• Reference
    RO5/356
  • Title
    Mortgage by Demise for Years i) Benedict Conquest f Houghton Conquest esquire, Charles Pyne of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman in trust for above ii) John Searle of London, gentleman Consideration: £470
  • Date free text
    15 May 1723; endorsement 26 Jun 1733
  • Production date
    From: 1723 To: 1733
  • Scope and Content
    -manor of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Bury -manor house of the same -the Bury Wood 73 acres -the Frith alias Crouches Close 10 acres -Hill Close 26 acres -Sear's Close 6 acres -the Great Fatting Pasture 50 acres -the Horse Close -Great Brickhill Pasture alias Holcroft 60 acres -Middle Brickhill Pasture 30 acres -Little Brickhill Pasture 10 acres -Crouches Close 12 acres -Twelve Acres Close 12 acres -6 acres land in the common fields of Houghton Conquest -6 acres meadow in the common meadows of Houghton Conquest -cottage and 4 acres land belonging in Houghton Conquest -woods belonging to said manor containing 100 acres in occupation of Benedict Conquest, Edward King, ... Boughton, Joseph Crockett, Thomas Perrott for 500 years, peppercorn rent repayment: ... on the 16th... next Witnesses: Elizabeth Brittan, Ann Conquest, Elizabeth Conquest 15 May 1723 Endorsement: *Recites deed 26 April 1732 by which Searle acknowledged the £470 to be in trust for Thomas Shotbolt of Leighton Buzzard, who since died intestate 1 ?November ...; Prerogative Court of Canterbury administration to brother John Shotbolt who is thus entitled to sum; Benedict Conquest senior died 29 January 1733 and son Benedict junior became entitled; £450 now due paid by Benedict Conquest with consent of Searl to John Shotbolt; residue of term assigned to Laurence Cotham 26 Jun 1733 Witnesses: Goddard Urlin, Richard Ward *[supplied from recital in RO5/537]
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