RO14/35

Marriage Settlement by Lease and Release (attached together) i) Elizabeth Denis, eldest daughter and one of the co-heirs of Robert, Denis late of Marston Mortaine, gentleman deceased ii) Robert Averay of Cruwys- Morchard, Devon, gentleman Marriage intended between i) and ii)

24 and 25 1701

From: 1701 To: 1701

-Moiety of: -manor of Pilling alias Pillage with appurtenances -scite of said manor -capital messuage or manor house wherein Roger Saunders did sometime inhabit in Marston Mortaine, with moiety of dovehouse and other outhouses -close of pasture called the Severall Bashcroft, 20 acres 2 roods 30 perches -2 spinneys or grovetts and coppices adjoining said close, 3 roods -close called the Common Bashcroft, 22 acres 1 rood -spinney or grovett or coppice adjoining, 3 roods -close called Longlands, 27 acres 2 roods -Bigger Bushy Close, 26 acres - grovett or coppice at the lower end of the same, 4 acres 1 rood all in Marston Mortaine and Wootton and all formerly in occupation of Roger Saunders -Moiety of: -2 closes called the Pease Closes in Millbrook, 13 acres 17 perches in occupation of said Roger Saunders -2 grovetts or coppices to said closes adjoining, 1 acre 3 roods -messuage with outhouses and appurtenances in Marston -2 acres meadow in South Mead in Marston late in occupation of John Allinson -Horse Close in Marston, 8 acres 1 rood late in occupation of John Allinson -messuage in Marston called Franklins with appurtenances in occupation of Richard Dennis -close called Richards in Marston, 10 acres in occupation of said Richard Denis - Short Wood in Marston and Wootton, 8 acres -23 acres 2 roods meadow in Dudmore Meadow in Marston -60 acres arable in Marston formerly in occupation of Roger Saunders -cottage in Marston formerly in occupation of Charles Rogers and orchard and pightle adjoining, ½ acre -½ acre meadow in Sow Mead in West Croft Dole : meadow late of Mr Pemberton on both sides -close called Little Princes, 7 acres 3 roods :NW. close of John Saunders esquire :NE. Colledge Close -3 acres 1 rood in Sow Mead alias South Mead ... 7 roods together in Water Slade Dole alias Princes Furlong :NE. meadow late of Francis Clarke, gentleman :SW. meadow late of Thomas Keenes ...½ acre in Urband Dole :NE. meadow late of Thomas Keenes :SW. meadow late of --Pemberton ...1 acre more in same dole next the Toneys [sic] :NE. meadow late of Lord Latimer :SE. meadow late of Thomas Cowleys ...½ acre in Sow Mead alias South Mead in Water Slade Dole :S. Michael Beale :N. Mr Pemberton -Moiety of : -messuage in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire late in occupation of Francis Bird, deceased -2 cottages in Lavendon late in occupation of William Gabel -Green Close with spinney therein, 3 acres in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire adjoining said messuage -40 acres land, 5 acres meadow, 5 acres pasture in fields of Cold Brayfield, Buckinghamshire occupied with aforesaid messuage and was the inheritance of Anthony Bird deceased -2 acres greensward or pasture in Cansley Field in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire called Greenpatch otherwise Chargewell -14 acres arable in Lavendon and Cold Brayfield purchased by John Bird of John Parker -13 selions together called Rednam Peece, 4 acres in Lavendon -16 lands and 1 gore containing 3 acres in Lavendon -13 arable lands together in Cansley Field near Chargewell in Lavendon, 2 acres -3 leys sward or pasture, 1 acre near Oxby Willowes abutting S. on Lavendon Meadow -1 headland, 1½ roods being the headland of the furlong coming down towards Long Hedge in Lavendon -3 acres arable in Lavendon purchased by said John Bird of Peter Dobbs and Henry Dobbs -cottage in Lavendon formerly in occupation of Thomas Lambert -pightle, ½ acre adjoining said cottage -3 selions pasture adjoining said pightle in Lavendon -86 lands, leys and a gore, 22 acres -5 roods meadow in Lavendon and Cold Brayfield purchased by John Bird of Edmund Man -12 lands containing 2½ acres in occupation of Francis Collier -parcel of land, leys and pasture, 20 acres in Lavendon and Cold Brayfield formerly in occupation of William Newton and Humphrey Newton, gentlemen and then in occupation of Richard Sybthorp alias Butcher -close of pasture in Lavendon formerly in occupation of Robert Crick and purchased by John Bird of John Eggleston -meadow called Wakes Holme in Clifton, Buckinghamshire to hold to use of i) until after said marriage and then to use of ii) Signature: i) Witnesses: Robert Squire, Thomas Nott, Thomas Boswell, William Salisbury Endorsement: no. 30

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Denis, Elizabeth,
Denis, Robert,
Averay, Robert,
Saunders, Roger,
Saunders, John,
Allinson, John,
Dennis, Richard,
Rogers, Charles,
Pemberton,
Clerke, Francis,
Keenes, Thomas,
Latimer,
Cowley, Thomas,
Beale, Michael,
Bird, Francis,
Bird, Anthony,
Bird, John,
Parker, John,
Gabel, William,
Dobbs, Peter,
Dobbs, Henry,
Lambert, Thomas,
Man, Edmund,
Collier, Francis,
Newton, William,
Newton, Humphrey,
Sybthorp, Richard,
Butcher, Richard,
Crick, Robert,
Eggleston, John,
Squire, Robert,
Nott, Thomas,
Boswell, Thomas,
Salisbury, William

DEEDS, legal papers, marriage settlements, Wootton Pillinge Manor, MARSTON MORETAINE, WOOTTON, MILLBROOK, Lavendon, Cold Brayfield, Clifton [Buckinghamshire]