X363/1/177a b & c

Mortgage (demise 500 years) for Securing Payment of £400 left in hands of Purchasers to Indemnify Estate from Two Several Annuities

26 Dec 1770

From: 1753 To: 1770

i) Letitia Battisson of Bedford, widow ii) William Litchfield of Snellshall, Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, grazier recites: Articles of Agreement (i) ii) (ii) John Marsh X363/1/175 Now: • Messuage in Lavendon formerly occupied by William Gabell, see X363/1/156, with barns, stables, malting and outhouses • 3 cottages with appurtenances, see X363/1/156, formerly occupied by Jane Peacock, widow, Henry Marty and Luke Sibthorpe, alias Butcher • Close of pasture with appurtenances and spinney in Lavendon called Bird Close, containing 2 acres, see X363/1/156 • Close of pasture in Lavendon containing 1 acre, 3 roods, see X363/1/156 • 127 acres 3 roods arable: • 6 acres in Brafield Field • 8 acres 2 roods in Abbington Field • 31 acres 2 roods in Cansley Field • 33 acres 2 roods in Tunnick Field • 16 acres 3 roods in Windmill Field • 16 acres 3 roods in Lower Field • 15 acres 1 rood in Clifton Field in Cross Furlong All in Lavendon, Clifton Reynes and Brayfield, Buckinghamshire [as in X363/1/175] To secure payment to ii) of £400 on deaths of Elizabeth Litchfield and Mary Foster Interest on £400 to pay annuities of £10 per annum to Elizabeth Litchfield and Mary Foster Signed: i) Witnesses: John Marsh John Hall 6 Apr 1753 enclosure: Bond (i) ii) Richard Roe (ii) John Palmer of Olney, Buckinghamshire, draper in £600 to perform covenants in X363/1/180 signed: i) Witnesses: John Marsh John Hall 7 Apr 1753 Receipt: Of £100 from Mrs Mary Andrews, executrix of Mr John Palmer, deceased, which was the £100 agreed by i) and ii) to be left in the hands of ii) to indemnify her and her heirs against an annuity of £10 per annum payable to Elizabeth Litchfield, widow, for life and charged on a messuage and premises in Clifton Reynes, Cold Brayfield and Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, and to indemnify her against a similar annuity payable to Mary Forster, widow, sister of Elizabeth Litchfield. Elizabeth Litchfield and Mary Forster both since deceased. Also i) received £3 for interest on the £100 Signed: i) Witness: John Hall 26 Dec 1770

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Battison, Letitia,
Litchfield, William,
Marsh, John,
Litchfield, Elizabeth,
Foster, Mary,
Forster, Mary,
Roe, Richard,
Palmer, John,
Palmier, John,
Andrews, Mary

buildings and land use, DEEDS, mortgages, annuities, BEDFORD, Snelshall, Snelson, grazier, HOUSING, cottages, fields, spinney, Lavendon, Clifton Reynes, Cold Brayfield, Cold Brayfield, DEATH, bonds, Olney, draper, receipts, money