RO29/18

Release and Conveyance to the Intent to Suffer a Common Recovery i) John Ransom of Ampthill, mealman and wife Ann, which Ann is one of the daughters named in the will of William Brown late of Ampthill, gentleman deceased ii) George Croke citizen and goldsmith of London iii) William Croke of St Andrews, Holborn, Middlesex

2 May 1783

From: 1783 To: 1783

-messuage in How End in Houghton Conquest formerly in occupation of Edward Stringer and now of Mathew Facer -4 closes and 3 pightles of pasture adjoining said messuage, 16 acres -29 acres 1 rood arable and ley and 3 half-acres meadow in How End and Houghton, formerly in occupation of Edward Stringer and now of Mathew Facer -10 acres in Houghton Conquest containing together 56 acres 3 roods. Recites RO29/15-16 by which William Brown purchased the same -messuage in Wroxhill in Marston Moretaine in occupation of Richard Burt and afterwards of John Stoffe and now of John Neale -closes adjoining Ley Close 10 acres Fish Pond Close 5 acres Hill Close 5 acres Gate Close 1 acre Home Pightle 1 acre The Hanging of the Hill 7 acres Little Bottom 2 acres Middle Bottom 4 acres Great Bottom 5 acres Colshams 7½ acres Great Hill Close 6 acres Stokes Pightles 1 acre 2 acres arable in Windmill Field adjoining said messuage which William Brown purchased of Richard Richardson and James Quilter and others by Leas and Release 10 and 11 March 1767 -messuage or cottage in Maulden in occupation of John Betts senior :E. messuage formerly of John Chaulton :W. messuage formerly of John Field :S. highway :N. land formerly of John Godfrey -18 acres 3 roods in fields of Maulden; in Stockland Field ...in Over Wheatland, ½ acre :E. formerly Earl of Aylesbury :W. the Glebeland ... ½ acre on Rookes Hill :NW. said Earl :SE. Charles Moulins ...1 acre in Flannell Furlong :E. formerly Samuel Rodes :W. formerly said Earl ...½ acre in Mauldrige :E. formerly Samuel Rodes :W. highway ...1 rood on Reddell :N. William Astrey : E. highway ...1 acre :S. highway to Wickhamsteed :N. headland formerly of William Astrey ...½ acre :S. Stockland Way :E. Samuel Rodes :W. formerly William Astrey ...½ acre in Short Stockland :N. formerly Mr Stickling :W. formerly said Earl ...½ acre on Short Poundage :SE. headland formerly John Wardall :W. formerly Mr Godfrey in Ampthill Field otherwise the West Field ...2 roods :E. Lions Farm :W. headland formerly of Mr Godfrey ...2 roods in Neither Whitmarsh :S. formerly said Earl :E. formerly John Wardall :W. shooting on land formerly of Francis Child ...½ acre in same field :E. formerly John Wardall :W. Lyons Farm ...4 roods being 1 acre in Neither Katchin Furlong ...1 rood lies sideways of land formerly Mr Parker W. and land formerly said Samuel Rodes E., Wickham Field S. ...1 rood :W. Lyons Farm :S. Wickham Field ...1 rood :E. land of Lyons Farm :S. Wickhamfield ...1 rood :W. partly on land of Lyons Farm :S. Wickhamfield ...3 half-acres lying together on Neither Honey Stone in Wickhamfield :N. formerly Robert Pennyfather :S. formerly Mr Godfrey and land formerly of Mr Henry Wood which premises William Brown purchased of Charles Betts by Lease and Release 4 and 5 November 1767 -3 leys or half-acres meadow in Maulden Field on furlong called Longstanyards -2 other leys of meadow , 3 roods in Maulden Field adjoining said 3 leys -ley of meadow containing 1 rood in Longstanyard adjoining said last mentioned 3 leys which 2 last mentioned parcels of meadow were heretofore the land of Michael Wainwright and John Webb senior and by them exchanged with William Beaumont for other lands in the Maulden Field aforesaid, and are together with the first mentioned leys enclosed and laid into one piece by a quick hedge containing 3 acres :W. Ampthill :E. land of Harrow on the Hill School :S. Flitwick Brook -6 roods sward, meadow or pasture lying on the doles as they were formerly accustomed to fall out by lot all which last mentioned premises William Brown purchased of William Beaumont by Lease and Release 16 and 17 November 1769 -3 acres arable in Maulden in Ampthill Field in Dog Kennell Furlong ...1 rood :E. John Richardson :S. and N. Glebe ...1 rood same furlong :E. said John Richardson :N. Glebe :S. land of Lyons Farm ...1 rood same furlong (as above) ...1 rood same furlong :E. John Webb :N. Duke of Bedford :S. late Mr Williame ...1 rood in Upper Supperins :N. Mr Arlius :E. late Mr Williame :W. Lyons Farm land ...4 roods together in Short Seeling :E. Lyons Farm land :N. the Gebe :S. the Duke of Bedford ...1 rood in Wheat Marsh :E. land late Sir John Cotten :N. late William Willaume :S. the Glebe ...2 roods in Long Shierley :N. John Read :E. late Sir John Cotten :W. Duke of Bedford ...1 rood in Reels :N. Mr Willaume :W. and E. John Read which last mentioned premises were purchased by William Brown from Charles Farnell of Ampthill by Lease and Release 3 and 4 April 1772 *-messuage in Bedford Street in Ampthill now in occupation of Richard Boughton *-close of pasture or garden ground adjoining said messuage containing 5 acres in occupation of Richard Boughton:SW. and N. the warren *-messuage in Ampthill fronting towards the warren in occupation of Richard Boughton which premises were purchased by William Brown of Richard Lloyd and others by Lease and Release 29 and 30 January 1765 [see RO18/19-20] [*for conveyance of these premises to John Earl of Upper Ossory see RO18/26-27] -close in Ampthill Field in Ampthill called Fan Meadow, 6 acres :S. the brook :N. land late of Charles Farnell :W. Martha White :E. formerly William Aveling which William Brown purchased with other lands in Flitwick of Edward Farey of Flitwick and all other premises of i) in Marston Moretaine, Houghton Conquest, Ampthill and Maulden devised to said Ann by said William Brown to ii) to become tenant that a recovery may be suffered; premises to be described as 5 messuages, 5 gardens, 110 acres land, 60 acres meadow, 60 acres pasture and common of pasture for all animals in Wroxhill, Howend, Marston Mortaine, Houghton Conquest, Ampthill and Maulden to such uses as i) shall declare Witnesses: William Croke junior, Samuel Davis junior, Thomas Cooke

Russell 'wallpaper books' Volume V. no.98 pg.161

RO18/24-5 are copies of RO29/18-19

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Ransom, John,
Ransom, Ann,
Brown, William,
Croke, George,
Croke, William,
Stringer, Edward,
Facer, Matthew,
Burt, Richard,
Stoffe, John,
Neale, John,
Richardson, Richard,
Quilter, James,
Betts, John,
Chaulton, John,
Field, John,
Godfrey, John,
Ailesbury, Earl of,
Moulins, Charles,
Rodes, Samuel,
Astry, William,
Stickling,
Wardell, John,
Godfrey,
Child, Francis,
Parker,
Pennyfather, Robert,
Wood, Henry,
Brown, William,
Betts, Charles,
Wainwright, Michael,
Webb, John,
Beaumont, William,
Richardson, John,
Russell, Francis (5th Duke of Bedford),
Willaume,
Arlius,
Cotten, John,
Read, John,
Farnell, Charles,
Boughton, Richard,
Lloyd, Richard,
White, Martha,
Aveling, William,
Farey, Edward,
Davis, Samuel,
Croke, Thomas

legal papers, DEEDS, HOUGHTON CONQUEST, Houghton Conquest How End, MARSTON MORETAINE, Marston Moretaine Wroxhill, MAULDEN, Harrow School, Ampthill Bedford Street, Ampthill Warren, AMPTHILL, FLITWICK