WI/201

Assignment of two terms: i) David Lee Willis of Leighton Buzzard, gentleman ii) James Roberts, executor of Thomas Roberts, the executor of Thomas Read junior, all of Tebworth in the parish of Chalgrave, yeoman iii) Thomas Drinkwater of Toddington, miller iv) John Clarke of Fenny Stratford in Simpson, Buckinghamshire, merchant v) Charles Richard Day of Woburn, gentleman vi) Jeremy Clarke of Leighton Buzzard, yeoman.

17 Apr 1827

From: 1827 To: 1827

– Recites: A) Mortgage for £40, dated 1731: William Fox to Mary Heley, widow. B) Assignment, 1733: (i) Thomas Heley & Joseph Beck & wife Mary (administrators of Mary Heley, widow); (ii) William Fox; (iii) Vallna Johnson, widow. C) Conveyance, 1737: William Fox & wife Elizabeth to Gregory Tuffnell & wife Elizabeth; & Fine. D) Assignment 1737: (i) Vallna Johnson; (ii) Gregory Tuffnell & wife; (iii) John Read. E) Death of Elizabeth Tuffnell, leaving as heir George Drinkwater of Toddington, horsedealer & farmer, now deceased. F) Mortgage for £20, dated 1744: Daniel Sutton to Humphrey Davis & wife Sarah – Down Close in Park Field in Toddington. G) Assignment 1746 (i) Humphrey Davis & wife; (ii) Daniel Sutton & (iii) George Drinkwater. H) Conveyance 1746: Daniel Sutton & wife Mary to George Drinkwater. I) Will of George Drinkwater, dated 11 Feb 1780, whereby he devises all his property to his children, George, Thomas, Ann, Mary, Martha & Hannah Drinkwater, in Toddington & Chalgrave. J) Death of George Drinkwater 1787. K) Will of his eldest son George Drinkwater, dated 21 October 1796, whereby he left his share to his sisters, Ann Pearson, widow, Mary (wife of George Spufford), Martha & Hannah Drinkwater. L) Marriage of Ann Pearson to William Burton, & of Martha to Thomas Lewis. M) Allotment by Enclosure Award, dated 1800 of 9¼ acres to the devisees of George Drinkwater., N) Conveyance, 1799: William Burton & wife Ann, George Spufford & wife Mary, Thomas Lewis and wife Martha, & Hannah Drinkwater to Thomas Drinkwater; & Fine. – 5 of the said 9¼ acres. O) Conveyance for £310: (i) Thomas Drinkwater; (ii) John Clarke; & (iii) Gregory Odell Clarke. – Blind Lane Close in Toddington containing 3¼ acres (late described as a plot of land in the upper Field, allotted to the Right Honourable Thomas Connolly, & exchanged with Thomas Drinkwater for the said 9¼ acres). P) Death of John Read; and administration granted to David Lee Willis Q) Death of Thomas Read; & his Will dated 12 Nov. 1798 appointing son-in-law Thomas Roberts, his executor, who proved in 1803 R) Death of Thomas Roberts, and his Will appointing his son the said Jason Roberts his executor who proved in 1820. Witnesses: John Cotching, John Goodman, J.G. Ginger & Jeremy Willis.

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Willis, David Lee,
Roberts, James,
Roberts, Thomas,
Read, Thomas,
Read, John,
Drinkwater, Thomas,
Clarke, John,
Clarke, Gregory Odell,
Day, Charles Richard,
Clarke, Jeremy,
Fox, William,
Fox, Elizabeth,
Heley, Mary,
Heley, Thomas,
Beck, Joseph,
Beck, Mary,
Johnson, Vallna,
Tuffnell, Gregory,
Tuffnell, Elizabeth,
Drinkwater, George,
Drinkwater, Thomas,
Drinkwater, Ann,
Drinkwater, Mary,
Drinkwater, Martha,
Drinkwater, Hannah,
Sutton, Daniel,
Sutton, Mary,
Davis, Humphrey,
Davis, Sarah,
Pearson, Ann,
Spufford, Mary,
Spufford, George,
Burton, William,
Burton, Ann,
Lewis, Thomas,
Lewis, Martha,
Conolly, Thomas,
Cotching, John,
Goodman, John,
Ginger, J.G.,
Willis, Jeremy

legal papers, DEEDS, TODDINGTON, mortgages, ENCLOSURE