WI/82

Admission of William Cotching, Robert Cotching & Charles Pettit, on death of William Cotching of Southcourt, Linslade (county of Buckinghamshire).

22,23 May 1834

From: 1834 To: 1834

– A butt or rod, an acre adjoining & 5 butts containing 1 acre in Leighton Buzzard. Place names: Middle Field, Clipson Way; Shenley Hill Field, Lords Hedge, Little Hunts Way. Bounding owners: late Gabriel Horwood, late Whitney, John Franklin, late Samuel Manning esq., late Woodmans. [William Cotching was admitted, 1805, on surrender of John Newman & wife Barbara.]. - Also 1½ acre meadow in Kings Mead between land late of John Ashwell, then Mrs Ashwell, and that late of Mrs Flemons, widow; then in occupancy of Abraham Mann. [Admitted 1818, on surrender of John Gurney & wife Sarah.] - Also 1acre arable in Shenley Hill Field, at Lords Hedge between the land late of Widow Hall & then of William Birley, & the highway, then in occupancy of William Birley (formerly estate of Robert Bill). [Admitted 1818, on surrender of Juliana Franklin, widow]. - Also Markhams Mead containing 2¼ acres by the side of the river; late in occupancy of said Robert Cotching; & a piece of meadow lying next the Overshot, between the Shire Brook & the river in Leighton Buzzard; then in occupancy of John Cox. [Admitted 1823, as devisee of his father Robert Cox. - And also part of a pightle containing 1 rood, behind the messuages & malting lately conveyed by James Purton Hobbs & wife Catherine to said William Cotching, situated in the Church End of Leighton Buzzard near to Friday Lane; late in occupancy of Oliver Taylor, then Martha Taylor, then Samuel Hopkins, butcher and then said William Cotching. [Surrendered by said James Purton Hobbs & wife Catherine, 1830, but William Cotching was not admitted]. Recites Will of William Cotching dated 7 December 1830, devising his property in Leighton Buzzard & Linslade, to sons William & Robert Cotching & friend Charles Pettit of Leighton Buzzard, lace-merchant. Court of George Talbot esq., Rev. Theophilus Leigh Cooke & Sir Edward Hyde East, baronet, (Trustees for Chandos Leigh esq.)

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Cotching, William,
Cotching, Robert,
Pettit, Charles,
Talbot, George,
Cooke, Theophilus Leigh,
East, Edward Hyde,
Leigh, Chandos,
Horwood, Gabriel,
Whitney,
Franklin, John,
Manning, Samuel,
Woodman,
Newman, John,
Newman, Barbara,
Ashwell, John,
Flemons,
Mann, Abraham,
Gurney, John,
Gurney, Sarah,
Hall,
Birley, william,
Bill, Robert,
Franklin, Juliana,
Cox, John,
Cox, Robert,
Hobbs, James Purton,
Hobbs, Catherine,
Taylor, Oliver,
Taylor, Martha,
Hopkins, Samuel

DEEDS, legal papers, Leighton Buzzard alias Grovebury Manor, copyhold, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Leighton Buzzard fields, Leighton Buzzard Church End, Leighton Buzzard Friday Street, LINSLADE