X440/381

Mortgage by Demise for Years

18 Nov 1755

From: 1755 To: 1759

i) Thomas Reynolds junior of Baldock, Hertfordshire, butcher Thomas Harris of the same, bricklayer ii) John Whitehurst of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, haberdasher of hats John Everitt of the same, haberdasher of hats consideration: £400 for term of 1,000 years at 4% per annum - 24 acres arable & barn lately built thereon in Holmeside, Biggleswade - Saffron Ground 12 acres (now all ploughed, formerly part ploughed, part mowing) & cottage thereon - 2 acres arable in Holme Piece [abuttals as in X440/371-2] witness: Isaac Wilkinson, Thomas Barns Endorsements: 17 July 1759 Receipt by i) of £400 & interest from Messrs. Reynolds & Thurgood 1 March 1757 "Mr Barnes clerk to Mr Wilkinson gave half years notice this day."

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Reynolds, Thomas,
Harris, Thomas,
Whitehurst, John,
Everitt, John,
Thurgood, John,
Wilkinson, Isaac,
Barns, Thomas

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, mortgages, Baldock, butcher, bricklayer, Hitchin, haberdasher of hats, BIGGLESWADE, Biggleswade fields, arable, agricultural buildings, Biggleswade Langford Road, HOUSING, cottages, receipts, employment, clerk