark :W. abutting on le Ridgeway leading from Green Lane towards Thickthorne ... 1 selion with le Gore, containing ½ acre lies together on a furlong called Le Fourlonge at the Chappell Townesend :S. land once of the abbot of Reading, now of the Queen :N. land once of Henry Awdeley, now of Thomas Awdeley :W abutting on headland once of William Kirk signed i) Seal: head of man Livery of Seisin Endorsement: Witnesses: ... Wyliams Robert Huettt John Woodward Endorsement: : no.253
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