Reference
RY992-993
Title
Conveyance (Lease and Release by i) and ii) to iii) (Attested copies)
Date free text
13/14 Nov 1809
Production date
From: 1785 To: 1809
Scope and Content
i) Joseph Emerton alias Emearton, Stanbridge, Leighton Buzzard, tailor, only son and heir of Joseph Emerton of Stanbridge, tailor deceased
ii) Ann Emerton of Stanbridge, widow of Joseph Emerton deceased, sole administratrix of his goods and chattels
iii) John Cooper, late of Tilsworth, Bedfordshire, now of Stanbridge, yeoman
Reciting agreement 6 November 1807 between Joseph Emerton deceased and iii) for sale to iii) of property for £310, but that nothing was done before death of Joseph Emerton in 1808, and that it has been agreed that £290 be apportioned for freehold
Conveyance (Lease and Release by i) and ii) to iii)
... messuage or tenement where John Dudley and Edward Whitson once lived, since in occupation John Emerton the grandfather of i) and widow Harvey, late of Joseph Emerton deceased and John Jeffs, now John Cooper and Ann Emerton
... piece of pasture containing ½ rood adjoining in Stanbridge, ground formerly of Daniel Ellingham, West and North, ground formerly Thomas Prentice, East, Common green, South
... 1 acre arable in East field in Brook furlong, land formerly of Roger Purcel, West, abutting North on headland heretofore Joseph Cooper, South on brook [purchased by Joseph Emerton deceased from Thomas and Mary Tompkins 30 May 1785]
... 6 acres arable in Stanbridge [see RY982 etc.]
Covenant to surrender
... 3 butts arable formerly estate of Joseph Hall [see RY991]
Level of description
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