Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    SQ1
  • Title
    Deed of confirmation of partition: i) Sir Oliver Luke of Woodend in parish of Cople, knight and wife Dame Maud ii) George Astrey of Basmey [Basmead] in parish of Eaton [Socon] and wife 'Lore' iii) Nicholas Spencer of Cople, esquire, and Ralph Mallory of Nether Dean, gentleman Witnesses: Francis Crawley, Richard Tayler, William Doughtie, William Scott, Nicholas Luke, John Cockayne and Jeffery Barcocke.
  • Date free text
    1 Apr 1616
  • Production date
    From: 1616 To: 1616
  • Scope and Content
    … The Lordship or Manor of Basmey in Eaton Socken [Socon], with appurtenances in Eaton Socon and Great Stoughton (county Huntingdon); also 200 acres in Basmey Field and Hanger Leys; inclosed ground called the Shadowes, with a cottage thereon in occupation of John Richardson, and Norrice, with a cottage thereon in occupation of Widow Gray, which with woodground containing together 19 acres; the Great Pasture (88 acres); the Oxe Close (4 acres); the 2 Hooke Fields and appurtenances, containing together 73 acres; the Home Wood (19 acres); the Hooke Wood (7 acres); Keyx Wood (5 acres); the close called Westhall (9 acres); Bayards Poole Grove (2 acres); to use Sir Oliver Luke; also a close called Parsons Stocking alias Scotts Close (16 acres); a close called Butt Stockinge (19 acres); 3 acres meadow in Mun Meade; a messuage in Nether Staploe in Eaton Socon in occupation of Jeoffrey Barcocke; Gilletts Close (3 acres); Home Close (3 acres); Smiths Croft (8 acres); Rye Croft (7 acres), with a little meadow at end (2 acres); Bow Croft and Carters Close (18 acres); a close called Andrewes (3 acres), with another adjoining (2 acres); 2 closes called Kirpes Closes (30 acres); 4 acres meadow in Sudbury Mead; 2½ roods in Eaton Mead; ½ acre in Staploe Field, adjoining to Crop Peece; a messuage in Nether Staploe, with 2 pightles (1 acre); a close at Lye Green (2½ acres), in occupation of Thomas Hill; a cottage, a pightle with a little grove, a close at Lye Green with a grove at the end, containing in all 3 acres; 1 rood in Eaton Mead; a close (1 acre) in Duloe Dole in occupation of William Tuckeis; a messuage and pightle with appurtenances containing together 3 acres; a close (2 roods) in Duloe Dole, with 2 acres arable and leys at end thereof; a close (2 acres) on Fishers Green in Over Staploe; ½ acre in Sudbury Mead; 3 parcels in Hempeland Mead containing 1 acre in occupation of Thomas Ward; a cottage in Eaton, with a backside and close (2 acres); 1¾ acres in Eaton Mead in occupation of Peter Cook alias Richardson; a messuage with backside and pightle in occupation of Hugh Dixye; 1 acre meadow in Eaton Mead; 2¼ acres and a swath in Ford Mead; 2 leys of pasture (1 acre) in Ford Mead in occupation of Hugh Dixie; 2 roods pasture in Eaton near the orchard of the heirs of George Covington, in occupation of Samuel Goodwin; ½ rood pasture near the close of Thomas Phillipps, in the 'Forth' in parish of Eaton; Notts Close (17 acres) in Hunnidon in Eaton Socon in occupation of Robert Reynold; a parcel of wood in Teales Grove near Over Staploe; Pyegrove in Hunnidon; and Mugglesgrove in Over Staploe; (which 3 pieces of wood contain 6 acres). And 240¼ acres in the Fields of Eaton Socon, whereof 74 acres are in occupation of Jeffery Barcock, 6 acres of William Tuckeys, 6 acres of Thomas Hills, 12¾ acres of Robert Scott, 26½ acres of Thomas Ward, 16½ acres of Peter Cook, 26½ acres of Hugh Dixy, 10 acres of Walter Luke, 13½ acres of Samuel Goodwin, 3 acres of John Grey, and 48 acres of Luce Kipest, widow, and of Walter Spencer, gentleman. (Described in a terrier on a deed dated 1 October 1614)
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