RO5/322-323

Deed (Lease and Release) to Make a Tenant to the Precipe and to Lead the Uses of a Common Recovery i) John Thimelby Conquest of Houghton Conquest esquire, son and heir of Richard Conquest late of Houghton Conquest aforesaid Benedict Conquest son and heir of John Thimelby Conquest by Frances his now wife ii) Robert Draper of Furnivalls Inn, London, gentleman iii) James Cornewall of Grays Inn, Middlesex, gentleman, Francis Thompson of Houghton Conquest, gentleman iv) Ralph Parr of Furnivalls Inn aforesaid, gentleman

19 Oct 1683

From: 1683 To: 1683

for docking entails on premises mentioned below, i) release to iv) C. - the manor of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Bury with appurtenances -the manor house of the same A. - Bury Wood 73 acres -the Frith alias Crouches Close 10 acres -Hill Close 26 acres -Seyres Close 6 acres -the Twelve Acre Close 12 acres B. -the great Fatting Pasture 50 acres -the Grove 15 acres -the Little Fatting Pasture 35 acres -Little Limboses 30 acres -the Groves 30 acres -2 pightles 8 acres -Layclose 30 acres -Broome Close 30 acres -Brickhill Pasture alias Holcroft 60 acres -Barnackles Feild 35 acres C. -close called Six Acres and Hawnes Lane Spinney alias Ploughed Hill 20 acres -Green Lane Close 4 acres -44 acres arable, meadow and ley in Houghton Conquest all which premises are in Houghton Conquest, Ampthill, Hawnes and Maulden, in occupation of John Thimelby Conquest to make iv) tenant of the freehold to suffer a common recovery ii) is to demand against iv) of said premises by name of: -manor of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Bury with appurtenances; 1 messuage, 1 garden, 100 acres land; 4 acres meadow; 350 acres pasture; 80 acres wood and free warren in Houghton Conquest, Ampthill, Maulden, Clophill and Haynes to following uses: premises A: to iii) for 500 years in trust for John Thimelby Conquest for life and then to use of Benedict Conquest and his heirs male, in default to use of right heirs of John Thimelby Conquest premises B: to use of John Thimelby Conquest for life and then to use of wife Frances for life, then to Benedict Conquest [etc. as above] premises C (includes all lands not mentioned in A and B): to use of John Thimelby Conquest for life and then to use of Benedict Conquest [etc. as above] Signatures: i) iv) Witnesses: F[?] Neale ("of Bucks." in lease), Robert Fish, clerk of the warrant, H Brace Seal: that of i), depicts a tree

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Conquest, John Thimelby,
Conquest, Richard,
Conquest, Benedict,
Conquest, Frances,
Draper, Robert,
Cornewall, James,
Thompson, Francis,
Parr, Ralph,
Neale, F.,
Fish, Robert,
Brace, H.

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