X440/357 & 358

Lease & Release to Make a Tenant to the Precipe, for Suffering a Common Recovery (copies)

6 & 7 Jan 1736

From: 1736 To: 1736

i) Robert Audley Britain senior of Stanstead Abbott, Hertfordshire, clerk, eldest son & heir of Elizabeth, late wife of Baron Britain of Sandy, gentleman, deceased, which Elizabeth was daughter of Robert Audley of Welborn, Lincolnshire, esquire, deceased, nephew & heir at law of Mercy Rudd late of Welborn, widow, deceased, who was the other daughter of Robert Audley Robert Audley Britain junior of Stanstead Abbott, Hertfordshire gentleman only son & heir of above ii) Francis Wingfield of Potton, gentleman iii) Samuel Harris of Furnivals Inn, London, gentleman whereas: it is intended to bar entail of estate of Robert Audley deceased now: i) convey to ii) to make tenant for suffering common recovery in which iii) is to be demandant - messuage in Welborn - close formerly 2 (20 acres) : South Dygate lane - 6 acres pasture : Dygate Lane - 10 acres pasture : South Dygate Lane - another 10 acres pasture as above - 20 acres pasture : South Dygate Lane - 20 acres : West Cottage Close - close called Stone Crew 10 acres - 10 acres adjoining above - close called Beckeridge 30 acres - Brant Closes 20 acres - Heath Close 4 acres - the Heath Lands 125 acres all being in Welborn Lincolnshire in tenure of Robert Audley Britain senior - cottage in Welborn - the Home Close 1½ acres - pasture called Smock Gussett 2 acres - Under Acre 1 acre - 5 acres arable called the Heath Lands all in Welborn in occupation of William Randall - messuage known as Monks House in Spalding, Lincolnshire with barns & outbuildings etc - 5 acres pasture : South Homestall : North Penny Gate Lane : West common by Honks Field : East 9 acres pasture in occupation of John Pickerton - 8 acres pasture abutting South on the river bank there called the West Load - close of pasture with lane to same beyond Pennygate Lane : South 5 acres in occupation of Robert Atkinson : West 4½ acres in occupation of Robert Atkinson : North on 2 roods Pinchbecks Ground all of which are in Spalding in occupation of Edward Bungate - 9 acres pasture : West Monks House : South river bank - 4½ acres pasture : South Pennygate Lane which are both in Spalding in occupation of John Pickerton - 4 closes 16 acres in Spalding part of 2 of these closes being ploughed together with a little barn & orchard in one of the said closes next the town of Spalding in occupation of Jonathan Richardson - 5 closes pasture 22 acres in Spalding in occupation of Robert Atkinson - Monks Field alias Low Fields in Spalding 8 acres in occupation of Robert Audley Britain senior - inn in Biggleswade with outhouses etc in occupation of Robert Cooper - several cottages in Biggleswade in occupation of James Pepper, Robert Christmas, Robert Hartley, Thomas Christmas, Solomon Dear, William Mayes, Mary Rance. - the Saffron Ground, Biggleswade in occupation of Henry Gwyn - 4 closes meadow in Biggleswade in occupation of Thomas Marshall 12 acres recovery to be to use of Robert. A. Britain senior for life, remainder to Robert A. Britain junior [paper]

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Brittain, Robert Audley,
Brittain, Elizabeth,
Brittain, Baron,
Audley, Elizabeth,
Audley, Robert,
Rudd, Mercy,
Audley, Mercy,
Wingfield, Francis,
Harris, Samuel,
Randall, William,
Bungate, Edward,
Pickerton, John,
Richardson, Jonathan,
Atkinson, Robert,
Cooper, Robert,
Pepper, James,
Christmas, Robert,
Hartley, Robert,
Christmas, Thomas,
Dear, Solomon,
Mayes, William,
Raunce, Mary,
Gwyn, Henry,
Marshall, Thomas

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