RO29/9-10

Lease and Release (Marriage Settlement) i) Joseph Barber senior of Ampthill, grocer and wife Mary ii) Joseph Barber junior of Ampthill, draper, son of above iii) Edward Burford of London, "syderman", Richard How of London, linen draper, Mercy Briggins of London, spinster, daughter of Peter Briggins of St Bartholomew the Great, London, tobacconist and wife Mariabella ("Marabela") Marriage intended between ii) and Mercy Briggins

20 & 21 Sep 1717

From: 1717 To: 1717

ii) is to receive £1,600 as marriage portion with Mercy Briggins Now: i) convey to Edward Burford and Richard How -messuage in How End in Houghton Conquest late in occupation of Edward Stringer -4 closes and 3 pightles pasture adjoining, 16 acres -29 acres 1 rood arable and ley and 3 half-acres meadow in How End and Houghton, late in occupation of Edward Stringer, described in deeds by which i) purchased them (RO29/4-5) -messuage in How End and pightles of pasture adjoining, 3 acres in occupation of John Windmill -cottage sometimes called Masons with orchard and pightle of pasture, 1 acre in occupation of George Child -cottage in Houghton sometimes called Herveys with orchard and Hervey's Pond adjoining in occupation of George Gilham -cottage about the middle of Clifton with adjoining pightle, ½ acre in occupation of Thomas Lovage :W. common street :S. Town Street and Town Well :E. ground belonging to Meeting House :SE. street :W. John Basterfeild -messuage with adjoining pightle, 1 acre in occupation of William Lovell :S. street :N. Thomas Palmer :W. Mr Lee :SE. common street -22½ acres arable and meadow in Clifton described in deed by which i) purchased the same [see V231/1-2] -farmhouse in Clifton in occupation of James Matthews -pightle of pasture adjoining, 4 acres -29 acres 3 roods arable and meadow described in deeds by which i) purchased the same [see V227/1-2] -messuage in Ampthill fronting E. to the Market Place :S. messuage of George Webb :N. messuage of --Basse, widow in trust for ii) for life and then for Mercy Briggins, then for their children to be equally divided amongst them Witnesses: William Westly, Edward Paulling, Thomas Piearce,Abraham Barber, Peter Briggins, Thomas Haynes

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Barber, Joseph,
Barber, Mary,
Burford, Edward,
How, Richard,
Briggins, Mercy,
Briggins, Peter,
Briggins, Mariabella,
Stringer, Edward,
Windmill, John,
Child, George,
Gilham, George,
Lovlage, Thomas,
Basterfield, John,
Lovell, William,
Palmer, Thomas,
Lee,
Matthews, James,
Webb, George,
Basse,
Westly, William,
Paulling, Edward,
Piearce, Thomas,
Barber, Abraham,
Haynes, Thomas

legal papers, DEEDS, marriage settlements, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, Houghton Conquest How End, CLIFTON, AMPTHILL