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Abstract of Title of trustees for sale under will of Thomas Morton deceased to a common right

1783 - 1861

From: 1783 To: 1861

8 July 1793 Will of William Yarley of Biggleswade, victualler, devising to his friends Samuel Wells of Biggleswade, brewer & Robert Wale of Clarence Place, Pentonville, Middlesex, gentleman: - all his freehold & copyhold in Biggleswade & Langford on trust to sell & stand possessed of purchase money 29 & 30 October 1790 Admission of Samuel Wells & Robert Wale as heirs of William Yarley - cottage, barn, hogsty & orchard, 3 roods in the Backside, Biggleswade adjoining the Saffron Ground - horse common & common for 2 cows & a yearling in Biggleswade common - liberty to fetch & draw water at the well belonging to the premises paying half the cost of maintaining & upholding the well all of which premises were late in occupation of Thomas Haynes then of John Page & to which William Yarley was admitted 23-4 April 1782 on surrender of Thomas Price 14 May 1790 Absolute Surrender by Samuel Wells & Robert Wale to use of John Grigg of Biggleswade, yeoman for life then to Alice Grigg his wife for life then to their children - property as above 21-22 October 1794 Admission of John Grigg to the property 23-24 April 1811 Admission of John Grigg the son, Henry Wagstaffe Grigg & Ann Grigg, the children of John & Alice Grigg both deceased 8 August 1832 Conditional Surrender by John Grigg of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, blacksmith to Thomas Morton for £72.11.0 of: his THIRD PART in: - cottage, barn & orchard & hogsty 3 roods in the Backside, Biggleswade adjoining Saffron Ground - horse common & common for 2 cows & a yearling - liberty to fetch & draw water paying half the cost of its maintenance (which premises were late in occupation of Thomas Haynes since of John Page then & for many years Robert Barker) 24 August 1832 Indenture recites: that John Grigg is entitled to another third of the above as heir of his brother & has surrendered the premises in consideration: £85.9.0 paid by Thomas Morton - all right & equity of redemption of John Grigg in the property 17 July 1815 Certificate of Marriage of Ann Grigg & John Wilson of Hatfield, Hertfordshire 24 August 1832 Absolute Surrender by John Wilson of Bishop's Hatfield, tailor & wife Ann to Thomas Morton for £19.19.0 ...their third part in said property 3 May 1833 Admission of Thomas Morton to the premises surrendered by the Wilsons 3 May 1833 Admission of Thomas Morton to the premises surrendered by John Grigg 29 June 1840 Will of Thomas Morton, devising: freehold & leasehold estates to George & James Newbery on trust to sell them & the money to be disposed of as set out in will copyhold estates to be disposed of as above & trustees should be at liberty to postpone the sale of his estates until the produce should become distributable under the trusts executors: wife, Mary, George & James Newbery 24 May 1841 Testator died [endorsed: lot 3]

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Yarley, William,
Wells, Samuel,
Wale, Robert,
Haynes, Thomas,
Page, John,
Price, Thomas,
Grigg, John,
Grigg, Alice,
Grigg, Henry Wagstaff,
Grigg, Ann,
Morton, Thomas,
Barker, Robert,
Wilson, John,
Wilson, Ann,
Newbery, George,
Newbery, James,
Morton, Mary

BUILDINGS & LAND USE, wills, BIGGLESWADE, victualler, brewer, Pentonville, freehold property, copyhold, LANGFORD, trusts, HOUSING, cottages, agricultural buildings, pigs, orchards, Biggleswade fields, rights of common, water supply, WELLS, yeoman, Stevenage, blacksmith, surrenders, MARRIAGE, Hatfield, tailor, Thomas will: Morton