WI/93-94

Appointment & Release of freehold, covenant to surrender copyhold property, & covenant to produce title deeds; for £122.14s: i) William Norman, late of Leighton Buzzard, victualler, now of Eaton Bray, yeoman ii) Samuel Hopkins iii) David Thomas Willis of Winslow (co. Buckinghamshire), yeoman

22 Oct 1830

From: 1830 To: 1830

- 2½ acres in the Fields of Leighton Buzzard in Hatch Close, between the hedge & an acre of copyhold late of Benedict Worrall; & ½ acre in Grovebury Field, in Penley Way Furlong; (freehold). And 2 acres in Grovebury Field (copyhold). Place names: Penley Way, the Town Land, Grovebury Bottom. Bounding owners: late Thomas Field, late Arthur Roome, now Samuel Hopkins, William Claridge. Recites: A) Will of John Norman, dated 28 October 1819, proved 7 November 1821. – Devises property in Leighton Buzzard & Linslade (county Buckinghamshire) [no details], to Benjamin Hopkins & Jeremy Willis (since deceased), charged with payment of annuities to sisters, Mary Aris & Elizabeth Watts, & his late wife’s sister, Mary Heathcote (since deceased). In trust for his grandson William Norman, at age of 21. B) Release of annuities, dated 15 May 1827: Mary Aris & George Watts & wife Elizabeth to William Norman C) Covenant to levy & Fine, dated 26 January 1828: William Norman & wife Kittey to Thomas Kent]. Witnesses: David Lee Willis & Fred Willis.

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Norman, William,
Hopkins, Samuel,
Willis, David Thomas,
Worrall, Benedict,
Field, Thomas,
Roome, Arthur,
Claridge, William,
Norman, John,
Hopkins, Benjamin,
Willis, Jeremy,
Aris, Mary,
Watts, Elizabeth,
Watts, George,
Kent, Thomas,
Heathcote, Mary,
Willis, David Lee,
Willis, Fred

DEEDS, legal papers, Leighton Buzzard alias Grovebury Manor, Leighton Buzzard fields, copyhold, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LINSLADE, annuities