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RO27/13
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Attested Copy of Settlement i) Most Noble John Duke of Bedford K.G. ii) Most Honourable Francis Russell esquire commonly called Marquis of Tavistock, only son and heir apparent of (i) (iii) Right Honourable Granville Leveson Earl of Gower, Robert Butcher esquire
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22 Dec 1763, copy attested 30 December 1803
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From: 1763 To: 1803
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(i) conveys to (iii) -premises in Surrey (description includes names of tenants) (pages 1-5) -honour and manor of Eaton cum Soca in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire -manor of Eaton in Eaton Socon -Goldington Manor in Eaton Socon -quitrents payable to said manor, £10..12..7¾ -manor house in occupation of Thomas Rogers at £50 per annum -rent charge of £154 payable out of water mills, grist mills and oil mills called Eaton Mills and out of Tenter Close, and out of the Dam within a pole of the said sluice and out of southern moiety of piece of meadow in Eaton Great Meadow called the Lord's Piece and out of the tolls from the navigation of the River Ouse between Erith in Huntingdonshire and the Town of Bedford -premises in occupation of John Moon at £72, £10 and £2 per annum -impropriate Rectory of Eaton Socon and tithes belonging Now in occupation of John Moon at £418..2 out of which there is a yearly rent charge of £106..13..4 payable to the Earl of Westmorland -messuage and lands in Honydon in occupation of Robert Brown at £62 per annum -messuage and land in Honydon in occupation of Thomas Goodliffe at £40 per annum -cottages, lands, reed beds, right of fishery in River Ouse in occupation of Thomas Garter at £1..10 per annum. Thomas Longlands at £1..12 and £2..10; widow Day at 15s; John Bird at £2; Samuel Stokes at £1..10; Henry Richardson at £2..10; Samuel Wright at £1..6; William Warner at £1 and all other premises of i) in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire and Eynesbury and St Neots, Huntingdonshire -advowson of Eaton Socon Vicarage Church -premises as in RO27/12 (excepting Millbrook Warren House) (Flitwick premises in occupation of Richard Kempson) of which Ampthill premises are Now in occupation of John Bastow at £16 per annum; James Erskine esquire at £12 per annum; Benjamin Line at £168; Messrs Bennell and Morris at £9..5; Samuel Wright at £10 per annum; Daniel Wright at £16 per annum; quitrent of £5..4..8 Now paid by Samuel Wright premises in Houghton are in occupation of Samuel Endersby at £10..11..8 per annum; Joseph Gurney at £122 per annum; Joseph Sletyer at £140..14..6; Thomas Child at £68..4..7; Frances Ansell at £3..10; James Facer at £1..10; John Steff at £1..1; and John Beal at £1..9 premises within manors of Ruxox and Maulden above quit rents amounting to £5..1..10½ are Now in occupation of Richard Kempson at £60 per annum; James Betts at £25 per annum; Charles Betts at 6s..8d per annum; Thomas Brayfield at £2..5s; Thomas Crouch at £100; Isaac Cook for the mill and lands £44; William Adams £1..19; John Dickenson at £16..1; William Everitt at 10s; Richard Haynes at £84..17..8 per annum; Ambrose Higham at £73..5..6; William King at £99; Zachary Smart at £3; John Britton at 2s..6d per annum; Robert Read at £15..15; John Samm at £16; John Read at £8; Robert Read at 5s; Thomas Shotbolt at £7; Thomas Willis at £3..10; Michael Wainwright at £30; George Wildman at £3..10; Thomas Stanbridge at 2s; Richard Herbert at £56; William Cook and Widow of Richard Turner at £3; William Randall at £1..10. and all other premises in Ampthill, Houghton, Maulden, Houghton Conquest, Flitwick, Houghton Silsoe and Hawnes which were purchased by i) of Charles late Lord Bruce and out of which there are free farm rents amounting to £72..8..9 (except Warren House and lands adjoining in Millbrook in occupation of William Fisher at £10 per annum to remain the estate of i)) -messuages in Marston in occupation of William Nottingham at £7 per annum and William Joy at £1..15 per annum -premises in Middlesex (pages 8-12) -premises in Cambridgeshire (pages 13-14) Dry Drayton, Lolworth, Boxworth, Knapwell, Bourn, Swa[vesey?]cey to use of ii) and heirs of his body in default to heirs of i) Witnesses: John Wynne, G T Aislabie 2 Dec 1760 Copy attested to by Joshua Wiles Burton and Christopher Haedy junior clerks to Messrs Gotobed, Brown and Gotobed, 15 Norfolk Street, Strand 3 January 1804 Attested Copy of Endorsement on Above Deed Poll i) and ii) as above whereas: since execution of above settlement part of the premises in Surrey have been sold by ii) with approbation of i) to John and William Wells for £5,000 some of the premises in Middlesex and Surrey have been leased for long term of years and others are intended to be lease or sold Now: i) and ii) revokes uses declared in aforesaid Indenture and declare that it may be lawful for ii) to grant or lease any part of aforesaid premises iii) to continue seised of premises to following uses: -premises in Surrey and Middlesex which have been sold, to use of such persons as have purchased the same -premises which have been leased to be held subject to such leases -remaining premises in Middlesex and surrey as declared in within Indenture Witnesses: John Branson, William Bodinson Jun 1763 Attested Copy of Endorsed Receipt Duke of Bedford ackNowledges receipt of £18,000 the consideration for messuages, docks and lands in Surrey conveyed by him and Marquis of Tavistock to John and William Wells by Bargain and Sale 22 December 1763 Witnesses: Mathew Duane, John Harrington Copy attested 30 December 1803 by Joshua Wiles Burton and Christopher Haedy junior clerks to Messrs Gotobed, Brown and Gotobed, 15 Norfolk Street, Strand
Russell 'wallpaper books' Volume V. no.35 pg.145
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