Reference
S/AM5-6
Title
Bargain and Sale, with unsigned counterpart: £500
i) John Ashburnham of Ashburnham, Sussex, esquire, grandson and heir of John deceased
ii) William Ashburnham of Westminster, esquire, cofferer of H.M.household
Date free text
14 Mar 1676/7
Production date
From: 1676 To: 1677
Scope and Content
Reciting Demise to Ashburnham, 15 July 1661
Other recitals as in S/AM4, viz:
...Lease for 40 years, rent £40 per annum; 15 July 1661: the King to John Ashburnham
...Assignemt by Ashburnham, (9 August 1661), to Chester, Taylor and Hanson in trust for the Earl of Elgin
...Demise for further 40 years, 21 July 1666: the King to Ashburnham
also recites Letters Patent, 22 September 1675 to John Ashburnham the grandson to be held of the manor of East Greenwich at 40s per annum
... reversion of the park as in S/AM4, viz:
park or late park called Ampthill Great Park in Ampthill, Millbrook and Houghton, parcel of the manor and honour of Ampthill, abutting E. and S. upon the Warren of Ampthill, W. and N. upon Millbrook fields, and in other parts of N. upon Houghton fields, partly upon the common way from Ampthill to Millbrook, and towards E. and S. in part upon common way from Ampthill to Houghton, in other part upon Houghton Park; containing 600 acres 1 rood; with messuage or mansion house called the Great Lodge in the part of the park in Ampthill; also a brick building called the Strand in the park, near the Warren of Ampthill towards the S.; messuage or lodge called the Little Lodge in the park near the highway leading from Ampthill gate to the Great Lodge towards the NW. (Note: the "strand" is now the "stand")
Witnesses: Richard Bayley, John Lawrence, Charles Toll, John Plummer, John Metcalfe
Seal on tag, impression illegible
Level of description
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