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Marriage Settlement by Lease and Release i) Right Honourable John Earl of Upper Ossory in the Kingdom of Ireland ii) Right Honourable Ann Liddell, daughter and only child of Right Honourable Henry Lord Ravensworth iii) Francis Buxton of St Andrew, Holborn, gentleman iv) Francis Windus of Tookes Court, Castle Yard, London, gentleman Marriage intended between i) and ii)

24 7 25 Mar 1769

From: 1769 To: 1769

i) conveys to iii) -capital mansion house in or near Ampthill Great Park with Ampthill Great Park and Woolman's Meadow and several messuages and lands belonging, viz: Park Field, Snaggs Close, Reeds Over Ground, Reeds Lower Ground, the Lawn, Bushey Close, Old Meadow, Wainwright's Wood, Neels Little Ground, Neels Great Ground and Rough Meadow and Smooth Meadow, in occupation of Christopher Bennell, Laurence Cripps, John Wheeler, John Sletcher, William Sheffield all in Ampthill, Houghton and Millbrook -messuage, farm and closes belonging called Little Cow Close, Great Cow Close, Mill Close, the Pightle or so much as is freehold, in Millbrook, in occupation of John Circuit -messuage, farm and lands in Millbrook formerly in occupation of Laurence Cripps -seats and galleries of John Earl of Upper Ossory in Ampthill and Millbrook Churches purchased by Ann Baroness Dowager of Gowran mother and guardian of John Earl of Upper Ossory, late father of said John Earl of Upper Ossory, in trust for said late Earl, from Richard Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam, who purchased the same from Lord Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Arthur Earl of Anglesey, Charles Earl of Arran, Francis Annesley, Edward Southwell, and Richard Waring, and were conveyed by Ann Baroness of Gowran to John late Earl of Ossory -tenement in Millbrook called Loddingtons, and 2 closes belonging and Little Pightle on N. of said Closes containing 8 acres :E. Ampthill Great Park :W. pasture formerly of Thomas Vincent then of widow Richards :S. close formerly of William Brace deceased and then of Francis King :N. close formerly of William Licett deceased then of Francis King in occupation of John Spufford purchased by Ann Baroness Dowager of Gowran in trust for late Earl of Ossory from Richard Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam who purchased of John Rayment and wife Ann and Nathaniel Poole and were conveyed by Ann Baroness of Gowran to said late Earl -manor of Howend otherwise Readings or Reddings -capital messuage in Howend formerly in occupation of Nicholas Hackett, then Edwin Denbigh and since of Samuel Wheeler -3 closes, 60 acres formerly one called Westley or Wesley :N. common fields of Howend :S. little lane to Millbrook -Calves Close, 13 acres near said messuage -close called Knowles, 20 acres in Millbrook, formerly in occupation of William Brookes, then Edwin Denbigh then Samuel Wheeler : one side lands of Edwin Denbigh in Houghton Conquest : other side close called Ladyfeild alias Ladyfeilds -piece of ground containing 4 feet in breadth lying all along that side of the hedge parting said close called Knowles from other ground heretofore of Roger Jones, to make a ditch for the better preservation of the said hedge purchased by Ann Baroness Dowager of Gowran in trust for late Earl of Ossory from John Crouch and Edward Bigg devisees under will of Edwin Denbigh and were conveyed by said Ann to said late Earl -close called the Innings in Houghton Conquest, 6 acres purchased by said late Earl of Ossory from Thomas Armstrong and the Honourable Althamia Priaulx -manor of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Bury -manor of Houghton Grange -mansion house of Houghton Conquest alias Conquest Bury -fishery in Ouse from Town of Bedford to Barford Bridge -close near mansion, called Milking Yard, containing 1½ acres near Innings -close called Plowed Hill formerly a grove called Jackdaw's Grove, 25 acres -closes called the Park and Strawberry Wood, formerly one close called Bury Wood containing 73 acres -Hill Close 26 acres -Sear Close, 6 acres adjoining Hill Close -Lower and Upper Crouches Closes alias the Frith 15 acres -Bury Ley Spinney adjoining said Park and Upper Crouches Close -close called Twelve Acres alias Crockett's between Bury Leys and the Parsonage House, containing 12 acres -pightle called Allen's Cross or Adams Pightle 1 rood -Crouch's Close Spinney 5 acres adjoining the Frith or Crouches Close -Sear Close Spinney 1 acre between Sear Close and Hill Close -close called Parsonage Leys 7 acres near Parsonage House -Parsonage Piece 6 acres :N. and W. waste of Houghton Conquest :SE. Crouches Close -toft near lane from Parsonage house to Houghton Conquest and near cottage formerly in occupation of William Perkins -cottage and 3 acres pasture belonging formerly in occupation of Richard Wheeler -pightle 2½ acres : common field one side : pightle formerly in occupation of John Ashby on other side in occupation of Thomas Smart -3 cottages in Church End formerly a Mill House and one cottage near the pound in occupation of Christopher Maudlin -cottage near Green Lane or Greenland Close, formerly in occupation of Richard Pierson -messuage formerly a windmill and little close adjoining, 1½ acre -2 tofts containing 2 acres, one in Chapel End Green, other between farmhouse belonging to Mr Wild and Pix Lane -close called Great Fatting Pasture formerly divided into two, 50 acres -wood formerly called Limbosses Wood and now Montagu Wood adjoining Great Fatting Pasture and the Horse Close Spinney -close called Little Fatting Pasture, 35 acres near close called the Forty Acres with pightle and spinney adjoining -Little Limboses now called Horse Close, 50 acres adjoining said Little Fatting Pasture -Horse Close Spinney -Hawnes Lane Spinney alias Plowed Hill 20 acres -Sallow alias Salloway Wood, 36 acres --2 pightles adjoining said wood 8 acres -messuage and building formerly in occupation of Joseph Crouch -3 closes called Great Brick Hill Pasture, Middle Brick Hill Pasture and Little Brick Hill Pasture 120 acres part whereof were formerly called Ley Close, Broome Close and Holtcroft -several messuages and pightles in Houghton Conquest in occupation of Leonard Cuthbard, Edward Church, Thomas Perrott, Richard Grange, Thomas Richardson, John Edwards, William Peake and Joseph Cooke -2 pightles belonging to messuage in occupation of Leonard Cuthbard, 5 acres called Perrott's Pightles -several pieces of ground in Inn Mead or Bury Mead in Houghton Conquest ...1 rood : Reverend Dr Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury on each side ...3 pieces each containing 1 rood : one side Archbishop : other side, Mr Barber ..3 pieces, one containing 2 roods, next 20´ and next 10´ : land of Archbishop each side ...20´ : land of Archbishop one side : Mrs Barber other side ...20´ : Mrs Barber each side ...10´ : Mrs Barber each side ...2 acres in second furlong of same field : Archbishop each side ...3 pieces lying together in said furlong each containing one swath : one side Mr Straton alias Crouch : other side John Joyce -several pieces of ground in Little Mead ...3 pieces together containing respectively one swath, one acre and one rood : said Archbishop each side ...2 roods : Archbishop one side : lands of Parsonage of Houghton Conquest on the other ...2 roods: Archbishop each side ...2 roods: Archbishop one side, parsonage other all which premises are in Ampthill, Houghton Conquest, Haynes or Maulden; purchased by John late Earl of Upper Ossory of Benedict Conquest eldest son and heir of Benedict Conquest -4 ridges sward ground or ley ground in Thillands in Millbrook, 2 acres :W. Joseph Pennyfather, then widow Cope :E. copyhold lands formerly Thomas Bushby then Francis Circuit :S. highway :N. formerly William Brace then Mrs Richards -4 acres dispersed in Millbrook ...in Ford Piece 1 acre called Watkins Acre ...in same piece ½ acre :S. William Broad then Francis Circuit :N. Joseph Pennyfather, then widow Cope :E. Little Park Pale ...½ acre :N. and S. William Broad then Francis Circuit :E. as above ... in Heydon Field 1 acre called Watkins Acre ... in Thilland Field 1 rood :S. Martin Peach deceased :N. John Huckle ...3 roods purchased of Mary Parrott, widow and William Parrott formerly the estate of Michael Parrott -farmhouse with barns and orchard, Home Close with Diblings Pightle adjoining messuage and Holborn Pightle adjoining messuage -close called Fourteen Acres containing 14 acres -close of pasture called the Twenty Acres, 20 acres and spinney adjoining -land dispersed in common fields of Houghton Conquest ...Chappell End Field 5 acres ...Mill Field 5 acres ...Dean Field 5 acres all in Houghton Conquest formerly in occupation of John Clarke senior -farmhouse and orchard in Houghton Conquest -enclosed grounds called Little Barnacles Fields, the Forty Acres and Farney Hill with spinney adjoining, 60 acres formerly in occupation of Thomas Enterduce -close called Great Barnacles Field, 20 acres formerly in occupation of William Basworth and __ Clarke purchased by John Earl of Upper Ossory of William Wyatt of St George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, stationer -manor of Pilling alias Pillage -capital mansion house where Robert Squire formerly dwelt and where William Gray afterwards dwelt in Marston Moretaine -enclosed ground called the several Bashcroft, 20 acres 2 roods 32 perches -2 springs of wood adjoining close, 3 roods -close called Common Bashcroft, 22 acres 1 rood lately divided into 2 closes, with spring of wood adjoining, 3 roods -close called Longlands, 27 acres 2 roods -Bigger Bushy Close, 26 acres -grovett of wood at bottom of said close, 4 acres 1 rood all which premises are in Marston and Wootton -messuage with yard and pightles belonging in Marston and 2 acres meadow in Southmead -Horse Close in Marston, 8 acres 1 rood -pightle called Franklins, 5 acres -close called Richards, 10 acres -Short Wood in Marston and Wootton, 8 acres -23 acres 2 roods in meadow called Dudmore in Marston -60 acres arable and ley dispersed in common fields of Marston -cottage in Marston with orchard and pightle, ½ acre -½ acre meadow in South Mead in West Croft Dole :both sides, meadow ground of Mr Pemberton -close of pasture in Marston called Little Princes, 7 acres 3 roods :NW. close formerly of John Saunders :NE. College Close -3 acres 1 rood meadow in South Mead whereof 7 roods lie together in Water Slade Dole alias Princess Furlong :NE. meadow formerly Francis Clarke, gentleman and then Sir Samuel Thompson, knight :SW. meadow of Thomas Keanes -½ acre in Urbands Dole :NE. meadow of Thomas Keanes :SW. meadow of Mr Pemberton -1 acre in same Dole next the Tongs :NE. Lord Latimer :SE. Thomas Crowley -½ acre in South Mead in Waterslade Dole :S. Michael Beales :N. Mr Pemberton -Mead Close with coppices adjoining :E. Edward Denbeigh :W. grove formerly Mr Holder :S. common Bashcroft and piece of ground called Sternell :N. part of Mead Close which premises were formerly estate of Rupert Billingsley and afterwards of Mary Billingsley his widow and were purchased by John late Earl of Upper Ossory from William Bellasyse and which were formerly in occupation of William Belasyse esquire, Thomas Gray, Thomas Odell and William Woodman -premises in Northamptonshire [listed] to iii) that a common recovery may be suffered to enure to use of i) for life, remainder to uses for securing £500 per annum and subject thereto, to use of i) and heirs for ever Witnesses: Mathew Duane; Robert White, John Dease clerks to Mr Buxton

Russell 'wallpaper books' Volume V. no.18 pg 140

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Fitzpatrick, John (2nd Earl of Upper Ossory),
Fitzpatrick, Ann (Baroness Gowran),
Fitzpatrick, John (1st Earl of Upper Ossory),
Liddell, Anne,
Liddell, Henry (1st Baron Ravensworth),
Buxton, Francis,
Windus, Francis,
Annesley, Arthur [5th Earl of Anglesey],
Annesley, Francis,
Armstrong, Thomas,
Ashburnham, Bertram,
Ashby, John,
Barber,
Basworth, William,
Beales, Michael,
Bennell, Christopher,
Belasyse, William,
Bigg, Edward,
Billingsley, Rupert,
Billingsley, Mary,
Brace, William,
Broad, William,
Brookes, William,
Bushby, Thomas,
Butler, Charles [Earl of Arran],
Buxton,
Church, Edward,
Clark, John,
Clarke,
Clarke, Francis,
Circuit, John,
Circuit, Francis,
Cripps, Laurence,
Cooke, Joseph,
Conquest, Benedict,
Cope,
Crouch, John,
Crowley, Thomas,
Crouch, Joseph,
Cuthbard, Leonard,
Dease, John,
Denbigh, Edwin,
Denbigh, Edward,
Duane, Matthew,
Edwards, John,
Gray, William,
Gray, Thomas,
Fitzwilliam, Richard (Lord Viscount),
Grange, Richard,
Gray, William,
Hackett, Nicholas,
Holder,
Huckle, John,
Jones, Roger,
Joyce, John,
Keanes, Thomas,
King, Francis,
Latimer, Lord,
Licett, William,
Maudlin, Christopher,
Odell, Thomas,
Parrott, Mary,
Parrott, William,
Parrott, Michael,
Peach, Martin,
Peake, William,
Pemberton,
Pennyfather, Joseph,
Perkins, William,
Perrott, Thomas,
Poole, Nathaniel,
Potter,
Priaulx, Althamia,
Pierson, Richard,
Rayment, John,
Rayment, Ann,
Richards,
Richardson, Thomas,
Saunders, John,
Sheffield, William,
Sletcher, John,
Southwell, Edward,
Smart, Thomas,
Spufford, John,
Squire, Robert,
Straton,
Thompson, Samuel,
Vincent, Thomas,
Waring, Richard,
Wheeler, John,
Wheeler, Samuel,
Wheeler, Richard,
Wild,
Woodman, William,
Wyatt, William,
White, Robert

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