Reference
RO5/365
Title
Mortgage by Demise for Years
i) Benedict Conquest of Houghton Conquest esquire
ii) John Taylor of the Town of Bedford, butcher
Consideration: £490
Date free text
29 Jan 1724/5; endorsement [27 Jul 1733]
Production date
From: 1724 To: 1733
Scope and Content
-Bury Wood, now divided into 2 closes, one called the Parke or Warren and the other called Strawberry Wood, 73 acres
-close called the Frith alias Crouches Close alias Crocketts Close 15 acres
-Hill Close, formerly pasture but now ploughed 26 acres
-Seyres Close 6 acres also now ploughed
-manor of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Bury with appurtenances
-manor house of the same
-close of pasture called the Twelve Acres alias Crocketts Close 12 acres
-[Parsonage] Piece 6 acres
-several parcels of meadow in Great Meadow, 4 acres
-several parcels of meadow in Little Meadow, 2 acres
-pightle of pasture called Allens Green alias Adams Pightle 1 rood
all which premises are in Houghton Conquest in occupation of Benedict Conquest and James Goodman
-cottage in Houghton Conquest called the Warren House in occupation of said James Goodman
-cottage in Houghton Conquest in occupation of Thomas Perrott
-2 closes or pightles of pasture in Houghton Conquest belonging to said cottage called Perrotts Pightles and now in occupation of said Thomas Perrott
-6 cottages in Houghton Conquest in several occupations of Thomas [Richardson], Thomas Perrott junior, John Dudley, widow Richardson, John Edwards, Richard Pierson
-close of pasture and ploughed land called Little Bri[ckhill Pasture] 12 acres in occupation of John I...
-close called the Middle Brickhill [Pasture] and rickyard or pightle belonging, 30 acres now in occupation of ... Urlin, gentleman
-2 little closes ...near Sallow Wood ...Bennell
-closes called Lay Close, Broome Close and Brickhill Pasture alias H[olcroft] [? now forming] one close or ground called Great Brickhill ...
-Horse Close 50 acres
-2 closes, Great Fatting Pasture and the Little [Fatting Pasture]... in occupation of Edward King
all which premises are in the sevearl occupations of ...
[several lines illegible here - the few words which can be seen:
"... Crockets Close and also all that spinney or coppice ... which woods are in the occupation of Benedict Conquest..." suggest that the properties which are described are the same as those in RO5/367]
for 1,000 years peppercorn rent
repayment: £496..2..6 on 20 April next
Signature: i)
Witnesses: Joseph Hustler, James Geeves
29 Jan 1724/5
Endorsement:
Assignment of Mortgage
whereas repayment was not made
Recites: Deed Poll 19 May 1726 by Benedict Conquest
said premises charged with further £20
Deed Poll 15 November 1728 further £60
Deed Poll 6 December 1730 further £44..19..4
Whereas: said Benedict died 29 January last [1732/3]
on whose death Benedict Conquest of Long Birch, Staffordshire, eldest son and heir of above became entitled to the reversion of the said premises
Now: due to John Taylor £6..18..3
Assignment to Laurence [Cotham]
[date illegible] [27 Jul 1733]
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