Reference
SJ2286
Title
Tilbrook: enfranchisement of The Three Shuttles
Date free text
1920
Production date
From: 1920 To: 1920
Scope and Content
Deed of enfranchisement
1) Lord St John of Melchbourne
2) Norman Magnus Macleod of Macleod, Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye
the Reverend Spencer Buller, Weybridge Rectory, Surrey
3) Charles Ernest Wells, Bedford, major
reciting that Lord St John is tenant for life of the manor of Tillbrook, Bedfordshire, under the will of Lord St John proved in 1888, and 2) are the trustees of the will
Enfranchisement by 1) to 3) in consideration of £47..17s..2d of
... a public house called The Three Shuttles with pightle or orchard in Tilbrook, late occupied by John Clarke, now Herbert Dawson, and a close of 2 acres 2 roods nearby
to hold in fee simple
Note: Under the Act of 1806 [SJ390], the manor of East Haddon and lands there (609 acres), two farms and land at Downham, Upwell and Littleport in Norfolk and Cambridge (378 acres), and a house on Ludgate Hill, London, were sold. In 1810 the manors of Woodford were sold.
There is also a reference to a sale (or exchange) of land in Riseley with W Day in 1846 [SJ1982] and in 1857 to Mr Ackroyd [SJ1108]
Level of description
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