RO5/319

Deed to Lead the Uses of a Fine i) Benedict Conquest esquire, son and heir of John Thimelby Conquest late of Houghton Conquest esquire, his father deceased, Hannah Conquest wife of said Benedict ii) Frances Conquest widow of said John Thimelby Conquest iii) Honourable James Bruce esquire 2nd brother to Right Honourable Earl of Aylesbury, Mathew Denton of Houghton Conquest aforesaid, esquire, John Birch of Pleasly, Derbyshire, clerk iv) Mary Conquest, Frances Conquest, Anne Conquest, daughters of said Benedict Conquest For conforming jointure of ii) and raising portions for iv)

9 Nov 1703

From: 1703 To: 1703

i) and ii) will before Michaelmas Term levy fine to iii) of:- C. -manor of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Bury with appurtenances -manor house of the same B. - the Park -Bury Wood 73 acres -the Frith alias Crouches Close 10 acres -Hill Close 26 acres -Seares Close 6 acres -the Twelve Acres Close 12 acres A -the Little Brickhill Pasture, the Middle Brickhill Pasture and the Further [Great] Brickhill Pasture 90 acres -2 pightles 8 acres -Sallow alias Salloway Wood 36 acres -the Horse Close 50 acres -the Great Fattening [Fatting] Pasture, 50 acres -the Little Fattening [Fatting] Pasture 35 acres - Limbos' Wood alias Montague Wood -the Horse Close Spinney B -close called Six Acres -close called the Parsonage Peice -Hawnes Lane Spinney alias Ploughed Hill 20 acres - Greenland Close 4 acres -44 acres arable, meadow and ley in the common fields of Houghton Conquest all which premises are in Houghton Conquest, Ampthill, Haynes and Maulden and were late in occupation of John Thimelby Conquest to following uses: premises A: to confirm former grants to ii) for life as her jointure, then to iii) for 500 years on trusts mentioned below premises B: to use of Hannah Conquest for life as her dower premises C and remaining premises: (and above premises when uses specified shall end) to use of Benedict Conquest and his heirs concerning term of 500 years limited to iii) after death of Benedict - iii) are by mortgage or sale to raise £1,500 for portions of iv) to be divided amongst them equally at their ages of 21 years or marriage; maintenance in the mean time for each daughter not exceeding 5% for the said £1,500 Signatures: i) and ii) Witnesses: Nathaniel Piggott, Charles Dymoke, Charles Imfreville [see RO5/328 for another copy of this]

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Conquest, Benedict,
Conquest, John Thimelby,
Conquest, Hannah,
Conquest, Frances,
Bruce, James,
Ailesbury, Earl of,
Denton, Matthew,
Birch, John,
Conquest, Mary,
Conquest, Frances,
Conquest, Anne,
Pigott, Nathaniel,
Dymoke, Charles,
Imfreville, Charles

legal papers, DEEDS, Conquest Bury Manor, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, Houghton Conquest Conquest Bury House, HAYNES, AMPTHILL, MAULDEN, dower