NC/T71

Abstract of the Title of Mrs Elizabeth Garside to 2 freehold cottages or tenements and an allotment of freehold land 3 roods 39 perches and allotment of copyhold land 3 roods 38 perches at Leighton Buzzard

May 1859

From: 1859 To: 1859

9/10 June 1817 Conveyance i) Benjamin Reeve, Leighton Buzzard, butcher iia) Thomas Reeve, Sundon, Bedfordshire, butcher (son of i) iib) Betty Reeve, nee Saunders, died October 1811, wife of iia) and daughter and devisee of Thomas Saunders deceased by his will 6 June 1771 iii) John Flood, Leighton Buzzard, butcher iv) John Forth, Leighton Buzzard, yeoman v) Thomas Deverell, Leighton Buzzard, gentleman (trustee for iv) Recites: Thomas Saunders by his will 6 June 1771 devised to daughter Betty 3½ acres of freehold arable land in Shenley Hill Field, Leighton Buzzard : Betty Reeve wife of Benjamin Reeve died October 1811 : said Benjamin Reeve had several children by his wife and the land was devised to him for his lifetime : on death of Benjamin Reeve 3½ acres devised to eldest son Thomas Reeve : it was the desire of Benjamin and Thomas Reeve that 2 of the 3½ acres should be sold, said John Forth for £50 : by a mortgage of 12 September 1795 between Benjamin and Betty Reeve and John Flood in consideration £15 the 3½ acres were devised to John Flood : the said sum was not repaid : there was now due £20..15, the sum to be paid in discharge of the mortgage Conveyance by Benjamin and Thomas Reeve to John Forth in consideration £20..15 paid by iv) to iii) and £29..5 paid by iv) to ii) on premises: - 2½ acres at Shenley Hill Field, Leighton Buzzard in a furlong then in occupation of Benjamin Reeve, the ½ acre remainder to the N. :S. John Forth and shooting E. on Gregory's Close which said 2½ acres Thomas Saunders purchased from Elizabeth Eavestaff and her son Richard [9/10 Jun 1817] 20 March 1820 William Forth died intestate whereby the 2½ acres descended to only son William [see NC/T61] 5 January 1837 said William Forth married Mary Ann Emerson at Leighton Buzzard [NC/T66] 13 October 1840 Recites: NC/T60 13 October 1842 Further mortgage between same parties as in NC/T60 for a further £20 Copyhold Hereditaments 21/22 May 1807 Recites: Court 30/31 October 1806 that: Admission on Surrender i) Matthew Parsons, Leighton Buzzard, miller ii) John and Sarah Forth - 1 acre at Shenley Hill Field, Leighton Buzzard lying together in Windmill Furlong shooting to Gregory's Close :S. land late of Arthur Clarke :N. Benjamin Reeve Freehold 10 March 1846 Recites: NC/T63 Copyhold 5 May 1848. The Commissioners in the execution of an act of parliament [1845] did award and confirm unto William Forth in lieu of his freehold rights and lands in Leighton Buzzard - one plot of land adjoining the Woburn Road containing 3 roods 39 perches :NW. Woburn Road :NE. allotment to Philip Duncombe :SE. allotment to the Trustees of Leighton Buzzard Town Land :SW. allotment said William Forth And unto William Forth in lieu of copyhold land and rights of common in Leighton Buzzard - one plot adjoining Woburn Road containing 3 roods 38 perches :NW. allotment William Forth :SE. allotment to Trustees of Leighton Buzzard Town Land :SW. allotment to William Dumpleton inrolled 3 August 1848 Recites NC/T64 August 1855: Mary Forth married Charles Reeve, Leighton Buzzard, brewer at the parish church of St Pancras, Middlesex Recites: NC/T67-NC/T68 Recites: NC/T69 Admission out of Court

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Garside, Elizabeth,
Reeve, Benjamin,
Reeve, Thomas,
Reeve, Betty,
Reeve, Charles,
Saunders, Betty,
Saunders, Thomas,
Flood, John,
Forth, John,
Forth, Sarah,
Forth, William,
Forth, Mary,
Emerson, Mary Ann,
Deverell, Thomas,
Eavestaff, Elizabeth,
Eavestaff, Richard,
Parsons, Matthew,
Clarke, Arthur,
Duncombe, Philip,
Dumpleton, William

DEEDS, legal papers, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, mortgages, Leighton Buzzard fields, copyhold, Leighton Buzzard Woburn Road, Leighton Buzzard Town Lands