• Reference
    NC291
  • Title
    Conveyance (feoffment): £140 i) Arthur Clarke late of Falmouth, now of Leighton Buzzard, esquire ii) William Claridge of Leighton Buzzard, carrier
  • Date free text
    23 Dec 1805
  • Production date
    From: 1805 To: 1805
  • Scope and Content
    - 5 leys of freehold in Leedon Close (2½ acres) purchased by Arthur Matthews and wife Lettice of William Crossman and wife Ann on 16, 17 May 1722 Freehold part of close of ley ground of 3 acres in a common field near a place called Leedon, purchased by Arthur Matthews and wife Lettice of William Whipham junior and wife Ann 19, 20 October 1720 2 acres ley in Grovebury Field in Leedon, purchased by Arthur Matthews and wife Lettice of Arthur Tarsey 10 October 1729 all now converted to arable and together with 3 acres copyhold are enclosed together and called Leedon Close (total 8½ acres) and are part of Grovebury Field, bounded north by highway from Leighton Buzzard to Hockliffe, north east by a platt of sward in Grovebury Field, east by arable land, south by land of Honourable Mary Leigh in occupation Mrs Mabb on one part and of a head ley of Arthur Clarke on the other, west by land of Mrs Ashwell in occupation J Proctor.
  • Level of description
    item