X173/46-47

Lease and Release i) William Whitley, Mary Whitley ii) William Newman, junior, Houghton Regis, gentlemn Consideration - £1,300 paid by ii) to i)

1701

From: 1701 To: 1701

- Messuage wherein i) and one Thomas Ashby dwell, called Cantlets alias Cantlers, in Caddington Woodside East: Wigmore Lane South: Woodside Lane West: William Newman, senior, father of ii) - Cottage where Thomas Hadnutt alias Morris dwells South West: Caddington Common - 69 acres in Caddington now in occupation William Fossey ....Close arable called the Hilt (3 ½ acres) in Hertfordshire West: William Chew, gentleman ....Close arable called Taylers Field with pightle pasture adjoining (5 acres) in Hertfordshire East: Pudding Lane ....Close arable called Gostrons Beech Close (3 acres) in Bedfordshire West: Pudding Lane ....1 close arable called Upper Holdermore Field (9 acres) West: Pudding Lane ....1 close arable called Nether Moldermore Field (6 acres) in Bedfordshire West: Pudding Lane ....3 closes arable called Woodfield, now converted into 2 closes (10 acres), in Bedfordshire 1 lying next Caddington Common on West Other adjoining said cottage ....Close arable called Five Acre Close, part being planted with fruit trees (5 acres), with barn now standing in same close, in Bedfordshire East: Wood Lane ....2 closes, part being an orchard called Wedge Croft, part being arable, part pasture and part woodground called Wedge Crofts (6 acres) in Bedfordshire, next Wood Lane Part which is arable abuts North on part of said orchard and part on Wood Lane ....2 closes, one arable, the other wood, called States (4 acres) in Bedfordshire North: lane from Caddington Woodside to Luton ....1 close arable called Home Close (2 acres) in Bedfordshire South: Great Orchard belonging to said messuage ....2 closes, one being arable, the other wood ground called Wigmore Close and Wigmore Wood (8 acres) in Bedfordshire East: Wigmore Lane ....Three Corner’d Close – arable (1 ½ acres) in Bedfordshire North: Lane from Caddington to Luton ....3 pieces arable (5 ½ acres) in Heath Field, Caddington ....Liberty of entry etc for ii) into orchard called inner orchard East: said messuage East: Wigmore Lane And from little garden plot called the Paled Garden East (part): said messuage (part): Wigmore Lane With liberty to take anything necessary from said orchard and garden, for repairing of house etc next said orchard and garden, providing said orchard and garden are not spoiled. Not included in above release: Part of said messuage where i) dwells containing Parlour with chimney and staircase adjoining, washhouse and Little Buttery next adjoining on West side of said Parlour, chamber over said Parlour and chamber over washhouse and Little Buttery Also reserved to i) - Inner orchard (1 rood) with the little house called the Wood House at South East corner of said inner orchard East Wigmore Lane West Great Orchard South (part) Parlour and Little Buttery South (other part) Outhouse of said messuage • Paled Garden West: said messuage East: Wigmore Lane North: the Wood House South: gateway to great yard of said Messuage Also reserved to i) • Orchard known as Wedge Croft Orchard (1 rood) South: Wedge Crafts North: Woodside Lane West: that part of Wedge Crofts which is now a hedge green or pasture ground • Liberty of passage for i), menservants and workmen etc through the Great Orchard lying next to said messuage by the usual way in from said inner orchard, and to carry wood from it for repair of Parlour etc of i) Signature of i) Endorsed regarding note of interlining Witnesses: John Rowley, William Fossey, Richard Atkins 17, 18 Jun 1701 Attached: Receipt i) William Whitley, Mary Whitley ii) William Newman amount - £1,300, being consideration for above purchase Signatures of i) Witnesses: John Rowley, William Fossey, Richard Atkins 18 Jun 1701

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Whitley, William,
Whitley, Mary,
Newman, William,
Ashby, Thomas,
Hadnutt, Thomas,
Morris, Thomas,
Fossey, William,
Chew, William,
Rowley, John,
Fossey, William,
Atkins, Richard

CADDINGTON, DEEDS, legal papers, Woodside, Luton Wigmore Lane